Our third and final competition of the shortened 2024 internal season took place on Tuesday 3rd December, with many members making it to the Hall and a few on Zoom. This round had an 'Architecture' theme and the judge was Marianne Holm Hansen, in a return to the Society after her popular lecture on 15th October. The lecture has become the most downloaded in our history.
Our Chairman, Nick Bowman, introduced Marianne and then the competition began.
Print Competition
Eighteen members presented prints in the first half of the evening.
Marianne pointed out the occasional useful crop or where a distortion might have been corrected. Marianne was impressed by some beautiful compositions and pointed out her enthusiasm for lines.
Three images were held back for a second look in the print category. Ultimately, 19 points were awarded to 'Fen Court' by Rob Wilkinson, with the maximum 20 points awarded to 'Looking Up in Awe' by Martin Eriksson & 'Minimalist Concrete' by Deborah Smyth:
Rob Wilkinson - 'Fen Court' (19)
Martin Eriksson - 'Looking Up in Awe' (20)
Deborah Smyth - 'Minimalist Concrete' (20)
DPI Competition
Twenty-five members entered the DPI competition in the second half of the evening.
Marianne again referenced the importance of cropping and straightening and the occasional need for more context. Marianne expressed a preference for an unusual vantage point over a classic depiction.
Four images were held back and, ultimately, all four were awarded the maximum 20 points. These were - 'Copper Staircase' by Deborah Smyth, 'Geometry' by Chris Murray, 'Looking Up' by John Murray and 'Swirl' by Michael Ciancia
'Copper Staircase' (20) by Deborah Smyth
'Geometry' (20) by Chris Murray
'Looking Up' by John Murray (20)
'Swirl' (20) by Michael Ciancia
Finally
You can see all the entries for this final round of the competition in the Galleries section of this website.
The Results of the Session and the results/cumulative totals for the shortened 2024 Season are accessible from the Internal Competitions Page of the Society Website.
Thanks to Debbie Smyth, Stephen Ingall and Dennis Law, for managing the IT/image projection, & to John Murray and Colin
Page for handling the Prints.
Dan Waller
Competitions’ Secretary