Our First Open Competition trophy was awarded to Jim Stevenson for his striking monochrome print titled “The Old Guard” (see above). The competition was held on 7th November and the judge was John McVie from Dumfries Camera Club, who gave expert comments on around 80 images entered.
Jim explained “’The Old Guard’ was taken some years ago in Havana, Cuba, where this fine gentleman was posing for tourists in military style clothing – no money being exchanged. Actually, the cigar wasn’t lit, so I simulated a little smoke with a few strokes of the dodge tool.”
The judge also awarded the maximum 20 points to five other images in the competition.
In the Monochrome Prints section, another Jim Stevenson print entitled “100 on the Back Straight”, a motorcycling shot shared first equal spot. In the Colour Prints section, John Sommerville (“Gold Finch”) and Jim Stevenson (“Scottish Drummer”) were both awarded 20 points. And in the Projected Images section, new member Martin Hancock’s images of a heron (“Nesting Time”) and a swan chick (“Sleeping Beauty”) shared first place on 20 points.
You can see all these twenty pointers by clicking on this link.
All in all, a superb start to our League competitions this season!