Competition Evenings

These are competitions amongst Society members and are judged by a variety of experienced judges or professional photographers. There is a mix of open and themed competitions, and images are marked out of 20. Any member can enter and judging takes place anonymously, so it's a great forum for everyone to have their images constructively critiqued.

The total scores from the print and DPI (digital projected image) competition rounds held each season decide who are our "top" photographers in each category.

To see all future scheduled competition evenings click here. Logged-in members can check the submission deadline dates here.

2024 Competition Round 3 Judged!

Our third and final competition of the shortened 2024 internal season took place on Tuesday 3rd December. This round had an 'Architecture' theme and the judge was Marianne Holm Hansen. A report of Marianne's general comments is available in the blog (see link below). Eighteen members presented prints in the first half of the evening.

Three images were held back for a second look in the print category. Ultimately, 19 points were awarded to 'Fen Court' by Rob Wilkinson, with the maximum 20 points awarded to 'Looking Up in Awe' by Martin Eriksson & 'Minimalist Concrete' by Deborah Smyth. Their photos can be seen in the blog (see link below) and the galleries (see link below).

Twenty-five members entered the DPI competition in the second half of the evening.

Four images were held back and, ultimately, all four were awarded the maximum 20 points. These were - 'Copper Staircase' by Deborah Smyth, 'Geometry' by Chris Murray, 'Looking Up' by John Murray and 'Swirl' by Michael Ciancia. Again, their photos can be seen in the blog (see link below) and the galleries (see link below).
 
Thanks to Debbie Smyth, Stephen Ingall and Dennis Law, for managing the IT/image projection, & to John Murray and Colin Page for handling the Prints.
There is a full report on the evening on the Society’s Blog at: 

Blog

and you can see all the images in the latest Galleries and slideshows below:

Print Gallery

DPI Gallery

The results for Round 3 can be found here:

Internal Competition Results Round 3 2024 PRINTS

Internal Competition Results Round 3 2024 DPI

2024 Competition Totals

After this, the third and final competition of our Internal Competition Season 2024, results/cumulative totals can be found via these links:

Internal Competition Totals after Round 3 of 2024 Season PRINTS

Internal Competition Totals after Round 3 of 2024 Season DPI

*PLEASE NOTE before you contact the Competitions' Secretary that the “Ranked Scores” (the lower table in the linked pages above) show the scores for each image for each member from highest to lowest scoring (from left to right), NOT the round scores! 

2024 Competition Winners

The results of this year's internal competition are:

In the Print Competition, Debbie Smyth came third with 56 points and Rob Wilkinson came second with 57 points. The winner, with 58 points and, therefore, the new holder of the Marston Trophy is Chris Murray.

In the DPI Competition, Michael Ciabcia and Chris Murray came second equal, with 57 points. The winner, with 59 points and, therefore, the new holder of the Howe Trophy is Debbie Smyth.

Prizes will be officially presented at the first meeting of 2025, the Christmas Walk Washing Line.

Coming Soon! The new 2025 Season begins - dates, themes and judges

Round 1: The next Internal Competition evening will be the first competition of our new yearly season - 2025. The meeting will be held on on Tuesday, 4th March 2025 (entry deadline is midnight on Saturday 1st March). The genre is 'Open', so members may submit photographs only on any theme. The judge will be the EAF's David Steel.