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We hope everyone is well and enjoying the relative normality that we are currently fortunate to have on the island.  The committee has had a short break to catch our breath at the end of a long eventful season but we will be meeting soon to discuss the next steps.

For our final digital competition of the season, judge Chris Nicholls was joined by wife Ruth, a fellow experienced photographer, who offered to make a separate critique of each image before they arrived at an overall score.

We are very grateful to Chris and Ruth for judging the Close Up competition from their home and helping us to complete our season, and – as you will see below – giving such in-depth comments.

Our final competition of the season was themed ‘Close Up’. Due to COVID-19 it remains impossible to run the print section but we are grateful again that the judges agreed to assess the digital entries at home.

‘Close Up’ is a challenging theme and attracted a variety of styles and interpretations. and the 45 entries can be viewed here with titles and names. Comments, scores and results will follow on Friday evening.

Steve Woodley judged the final Open and penultimate competition of the 2019-20 season. Due to COVID-19 there are no print entries in the last two competitions and the judges assessed the digital entries from their own homes.

We shared the entries for this competition yesterday, and here is Steve’s overall assessment:

Although we are unable to meet in person, the committee are grateful that the judges for our final two competitions have agreed to assess the digital entries at home.

Local professional photographer and friend of the club, Steve Woodley, stepped in to judge the final Open competition when the original judge had to drop out, and we will share his comments, scores and the results very soon.

In the meantime, the entries are available to view now with titles and names.