Our summer online challenge event has started early than usual this year as our usual programme of events has been suspended for now. Our virtual events run every two weeks with a theme being chosen by the winner of the previous event. The first theme for this season was "Flow" and the first 3 places went to the photos below. Left to right, 1st place "Light flow" from Sandy McIntosh, 2nd place "Overflow" from George Hay, 3rd place "Cloud flow" from John Thom
With the results from our last two monthly competitions of the season now available the overall winners are decided, and here they are:
Results - month 5 Colour prints 1. Wind and water, John Thom, 2. Am Garnh Corrie, Sandy McIntosh, 3. Junbird, Rob Buchan Monochrome prints 1. Lutheran church Iceland, John Thom, 2. We don't talk anymore, Doug Winton, 3. Art class day out, George Hay Colour PDI 1. Heron, John Thom, 2. Fishermans' hut, George Hay, 3. Wing walker, Rob Buchan Results - month 6 Colour prints 1. Mandarin, Julie Adams, 2=. Back lane busker, Sandy McIntosh, 2=. Checking the odds, Rob Buchan, 2=. The wedding party, John Thom, 3. Waterfalls, George Hay Monochrome prints 1. The Ashton, George Hay, 2=. Waiting to cross, Doug Winton, 2=. Swiss-Italian border, Sandy Mcintosh, 3. An Aberdeen Christmas, John Thom, Colour PDI 1. Lochnagar, Alistair Birnie, 2. Vienna windows, Alistair Birnie, 3=. Morning light, George Hay, 3=. It's lonely at Christmas, John Thom Overall results Colour prints 1. Sandy McIntosh, 2. George Hay, 3. John Thom Monochrome prints 1. George Hay, 2. John Thom, 3. Doug Winton Colour PDI 1=. John Thom, Alistair Birnie, 2. Rob Buchan, 3. George Hay Here are the results of our 4th monthly competition for prints and projected digital images (PDI).
Colour prints Sandy McIntosh, Etive Moor 20, 1st place George Hay, Evening light 19, 2nd place Doug Winton, Colour in Gourdon 18, 3rd place Monochrome prints George Hay, The Kirkgate Bar 20, 1st place John Thom, Hole in the wall 19, 2nd place Doug Winton, The lamb 18, 3rd place PDI John Thom, Beach Shelter 20, 1st place Rob Buchan, Tee time break 19, 2nd place Rob Buchan, Catch of the day 18, 3rd equal Iain Young, Thoughtful stare, 3rd equal A few weeks ago one of our members, George Hay, gave a presentation on the art of using the Luminar 3 photo editing application. The photos below show a little of what can be achieved with Luminar with a lot less effort than using the likes of Photoshop. The before versions are on the left and the after versions on the right. Click on each to see a larger version.
Here are the winners of the 2nd monthly competition event:
Open PDI (projected digital images) 1st Rob Buchan (Total focus) 2nd equal Doug Winton (On the beach), Alistair Birnie (Capturing the memory) 3rd equal John Thom (Winter woodland), Doug Winton (Shops), George Hay (The controller) Open colour prints 1st George Hay (A hard day shopping) 2nd George Hay (Konvent San Frangisk) 3rd John Thom (Beach huts) Open monochrome prints 1st John Thom (Beach shelter) 2nd equal Rob Buchan (One of the few, Hi Ho Silver), George Hay (Fence) 3rd equal John Thom (Rock slide), Sandy McIntosh (Rossal Falls) Some of winners from the PDI and print sections are below, click on each for a larger image. Here are the winners of the 2nd monthly competition event:
Open PDI (projected digital images) 1st George Hay (Hoverfly) 2nd Alistair Birnie (Landscape) 3rd equal Alistair Birnie (Poppy) / John Thom (Kestrel and young) Open colour prints 1st Sandy McIntosh (Hidden falls) 2nd George Hay (Green fields) 3rd equal Julie Adams (Kayleigh) / John Thom (Out in the snow) Open monochrome prints 1st George Hay (Winter landscape) 2nd Doug Winton (Tea break) 3rd Doug Winton (Waiting) Some of the winners from the PDI and print sections are below, click on each for a larger image. Here are the winners of our 1st month's competition of the 2019-20 season. The results from each section are:
Open section Colour prints: 1st Sandy McIntosh (Achness Falls), 2nd Doug Winton (Gourden Harbour), 3rd Doug Winton (Walking in the rain) Monochrome prints: George Hay (Back Street Valletta), John Thom (Waterfall Iceland), 3rd equal Doug Winton (Waiting to cross, Time for a Break) PDI (projected digital images): 1st Julie Adams (Cat's eyes), 2nd equal John Thom (Night lighting), 2nd equal Sandy McIntosh (Bombs away), 3rd Neil Blair (Garlic and ginger). Below are the winners from the Open PDI section, click on each for a larger version. Here's a montage of the 1st and 2nd place entries in the 5 remaining themed challenges that were held over the summer (the 1st challenge has its own blog entry below this one, making six in all). The individual themes and the results were:
Summer in the city 1st "Where's the sun" gone from Julie Adams 2nd "Out on the town" from Doug Winton Vegetables 1st "Little gem" from George Hay 2nd "Pepper nightmare" from John Thom People at work 1st "Peterhead Boatmen" by Doug WInton 2nd "Taking in the creel" from George Hay Flowers 1st "Red rose" from George Hay 2nd "Giant meconopsis" from Alistair Birnie Cutlery 1st "The plastic oh-on band" from Neil Blair 2nd "It all adds up" again from Neil Blair Here are the results from the first themed challenge of the summer. This time the theme was "Glass".
First place: Doug Winton with "Glass clown", second place: Alistair Birnie for "Reflect", third place (equal): Neil Blair (Fire windows), Doug Winton (Glass ball), Alistair Birnie (Phone no more), Julie Adams(Pic 2). The winning photos are shown below, click on each for a larger version. The winners of the Club's Print & PDI events have already appeared in this blog, but we have other events whose results are now available, they are:
** Monthly competitions (6 events spread through the season): * Monochrome Prints: George Hay, * Colour Prints: George Hay, * Projected Digital Images: John Thom. ** Joyce Russell Portrait Trophy (monochrome prints this year): Sandy McIntosh. ** Contemporary Aberdeen (aimed at maintaining an historic record of the city): Len Findlay. ** Audio-visual Trophy (best AV production): Sandy McIntosh |
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