Our second competition of the 2026 internal season took place on Tuesday 2nd June 2026, with many members making it to the Hall (despite a tube strike & torrential rain) and a few on Zoom. This round had an 'Open' theme, so photographs on any subject were permissible, and the judge was the EAF's Ben Pike.
Our Chairman, Nick Bowman, welcomed Ben to the Society and the competitions began.
Print Competition
Entries were high, with the 'Open' theme providing for a varied set of images. Seventeen members presented prints in the first half of the evening.
Ben suggested a few judicious crops where either the sky or foreground did not yield enough interest and distracted from the subject. He praised some well-observed and fascinating images
Four images were held back. The maximum 20 points were awarded to 'Bridge of Sighs' (20) by Paul Shelley & 'Urban Watercolour' (20) by Elisabeth Kendall:
'Bridge of Sighs' (20) - Paul Shelley
'Urban Watercolour' (20) - Elisabeth Kendall
DPI Competition
Thirty-four members entered the DPI competition in the second half of the evening.
Ben praised some atmospheric, well-lit images. He advised going around the edges as a last minute check before submission to avoid anything distracting. Ben remarked that a few photographs would have been improved if the main subject were looking into the camera and creating a stronger connection with the viewer. He advised to get as low as possible when a runner was the subject, in order to better separate the individual from other subjects.
Five images were held back. Two images were awarded the maximum 20 points - 'Through the trees and into the light' (20) by Rob Wilkinson & 'In her domain' (20) by Marian Quartey:
'Through the trees and into the light' (20) - Rob Wilkinson
'In her domain' (20) - Marian Quartey
Finally
You can see all the entries for this second round of our internal competition in the Galleries section of this website.
The Results of the Session and the results/cumulative totals for this 2026 Season are accessible from the Internal Competitions Page of the Society Website (and the Documents Section).
Thanks to Stephen Ingall & John Murray for managing the IT/image projection, & to Rob Wilkinson for handling the Prints.
Dan Waller
Competitions’ Secretary