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 Saturday 7th June saw club members, family and friends journey to Shrewsbury for our eagerly anticipated outing. Surprisingly the weather was kind to us .We had been expecting wet and windy instead it was dry and pleasantly warm. There were plenty of photographic opportunities, from historic buildings to the river gardens and street photography. It was lovely to be able to share fellowship and expertise. There were some interesting shops for the non-photographers to explore and numerous eateries. It was a grand day out

1st   Tony  Cook         Starship Light Way

2nd  John Hardwick   Majestic

3rd  Lyn Wyles            Cornflower 

HC   John Hardwick    Too Close!!!

Congratulations to the winners who all scored the maximum 20 marks . The winning images are available to view on the Competitions Gallery.

4 members between them had 22 entries accepted for this event.

Lin Wyles had 9 accepted. A mix of Prints and DPI'S

Peter Wyles  7 DPI'S

Sue Vernon  5 Prints

Cecilia Corbett 1DPI

Lin and Peter were awarded Smethwick Ribbons of Excellence.

Congratulations to all.

Tony Cook (right) receiving his 2024 Online Photographer trophy from Bryan Pilot.

Peter Wyles (right) receiving his 2024 Print Photographer trophy from Keith Sharples

Here are the cumulative results for the online and print competitions during 2024.

Tony Cook came top in the online section, while Peter Wyles triumphed in the print section. The result for the print competition was very close with only 3 points separating the top four. Congratulations !

Here are the scores for the top four in each section :

Our 2025 Open competition was held on January 6th and an excellent selection of prints were on show. Our Judge Bob Train gave the maximum 20 marks to no less than seven of the 56 entries. These were :

The winning entries in the October print competition were as follows :

1st with 20 marks

•  Peter Wyles - "Longtown, Herefordshire"  

Joint 2nd with 19 marks

• Lin Wyles  -          "Moody Llanberis, Gwynedd"
• Tony Cook  -    " Fun on the Waltzer, Hereford May Fair"
• Peter Wyles  -   "Derbyshire"

Thanks again to Aleks Gjika  for judging

Following a suggestion from Tony we have added lists of public photography competitions and exhibitions that may interest you

Competitions
Exhibitions

If you know of any others that we could add to the lists, please let us know

1st - Fast and Strong    - John Hardwick

2nd - Windmill - Cecilia Corbett

3rd (equal) - Work Horse - John Hardwick

3rd (equal) - Tough Built - John Hardwick

See the winning images here