Photonews - 2023 TE Special (DPI)

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August 2023 - TE Special (DPI)

From the General Secretary Once again, the hard work behind the scenes by Graham Harvey and Simon Rhodes has brought another Travelling Exhibition competition to fruition and I thank them both for their efforts.

The Travelling Exhibition and indeed the Rally have been fixtures in the Club calendar for as long as I have been a member, approaching 20 years now. The Rally marked the first venue for the prints to be hung before beginning its journey to various clubs around the country. Indeed, it was the TE, brought to Torbay PS by John Maule, PPC member and then TPS Programme Secretary, that introduced me to the club. I joined C19 with John and still deliver pouches to him regularly.

The first Rally I attended was held at Rydal Hall in 2010 and we haven’t

missed many since.

Enough reminiscence!

With no one stepping forward to organise the Rally and the circulation of the TE, and in view of the marked decrease in entries in both sections this year, the competition will be discussed at the next Committee Meeting. Indeed, please feed back any comments, suggestions, offers to take on a role in the Club through your Circle Secretary or directly to me via email.

None of which, of course, should detract from the quality of work entered, and many congratulations to all with accepted and awarded images. And well done, also, to our Photographers of the Year - who will be revealed in a Photonews POTY Special.

In addition to those below, the PPC website has links to the slideshows and can I, once again, ask members of local clubs to steer their programme secretary in that direction?

I will be emailing award certificates out in due course and Simon Rhodes has indicated he is happy to return prints on receipt of an SAE. His address was on the TE invitation.

And finally, a very heartfelt thank you to Dave for putting together this edition of PhotoNews.

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The PRINT slideshow is at https://youtu.be/YpmiwdSjvgw The DPI slideshow is at https://youtu.be/S887rSR38rU

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EDITORIAL With no Rally this year (as we have no Rally Organiser) it is uncertain how many, if any, of you will get to see the Travelling Exhibition this year.

In addition to the main Award winners, Certificates of Merit were awarded and a further selection of entries were accepted for the Exhibition. In addition. with no touring exhibition this year (owing to the fact that we have no Travelling Exhibition Secretary) those of you who usually see the TE at your own club will also miss out.

Fortunately the Competition Secretaries are still in place so we can at least bring you this year’s results and we will also provide a link to a slideshow hosted on the Club’s YouTube channel so you can view the forty images at your leisure. I will post the links at the foot of the General Secretary’s editorial.

One other change for this year is that we are presenting the results as three separate issues. I know many of you simply read the PDF version but a reasonable number also enjoy the page-turning version on ISSUU too.

Changes to their charging model however limits the number of pages we can upload without buying a professional package - something we could not justify for a few issues of Photonews a year. You will have received appropriate links for each of the competition specials from Roger via email.

So, in closing can I draw your attention to Roger’s comments regarding Club Officials … we really do need you!

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The Travelling Exhibition - 2023 (DPI) Selected by David Butler MFIAP EFIAP MPSA2 ARPS BPE5* Hon LCPU

Dave had his first camera some fifty years ago and has been interested in photography ever since. His main focus has always been on the image and not the equipment, a trend which continues to this day. In this respect Dave was fortunate in his early days to have a mentor who helped him to understand that technique is always necessary but the resulting image is what really counts. His mentor was an excellent and well respected photographer who later became President of the RPS, and guided him to an LRPS to start, followed by ARPS. Having been an image assessor or judge for some thirty-four years or so Dave's photographic philosophy has remained constant to this idea – “It’s not what you look at it’s what you see and feel”.

As a founder member of Wigan 10 foto, his range of image interests was enhanced and enlarged as the group competed in worldwide exhibitions.

Ultimate success in these exhibitions led to the awards up to BPE5*, to AFIAP, followed by EFIAP, and ultimately to MFIAP, and recently an MPSA2.

Judges Choice & Best Colour

Rembrandt's Daughter: Harry Wentworth

Best Monochrome Boxer and his Corner Man: Harry Wentworth

Best Landscape Aurora Borealis, Norway: Maxwell Law

Best Natural History Mating Rosemary Beetles: Stephen Yates

Best Architectural Leeds Escalator: Ann Bland

Best Portrait Whimsical: Ann Nissen

Best Action On the Beach: Peter Redford

Certificates of Merit (DPI) Ann Bland Ann Nissen Carole Wetherley Chris Wood Chris Wood Graham Dean Graham Snowden Ingrid Demaerschalk John Hughes John Kay Jon Allanson Jon Allanson Maxwell Law Richard Walliker Stephen Yates Stuart Carr Stuart Carr Stuart Carr

Shetland Grand National Lady In Red Cloak Sparrowhawk The Maul Redemption The City At Night Choose Sally Lightfoot Crab Great Crested Grebes Playing Footie Sparrowhawk With Mouse Red Squirrel From Idaho To Lagos Ooh La La - Pour Moi Crab Spider Eating Aphid On The Pier Vacant No Vacancies

From Idaho to Lagos Maxwell Law

Shetland Grand National Ann Bland

No Vacancies Stuart Carr

Sparrowhawk Carole Wetherley

Red Squirrel Jon Allanson

Sparrowhawk with Mouse Jon Allanson

Sally Lightfoot Crab Ingrid Demaerschalk

Great Crested Grebes John Hughes

Crab Spider Eating Aphids Stephen Yates

Lady in Red Cloak Ann Nissen

Redemption Chris Wood

Vacant Stuart Carr

The City at Night Graham Dean

Choose Graham Snowden

Ooh La La -Pour Moi Richard Walliker

The Maul Chris Wood

Playing Footie John Kay

On the Pier Stuart Carr

DPI Acceptances Ann Bland

Salford Sculptures

Ann Nissen

Peregrine In Tree

Ann Nissen

Enjoying The Fiddle

Ann Nissen

To The Battle

Ann Nissen

Waiting For My Man

Barry Roberts

Gladioli

Barry Roberts

Birthday Flowers

Barry Roberts

Untitled No.1

Barry Roberts

Tap Dancing Robin

Bob Rawlinson

Little Bee-eater

Bob Rawlinson

Frost

Bob Rawlinson

Sparrow Hawk With Prey

Bob Rawlinson

Long Eared Owl

Bob Rawlinson

Senegal Thicknee

Carole Wetherley

Highrise

Carole Wetherley

Jokers Joker

Carole Wetherley

The Old Croft House

Carole Wetherley

The Orange Window

Chris Wood

After The Storm

Chris Wood

Spring Bride

David James

Cloisters, Gloucester Cathedral

David James

Somewhere To Rest

David James

Remembrance

Graham Dean

Sun Setting Behind Black Combe

Graham Snowden

Slate Wall And Steps

Graham Snowden

GWR9466 Under Bridge At Arley

Harry Wentworth

Puppy Love

Harry Wentworth

Time To Retire Hercules

Harry Wentworth

That Knowing Look

Harry Wentworth

Those In-between Years

Ingrid Demaerschalk

Memory Of A Rose...

Ingrid Demaerschalk

Atomium

Ingrid Demaerschalk

Sponsored By Dulux

John Hughes

Little Egret

John Hughes

Sparrow Hawk

Jon Allanson

Male Oedemera Nobilis

Jon Allanson

Looking To The West End Of Deansgate

Jon Allanson

I Like The Colours Of My Hair

Maxwell Law

Flamingoes

Maxwell Law

Whispers

Peter Bagnall

White Tailed Sea Eagle Gets Fish

Peter Biebrach

Just Messing About

Peter Redford

Kes One

Peter Redford

Consantration

Peter Redford

Me Next

Peter Redford

Vintage

Richard Bown

Eddie Stobart Of The Atlas Mountains

Richard Bown

Run Out!

Richard Bown

Who's Taking Who For A Run

Richard Bown

View Across The Tyne

Richard Walliker

Through The Timbers

Richard Walliker

The Porter

Richard Walliker

Late Afternoon Sun

Roger Edwardes

Loaf, Like You Mean It!

Roger Edwardes

The Bell Ringer

Roger Edwardes

The Old Mill, Lower Slaughter

Stephen Yates

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Stephen Yates

Red Squirrel

Stephen Yates

Grasshopper Nymph Meets Spider Mite

Steve Gray

Still Waters Run Deep

Steve Gray

Light And Shade

Steve Gray

Smoke Break

Steve Gray

Gant Hill Station

Stuart Carr

The Red Umbrella

Stuart Carr

The Crossworder

BUT … who won “Photographer of the Year?

Watch for a POTY Special featuring both the Print and DPI photographers of the year 2023