Club Meeting, Members Pdi Knockout - Tuesday 19th December 2023.
At the final meeting before Christmas, Morpeth Camera Club met on Tuesday 19th December to take part in the annual
Pdi Knockout Competition where members had been invited in advance to submit up to four images, on any subject in
either colour or monochrome. This fun competition with no marking involved, gives members the opportunity to display
their work and to gauge reaction from the group.
Sixty-four images were entered into the competition by sixteen members. These were displayed two at a time and
the audience were asked to choose the one they preferred which then went into the next round with the other image
being eliminated from the contest. The process was then repeated and the previously chosen images were shuffled
by the software programme and presented again until the final image was declared the winner.
As usual in a knock-out, the first round produced images that seemed easy to compare and decide upon and based
solely on one's taste, but as the rounds progressed, more thought had to be given to the content and composition.
The final images in the round should really be gauged by the expertise that had been used when taking the picture.
In the first round, an Alstroemeria flower still life found itself vying with a Goth girl, bracket fungi against a close-up
image of a Giraffe, a seascape against old Beamish trams and a church altar vied with lug wormers at work on the
shore. A landscape was randomly placed next to another, a stylised lighthouse placed next to a wading Flamingo, a
rustic Italian house front against looped ropes and groynes vied with a cute dormouse.
Tuts and groans from the audience could be heard during the next round when two of their preferred images were
placed side by side. This was the time when subjective views had to be put to one side to concentrate on how much
work had been put into creating both images. In the final round, we were left with a low-key atmospheric image of
wooden staithes, an almost abstract view of Morpeth rooftops in the snow, and a Lakeland Scene.
Finally, the image chosen to be the winner of this year’s Pdi Knockout Competition was View from Friars Crag by
Jeremy Cooper; a sweeping view over Derwentwater taken from Friars Crag towards Cat Bells which was beautifully
framed by foliage.
1st. Derwentwater Panorama. 2nd. Hood Street, Morpeth. 3rd. Amble Harbour Mouth.
An excellent pooled supper followed which marked the last meeting until the New Year. Thank you to everyone who
supported the competition and provided food.
Steph.
Pdi Knockout Competition where members had been invited in advance to submit up to four images, on any subject in
either colour or monochrome. This fun competition with no marking involved, gives members the opportunity to display
their work and to gauge reaction from the group.
Sixty-four images were entered into the competition by sixteen members. These were displayed two at a time and
the audience were asked to choose the one they preferred which then went into the next round with the other image
being eliminated from the contest. The process was then repeated and the previously chosen images were shuffled
by the software programme and presented again until the final image was declared the winner.
As usual in a knock-out, the first round produced images that seemed easy to compare and decide upon and based
solely on one's taste, but as the rounds progressed, more thought had to be given to the content and composition.
The final images in the round should really be gauged by the expertise that had been used when taking the picture.
In the first round, an Alstroemeria flower still life found itself vying with a Goth girl, bracket fungi against a close-up
image of a Giraffe, a seascape against old Beamish trams and a church altar vied with lug wormers at work on the
shore. A landscape was randomly placed next to another, a stylised lighthouse placed next to a wading Flamingo, a
rustic Italian house front against looped ropes and groynes vied with a cute dormouse.
Tuts and groans from the audience could be heard during the next round when two of their preferred images were
placed side by side. This was the time when subjective views had to be put to one side to concentrate on how much
work had been put into creating both images. In the final round, we were left with a low-key atmospheric image of
wooden staithes, an almost abstract view of Morpeth rooftops in the snow, and a Lakeland Scene.
Finally, the image chosen to be the winner of this year’s Pdi Knockout Competition was View from Friars Crag by
Jeremy Cooper; a sweeping view over Derwentwater taken from Friars Crag towards Cat Bells which was beautifully
framed by foliage.
1st. Derwentwater Panorama. 2nd. Hood Street, Morpeth. 3rd. Amble Harbour Mouth.
An excellent pooled supper followed which marked the last meeting until the New Year. Thank you to everyone who
supported the competition and provided food.
Steph.