Knockout competition
THE annual Digital Image Knockout Competition between members took place at Sileby Photographic Society’s
Zoom meeting held on Monday, February 1, when it was the turn of Jim Hartje, ARPS, EFIAP, APAGB, DPAGB, BPE5* to deliberate and cogitate over the entries placed before him.
Prior to the competition, each entrant had been given an identifying number which would determine the ‘order of play’.
Thus, the entrant at the top of the numerical list played against the person appearing at the bottom, the second-top played against the second-bottom, and so on, and with an even number of entrants, eight in all, the system worked admirably.
With the criteria enabling subjects of the author’s choice to be submitted, in either monochrome or colour, Jim had to remain focused when awarding his marks to a maximum of 20 points, with each entrant offering three images per round.
SPS is well known for having a strong representation of natural history and wildlife photographers within its group, but the sea and landscape images, together with portraits, transport and re-enactment, etc, gave them a run for their money.
In the first round, Richard Storier achieved total marks of 48, but Alun Williams’ total of 51, meant that Alun progressed to round two. John Hoogerwerf and Malcolm Coulton both scored a total 44 points for their efforts, but the tie-breaker resulted in Malcolm going through.
Mike Belson’s score of 47 just pipped Bob Andrews’ total of 46 ensuring that he scraped into round two. Natural history and wildlife photographers, Gianpiero Ferrari and Pete Smith went head to head, but it was Gianpiero’s score of 56 against Pete’s 49 which enabled his progression.
A similar format applied to round two. Gianpiero’s entries had the edge over Alun Williams’ scoring 51 and 45 respectively, and Mike Belson’s score of 54 against Malcolm’s of 46 ensured that he too progressed to the last round.
Both natural history and wildlife photographers, it was always going to be toughie when Gianpiero and Mike contested the final round.
Both produced eyecatching images, but it was Gianpiero who was awarded most points and was thus declared the winner of the Competition on the night.
John Hoogerwerf thanked Jim for his useful comments in his judging capacity, and congratulated those who had taken part, which had resulted in another evening of excellent photography.
The next Zoom meeting will be held on Monday, 15th February, when guest lecturer, David Gibbins, ARPS, APAGB, EFIAP, BPE5*, APAGB/AV, will present digital images under the title ‘Canada’.
Anyone wishing to become a member of Sileby Photographic Society, enabling access to the weekly Zoom meetings, should visit the contact page of the SPS website, when further details will be issued.
The programme for the current photographic year is also available to view.