Club Meeting, Members PDI Knockout - Tuesday 20th December 2016.
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On Tuesday 20th December 2016, Morpeth Camera Club staged their annual Digital Knockout competition to mark the
last meeting before Christmas. This is a fun event with no marks or judges comments, where two images are projected
at the same time and the audience select their favourite to progress to the next round. Ninety six images were entered
and as the losing images are eliminated the numbers remaining in the competition decrease until only two are left.
A wide variety of subjects were on view, autumn reflections vied with coloured paint pots, rusty old tanks with graceful
owls, serene water birds verses vibrantly coloured Tyne bridges, graffiti against pet dogs, abstract fish side by side with
stained glass windows and Sage reflections competed with sheep grazing on snowy moorland.
The first rounds appeared to be relatively easy where the audience could be subjective and could choose images which
were to their taste but as the rounds progressed it soon became more important to choose an image where there had
been more thought or expertise employed.
As the rounds progressed the images were shuffled by the computer software programme and then randomly displayed
and there were groans from the audience when two of their chosen images were set side by side; a monochrome city
scene with a coloured New York skyline, a beautiful kingfisher next to a puffin in flight and a soft portrait together with
a humorous colourful face painted child.
The two semi finals came up with Myra Jacksons lively pet dog on Cresswell beach, against highly weathered layered
sandstone rocks taken at Spittal by Davy Bolam, and a reflected still life study of a Christmas parcel by Sue Dawson
against a red squirrel alongside a camera by George Sudlow.
Only two images could progress to the final and in a very close finish the audience chose Spittal Rocks by Davy to take
second place as George, a new member of the club, was awarded first place for his charming shot of the squirrel that
was a worthy winner of the competition.
Club Chairman thanked IT man and Vice Chairman, Mark Harrison for setting up the knockout after which a pooled
buffet supper was enjoyed. Morpeth Camera Club now has a Christmas break until they resume their meetings on
Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
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2nd. On Tuesday 20th December 2016, Morpeth Camera Club staged their annual Digital Knockout competition to mark the
last meeting before Christmas. This is a fun event with no marks or judges comments, where two images are projected
at the same time and the audience select their favourite to progress to the next round. Ninety six images were entered
and as the losing images are eliminated the numbers remaining in the competition decrease until only two are left.
A wide variety of subjects were on view, autumn reflections vied with coloured paint pots, rusty old tanks with graceful
owls, serene water birds verses vibrantly coloured Tyne bridges, graffiti against pet dogs, abstract fish side by side with
stained glass windows and Sage reflections competed with sheep grazing on snowy moorland.
The first rounds appeared to be relatively easy where the audience could be subjective and could choose images which
were to their taste but as the rounds progressed it soon became more important to choose an image where there had
been more thought or expertise employed.
As the rounds progressed the images were shuffled by the computer software programme and then randomly displayed
and there were groans from the audience when two of their chosen images were set side by side; a monochrome city
scene with a coloured New York skyline, a beautiful kingfisher next to a puffin in flight and a soft portrait together with
a humorous colourful face painted child.
The two semi finals came up with Myra Jacksons lively pet dog on Cresswell beach, against highly weathered layered
sandstone rocks taken at Spittal by Davy Bolam, and a reflected still life study of a Christmas parcel by Sue Dawson
against a red squirrel alongside a camera by George Sudlow.
Only two images could progress to the final and in a very close finish the audience chose Spittal Rocks by Davy to take
second place as George, a new member of the club, was awarded first place for his charming shot of the squirrel that
was a worthy winner of the competition.
Club Chairman thanked IT man and Vice Chairman, Mark Harrison for setting up the knockout after which a pooled
buffet supper was enjoyed. Morpeth Camera Club now has a Christmas break until they resume their meetings on
Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
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