Meeting 27 October – Bradford Abbas Shield
Our annual Five Clubs competition was held last night attended by:
- South Petherton Photographic Society
- Yeovil Camera Club
- Wincanton Camera Club
- Yeo Photo Group
- Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club
Over 50 people attended from all five clubs and we had a lively evening competing for the prestigous Bradford Abbas Shield. Each club had to submit eight mounted prints each of which were to be judged out of 20 points.
Our judge for the evening was Harold Jenkins LRPS, a prominent local judge and a member of Bridport Camera Club.
Harold explained that he looked for photographs that he liked but he also had to be nit-picking about some things. He said he liked ‘different’ photographs but he also asked himself whether he could live with a photograph or put it on his wall.
There were some excellent images in the 40 entries covering everything from seascapes, water, reflections and mist to architecure, boats, portraits, ducks and geese.
The results were actually very close. Wincanton won with 143 out of a possible 160 points. In second place were South Petherton with 142; in joint third place were Yeovil and Yeo Group with 141 and in fourth place were Sherborne Bradford Abbas with 139 points.
Harold presented the Bradford Abbas Shield to Jim Eastaugh of Wincanton Camera Club – who noted that this was the 25th year of this competition and that he and his club were honoured to win it for the second year running.
After the prize-giving we invited the photographers of some of the highest scoring prints to talk about their photographs, and this turned out to be a very lively and friendly session.
Thanks to all the photographers who entered the competition and thanks also to Harold and Margaret Jenkins for visiting our club. And congratulations to Wincanton Camera Club for a very well-deserved win!
See you all next year, 26 October 2010, for another exciting contest.