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Our ‘Best Of Year’ competition marks our final official meeting before the summer break and, as ever, we had a wide range of entries.

Our judge this year was Jim Eastaugh, one of the area’s prominent photographic judges and a leading light in the WCPF (Western Counties Photographic Federation).

Each member was limited to three entries which could be either colour prints, black and white prints or digital projected images.

Subjects portrayed included landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, still life, aircraft, panorama, architecture and portraiture.

Jim discussed each picture in each category, explained what he liked and didn’t like about the image, and narrowed each category down into a short-list from which he picked 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

The winners in each category were:

Best colour print: Brian C.

Best black and white print: Gillian

Best projected image: Roger

Most unusual photograph: William

Winners each received a cup.

Thanks to everyone who entered, congratulations to the winners and thanks to Jim for being such an astute judge!

Blandford Forum Camera Club will be holding their 54th Annual Exhibition on May 29th and 30th, 2010.    Closing date for entries is 23rd March 2010.

For further information and entry forms go to their website www.bfcclub.co.uk.

The four open sections are monochrome print, colour print, transparency and digital projected image.    Plenty of scope, so have a go.

On Tuesday evening we held our annual ‘Iris Overton Cup’ black and white competition.

Jim Eastaugh of Wincanton Camera Club was the guest judge and he stated that he always looked for pictures where the light added interest and definition to a photograph. He wanted to see a full range of midtones between black and white rather than just a ‘grey’ photograph.

Each member of the club was entitled to enter five mounted black and white prints, on any subject, provided that the photograph had been taken within the past year. Members entered a total of 41 prints into the competition, on subjects ranging from landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, statues, flowers, swans and people.

Jim complemented the club on its wide range of subject matter and the quality of the best prints. From a shortlist of six prints, the chosen winner was Brian C. with a landscape entitled ‘Standing Stone Avebury’; second place was awarded to Gillian for a wedding portrait ‘Vancouver Bride’ and third place was taken by another of Brian C’s prints ‘Pilsdon Pen’.

Congratulations to Brian C. for winning the cup two years running, and thanks to Jim for being such a sympathetic and informative judge!

Come on club – someone’s got to knock Brian off his perch next year…