The competition season got underway on Wednesday with the results of the Nature’s Patterns competition.
Our judge was Dr Patricia Tutt ARPS, a vastly experienced photographer, judge and long-serving committee member at the Western PS, and she assessed 25 prints and 52 digital entries.
Beginning with the prints, it was noted that this theme attracted a high proportion of close-up images, which are often challenging in terms of precise focus and depth of field, but Pat was always positive, constructive and generous with advice.
New members Angela, Gregg and James entered their first competition, and James made a flying start by winning the print section with a dramatic image of the textures of a rolling wave (above) that Patricia liked very much and embodied this theme.
Pat named a top five in each section and some “Highly Commended” and “Commended” too, so the full results are as follows:
Prints:
1st: ‘Roll Out the Barrel’ by James Joyce – 20 points
=2: ‘Dragonfly Wings’ by Steve Johnstone – 19 points
=2: ‘Fern Leaves’ by Steve Johnstone – 19 points
4th: ‘Painted Lady’ by Peter Skears – 18 points
5th: ‘Pointing One Way’ by Andrea Thrussell – 17 points
Commended:
‘Seaweed’ by Sue Clegg – 17 points
‘Pretty in Pink’ by Andrea Thrussell – 17 points
Digital:
1st: ‘Dock Leaf’ by Steve Johnstone – 20 points (above)
2nd: ‘Indian Beauty’ by Brian Green – 19 points
3rd: ‘Surface Tension’ by Andrea Thrussell – 18 points
4th: ‘King Scallop’ by Simon Jennings – 18 points
5th: ‘Bums’ by Georgina Shaw – 18 points
Highly Commended:
‘In the Trees’ by Seamus Whelan – 18 points
‘Nettle Leaves’ by Steve Johnstone – 18 points
‘Rain Marbles’ by Andrea Thrussell – 18 points
Commended:
‘Monkey Puzzle Tree’ by Georgina Shaw – 17 points
‘Raindrops and Ripples’ by Jim Gibson – 17 points
‘Nature’s Magnifier’ by Peter Skears – 17 points
Congratulations to the above and well done to everyone who contributed images to an interesting evening. The placed images can be seen on this page and everyone’s scores and images will be added to the ‘Competitions’ and ‘Gallery’ areas of the website soon.