Round 3 results

The results of Round 3 of our Open Competition are in. Thanks to Nick Ball for taking the time to judge the competition for us.
Congratulations to Arthur Belton on winning the Print section and Alison Davies for her first ever win in the Digital Projected.
Thanks to everyone that took part and congratulations if you managed to get in the scoring. Scroll down to see the winning pictures.
I’ve done a few things differently this time. If you have a Flickr account then I’ve made it so that if you click your name you get taken to your Flickr ‘stream (if you have one and even if you haven’t posted anything to it for ages). If you have your winning picture on your Flickr stream then clicking that picture will take you to it on your Flickr ‘stream. If it’s not on your Flickr then you will get taken to the Clubs Flickr ‘stream.
I’m also trying out a new, and hopefully better, way of laying out the pictures. So If something doesn’t seem to be right with the layout then please let me know.

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Winner Digital Projected: Naughty Girls Night Out Alison Davies	Winner Print: Bag, Towel & Shoes Arthur Belton
2nd Digital Projected: Ceratophrys ornata Mark Stone	2nd Print: Dee Barrie Tovey
3rd Digital Projected: Ice Tree Richard Price	3rd Print: Contemplation Richard Price
Highly Commended Digital Projected: Art Gallery Barrie Tovey	Highly Commended Print: Leopard Barrie Tovey
Highly Commended Digital Projected: Sky Dance Julie Coombs	Commended Print: Stand & Deliver Alison Davies
Commended Digital Projected: Flasher Richard Price

Yo Ho Ho

Thursday night was the last meeting of the year and as it’s Christmas we had our usual fiercely fought Christmas competitions.

Starting off the night we had our lovingly titled “Bucket Competition”. It earned its name in the mists of time when Slides were used. To ensure fairness and to spread out the slides between each team they used to be placed into a bucket and each team would take it in turns to pick one until they were all gone. Nowadays of course we don’t have many people that still shoot slide film so we use prints. Each team member was supposed to bring along six prints to use. I’d love to say the rules were strictly adhered to but only one team stuck to the six prints per member rule! Amazingly at the end of the competition, when all of a teams prints are supposed to be used up, one team still had about 20 left on their table! Never mind though, we’ll get our own back next year.

Next up was the part some of us were dreading. The Yo Ho Ho competition. It’s just strange, funny and weird pictures you’ve taken recently. Now I knew Ian had something planned, as usual. It was just a case of wondering who was going to be the target this year. Unfortunately it was me again! I really am going to have to stop wearing that pigeon costume in public.

Thanks to everyone who brought along some food and to all our members that turned up to make it a great evening full of Christmas fun.

I’d like to finish this post by saying Farewell to Dominique. She’s leaving us to go back to Holland. It’s been great having you in the club and I hope it’s not a permanent move and that we’ll see you again soon. Keep in touch.

Thanks from Luis

Luis Bustamante, our guest speaker last week, has sent us an email in which he thanks each and everyone of you who came along to the talk. He wanted to let you all know that he was very impressed by the way in which you not only listened to what he had to say but also the questions that were asked. Actually I think I'll quote him as he put it so much better than I could;

I was really impressed with the way you organised my contribution. The hall was just right and just a bit bracing. The show was perfectly managed despite a non-cooperating remote. The audience were encouraging and alert, with an inquisitive edge.

I think the "just a bit bracing" comment was his way of saying it was bloody freezing. Despite the radiators being on full for an hour before the meeting started!

One of his pictures was chosen as a favourite of the decade by the Guardian newspaper and was published last weekend you can take a look at it HERE.