This was our last meeting before the summer break and, as is the club tradition, we held our annual ‘Best of Year’ competition. Each member could submit up to three entries, either prints or digital images, or a mix of both.  We have four trophies to win:

• Best Colour Print
• Best Black and White Print
• Best Digital Image
• Most Unusual Photograph

Members submitted 19 colour prints, 5 black and white prints and 20 digital images to the competition.

We invited Penny Piddock from Portland to judge our entries and she explained that what she was looking for was what was coming through from the photographer rather than technical perfection. As she commented on each photo she pointed out what she liked and what she thought could be improved and she also made some helpful suggestions for how to mount prints effectively. After narrowing the entries down into a shortlist for each category, she announced the winning entries.  These were:

Best Colour Print -Peter R.

Best Black and White Print – Michael W.

Best Digital Image – Tony F.

Most Unusual Photo – Tony F.

Thanks to Penny for being such an excellent judge, and many congratulations to the winners. Here are some of the beautiful images that were entered into the competition:

Click on a thumbnail to see the image full size.