Photographic talent shines in Tettenhall Wood club competition

The last round of this seasons projected images competition was held last week, with members already in the lead hoping to retain their position.

Members displayed their work for review by visiting judge Graham Walton DPAGB, who commented on the high quality of the entries across all three sections.

The Advanced section has been a close contest all year and only 11 points separated the top eight photographers after four rounds of competition with Paul Reynolds securing first place and John White just one point behind in second place, Michael Bull took third. In the Intermediate section Mark Rock took the top spot, followed by Nigel Gooding in second place and Trevor Swan third; whilst in the General section first place went to Martin Edwards, with Bill Roberts second and Ray Dulai third.

The results of the 4th round of projected images were as follows; in the General section first place went to Bill Roberts with ‘Busy Bee’, Dave Ormerod took second, third and a commended for his images ‘The Bargee’ , ‘Night Time Paddler’s, and ‘Up and Over’. The highly commended images were ‘Frosty Morning’ by Bryan Organ and ‘Where are the shops’  by Martin Edwards. The commended images were ‘Last Lap’ by John Gainham, ‘Want to Know a Secret’ by Dean Hardie and ‘Meet me at the Beach’ by Martin Edwards.

For the Intermediate section the first placed image was ‘It’s all about the hair’ by Trevor Swan. Second place went to ‘Babyface’ by Gaynor Ormerod, whilst Mark Rock secured third place with ‘Wolverhampton Cricket Club’ and also took both highly commended spots with ‘Aimee’ and ‘Climbing Plant’, The commended images were ‘14’ by Peter Morris, ‘Daddies Little Darling’ and ‘Hanging on to Mum’, both by Ian Griffiths; and ‘Darcie,’ by Nigel Gooding.

First place in the advanced section went to Paul McKenzie for his image ‘The Coal Merchant’, second was ‘Fungi and Ladybird’ by Michael Bull, ‘Subterranean Busker’ by Paul Reynolds was awarded third place. The highly commended images were Michael Bull’s ‘Toad’ and ‘In Love in London’ by Delia Kingsbury. The commended images were ‘In Prayer’ by Malcolm Harris, ‘Kingfisher Take Off’ by Paul McKenzie, and ‘Hidden View’ and ‘Unwrapped’ both by Neil Kingsbury.

There is just one more round of the printed images competition to go before we find out who will win the coveted Photographer of the Year competition. Martin Edwards from the General Section has a 14 point lead, but Mark Rock, Neil Kingsbury and Paul Reynolds could still take the title.

All of the images from the latest competition round can be seen on Facebook or on the club’s website: twpc.org.uk.

The next meeting is on Tuesday, April 28, and will see the final round of the print competition, which is being judged by Ralph Ducket, President of the Midland Counties Photographic Federation.