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Chairman's Shield - April 2020

Plantlife by Paul Lucas

With the ongoing social distancing and everyone staying at home, our Chairman Paul was able to judge this annual competition, the Chairman’s Shield, at his leisure at home.

The “Open” section had three maximum 10’s awarded to Paul Lucas, Liz Miller and Mark Erwin.

The “Favourite Place” had two 9.5 awarded and some 8’s.

The overall winner is PAUL LUCAS with his stunning “Plantlife” – so congratulations to him!! Please give him a “virtual” round of applause!

Overall winner and 1st in Open section: Plantlife by Paul Lucas

Open Section

Sunrise in the Harbour by Liz Miller	Forbidden Steps by Mark Erwin
2nd: Sunrise in the Harbour by Liz Miller	3rd: Forbidden Steps by Mark Erwin

Favourite Place

Headon Warren at Heather Time by Liz Miller	Gateway to Clamerkin by Steve Newberry
1st: Headon Warren at Heather Time by Liz Miller	2nd: Gateway to Clamerkin by Steve Newberry
Castlehaven by Sue Brame
3rd: Castlehaven by Sue Brame

Wednesday 11th March 2020 - Hasselblad Cup

Poppy by Trevor Hooley	Trevor with his trophy
1st: Poppy by Trevor Hooley	Trevor with his trophy

The Annual Hasselblad (All Island Competition) was held on 11^th March at Isle of Wight Photographic Society at Arreton.

Niton had a total of 11 entries in the 62 images.

Of the 15 “held back “ – 6 of these were from Niton and when the Judge awarded the five maximum “20”’s – four of these were Niton.

Trevor won with his “Poppy”, Sue was 2^nd with “Pen & Ink” and Paul Lucas and Paul Bradley were the other “20”’s scored.

All in all a very good evening for Niton.

Pen and Ink by Sue Brame

Negative Space by Paul Lucas

Six by Paul Bradley

2nd: Pen and Ink by Sue Brame

Negative Space by Paul Lucas

Six by Paul Bradley

Shadows on the Beach by Don Brame	Poo, Smelly Flippers by Liz Miller
Shadows on the Beach by Don Brame	Poo, Smelly Flippers by Liz Miller

Thursday 5th March 2020 - Spring Cup

Evening Waves by Paul Bradley	Brian Williams was the judge for the annual Spring Cup competition. Four images scored the maximum 20/20 with first place being taken by Paul Bradley with Evening Waves. In 2nd place was London Technicolour by Shani Watts. 3rd was Mossy Mound by Malcolm Young. Liz Miller took 4th place with Red Beauty.
1st: Evening Waves by Paul Bradley
London in Technicolour by Shani Watts	Mossy Mound by Malcolm Young
2nd: London in Technicolour by Shani Watts	3rd: Mossy Mound by Malcolm Young

Update on Programme (Amended 25th February 2020)

There have been a couple of amendments to our original 2019-2020 programme and members may wish to download a new copy here. We have a different judge for The Spring Cup and a new date for the AGM.

The AGM will be held in the lower bar at The White Horse, Whitwell at 11.30am on Thursday 14th May 2020. This will be followed by an end of season lunch for those who are able to stay. Lunch will be booked nearer to the date.

Thursday 20th February 2020 - SCPF League

We had a slightly earlier than usual start this evening due to the judge, Jim Pascoe, visiting from overseas (the mainland!) and restrictive ferry times.

Images by Niton and District CC were among other clubs in the same division (7) for this league contest with 72 projected images overall being critiqued and marked out of 10.

Some visitors from other island clubs in the same division were welcomed. Jim gave an excellent narrative on the reasoning for his marks, citing technical merits as well as artistry. 13 images were held back with several attaining 10/10. Niton came equal 4th with Ryde Focus on points, but were placed 5th due to Ryde Focus obtaining images with 10/10.

Thursday 6th February 2020 - Competition - Open and 'Framed'

Maria Leekblde was the judge officiating for this evening's competition.

The top three images from the Framed Competition were 1st, Paul Bradley with Nothing To See Here. Sharon Cornford took 2nd place with Caught On Film and Liz Miller came 3rd with Through The Gateway.

1st: Nothing to See here by Paul Bradley	2nd: Caught on Film by Sharon Cornford	3rd: Through the Gateway by Liz Miller
1st: Nothing to See here by Paul Bradley	2nd: Caught on Film by Sharon Cornford	3rd: Through the Gateway by Liz Miller

In the Open Competition Paul Bradley took first place again with In Memoriam. Sharon Cornford again took 2nd place with Bog Pipes and Mike Cooper came 3rd with Red Yacht in a Swirl.

1st : In Memorium by Paul Bradley	2nd: Bog Pipes by Sharon Cornford	3rd: Red Yacht in a Swirl
1st : In Memorium by Paul Bradley	2nd: Bog Pipes by Sharon Cornford	3rd: Red Yacht in a Swirl

Thursday 23rd January - Talk and Open Question Session

Chris gave a talk and showed various images on the theme of 'framed', the subject for the next competition.

There was then a very helpful 'open question' session.

Thursday 9th January 2020 - 'Red' Competition and Open Competition

1st: Six by Paul Bradley

The theme 'Red' was the subject for the first part of the evening, and this was a 'self scoring' competition.

Each member ( we actually only had 12 of us there last evening due to sickness and holidays!) had their own score sheet and marked as Paul made “helpful” suggestions as to what we should think about for each image.

At the end we ran through the photos again and each member chose their 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd places.

Paul & Sue then totalled up the numbers of 1^st, 2^nd and thirds ( 10 points for a 1^st, 7 points for a 2^nd and 5 points for a 3^rd) and came up with an overall result.

1st was Paul Bradley scoring 57 points with 'Six' , followed by Trevor Hooley with 52 points for his 'Red Poppy'. In third place was Paul Lucas with 36 points for 'Extinction Rebellion'.

1st: Six by Paul Bradley

2nd: Red Poppy by Trevor Hooley	3rd: Extinction Rebellion by Paul Lucas
2nd: Red Poppy by Trevor Hooley	3rd: Extinction Rebellion by Paul Lucas

1st: Curiosity by Paul Lucas	The second half of the evening was the open competition with the same scoring system. In 1st place was Paul Lucas with Curiosity scoring 57 points. In second place was Paul Bradley with Jet Ski 56 points and in 3rd place was Suzanne Chapman with Soft Reflections scoring 53 points.
1st: Curiosity by Paul Lucas
2nd: Jet Ski by Paul Bradley	3rd: Soft Reflections by Suzanne Chapman
2nd: Jet Ski by Paul Bradley	3rd: Soft Reflections by Suzanne Chapman

Thursday 12th December 2019

Christmas Meal

The Niton and District Camera Club members enjoyed their annual Christmas get-together at The White Horse at Whitwell.

Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival

Christmas Tree	Niton and District Camera Club is represented once more at the Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival.

Thursday 21st November 2019 - Autumn Cup

Last Post by Mike Cooper

We welcomed Roger Smith to officiate for the first time at Niton and District Camera Club. He remarked on the difficulty of judging an open competition with so many different genres.

With his wealth of experience he gave us plenty to think about in his critique of our images.

A number of images were held back with four of the placed images being awarded the full marks of 20/20.

In first place was Last Post by Mike Cooper. In second place was Fastnet TV by Chris Cornford and in joint 3rd place was End of the Day by Paul Bradley and Robin Hill by Shani Watts.

Scoring 19/20 and placed 4th in the competition was Shadows on the Beach by Don Brame.

Last Post by Mike Cooper

Fastnet TV by Chris Cornford	End of the Day by Paul Bradley	Robin Hill by Shani Watts
2nd: Fastnet TV by Chris Cornford	Joint 3rd: End of the Day by Paul Bradley	Joint 3rd: Robin Hill by Shani Watts

Shadows on the Beach by Don Brame
4th: Shadows on the Beach by Don Brame

Thursday 7th November 2019 - Photoscape Challenge

Members submitted photos they had processed using Photoscape.

Processed by Ted Dyer	Processed by Mike Cooper	Processed by Patricia Lockwood
Processed by Sue Brame	Processed by Steve Newberry	Processed by Paul Lucas
Processed by Ed Wadey	Processed by Shani Watts	Processed by Don Brame
Processed by Steve Newberry	Processed by Ted Dyer	Processed by Sue Brame

Thursday 24th October 2019 - Pot Luck and Open Competition

The following images all scored 20/20 in the Pot Luck Competition

Yellow Lines by Alan Warren	Peacock by Shani Watts	R is for Reflection by Steve Newberry
Yellow Lines by Alan Warren	Peacock by Shani Watts	R is for Reflection by Steve Newberry

The following images all scored the maxim 20/20 in the Open Competition

End of the Day by Paul Bradley	Long Road Home by Barbara Close	Shadows on the Beach by Don Brame
End of the Day by Paul Bradley	Long Road Home by Barbara Close	Shadows on the Beach by Don Brame

Thursday 10th October 2019

Chris gave a talk on a free software package called Photoscape and as a Club we are asking members to download and use this as a standard software for educational talks and to enable the Club to provide help with any learning from in effect a Standard package.

There are certainly plenty of options within the programme from Framing to a large assortment of special effects and filters as well as the basic adjustment tools plus cloning and dodging and burning tools.

Chris also provided some guidance on one or two adjustments in Lightroom following questions from the members.

The Photoscape software challenge is being set by Chris for the November meeting whereby he will send via Sue TWO images for us all to play with and we have to bring along the results in the form of the two amended images.

Thursday 26th September 2019 - Mono and Open Competition - self judged

The first Competition night of the season drew a healthy entry in both Open and Mono. It was especially pleasing to see work from some of our newer members.

Gunwharf 3 by Paul Lucas	End of the Pier by Paul Bradley
1st place: Gunwharf 3 by Paul Lucas	2nd place: End of the Pier by Paul Bradley
On Your Bike by Chris Cornford
On Your Bike by Chris Cornford

The Open competition was judged by Paul but not marked. This was left to individuals with the scores processed at the end by Sue and Chris. This was very labour intensive and in hindsight a bit ambitious for our overworked and stressed new projection team.

Actual Leader by Mike Cooper	Handstand by Richard Webb
1st place: Actual Leader by Mike Cooper	2nd place: Handstand by Richard Webb

Into the Sun by Sue Brame

3rd place: Into the Sun by Sue Brame

For the second half, members formed small groups and marked the images collectively after Paul's comments.

At the end of the evening it was very interesting to compare the spread of the marks awarded. As a group the monos had a very tight middle range mark with hardly any very low or high marks - democracy in action perhaps! However the Open competition had scores across the range. Some images even had scores awarded from 6.5 to 10! This confirms that the individual scoring opinion of a judge is unlikely to satisfy everyone!

Well done again to Chris & Sue who are probably in darkened rooms recovering as I write this.

Thursday 19th September 2019 - Railway Outing

On Thursday September 19^th eleven members of the club and friends (and Boris) travelled over to the start of the Mid Hants Watercress Line Railway in Hampshire. We had a great day travelling at our own pace visiting Alresford, Ropley and Medstead - the stops along the way. It was chilly for the early start but it soon warmed up and was sunny, which is unusual for a Niton Camera Club trip.

Many thanks to Paul and especially to Chris who again provided the transport and drove us there and back.

Image by Shani Watts	Image by Shani Watts	Image by Shani Watts
Image by Shani Watts	Image by Shani Watts	Image by Shani Watts
Red Levers by Paul Lucas	Boris Norma and Paul by Liz Miller	Harry Potter Bridge by Liz Miller
Red Levers by Paul Lucas	Boris Norma and Paul by Liz Miller	Harry Potter Bridge by Liz Miller
Shunt West Lever by Paul Lucas	Paul by Liz Miller	Damn Photographers by Liz Miller
Shunt West Lever by Paul Lucas	Paul by Liz Miller	Damn Photographers by Liz Miller
Image by Paul Bradley	Image by Paul Bradley	Image by Paul Bradley
Image by Paul Bradley	Image by Paul Bradley	Image by Paul Bradley
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Thursday 12th September 2019 - 1st Meeting

Several visitors and new members were welcomed to the club on the first meeting of the new season.

The first half of the evening was spent looking at images from our members taken over the summer - see samples below. Each member was invited to talk about their images if they wished, and everyone was able to ask questions or comment.

Following a tea break, we then looked through the images which had been submitted to the PAGB for the GB Cup from clubs around the country.

Liverpool by Shani Watts	Steephill Cove by Malcolm Young
Liverpool by Shani Watts	Steephill Cove by Malcolm Young
Ullswater by Loretta Dyer	Arundel by Trevor Hooley
Ullswater by Loretta Dyer	Arundel by Trevor Hooley

Thursday 11th July 2019 - Visit to Lacock

Niton and District CC members visit Lacock

A very enjoyable day was had by all members who joined the trip to Lacock. Our thanks go to Paul Bradley for organising and Chris Cornford for driving us safely there and back in his Primedrive minibus.

Below are a few images that feature club members from the day.

Image by Shani Watts	Image by Shani Watts
Image by Shani Watts	Image by Shani Watts
Image by Shani Watts	Image by Paul Bradley
Image by Shani Watts	Image by Paul Bradley
Image by Barbara Close	Image by Barbara Close
Image by Barbara Close	Image by Barbara Close
Image by Barbara Close	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Barbara Close	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Image by Liz Miller	Image by Liz Miller
Bide Packhorse Bridge by Alan Warren	The Abbey - Lacock by Alan Warren
Bide Packhorse Bridge by Alan Warren	The Abbey - Lacock by Alan Warren
Tithe Barn by Alan Warren	The exhibition at Lacock
Tithe Barn by Alan Warren