Round 5 2015

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Prints

2nd in prints

3rd in prints

Highly Commended in prints

Highly Commended in Prints

Commended in prints

Projected

1st in projected

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3rd in projected

Highly Commended in projected

Highly Commended in Projected

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Round 4 2015

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Prints

1st in prints

Second in prints

Third in prints

Highly commended in prints

Commended in prints

Projected Images

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Commended in projected

2015 Exhibition

June 27, 2015March 12, 2016hbccweb 1 Comment

Report by Angela Riley

Saturday 13th June saw the start of the popular annual exhibition of photography from the Hebden Bridge Camera Club at Hebden Bridge Town Hall. It was opened by Councillor Karl Boggis, Mayor of Hebden Royd Town Council, who was welcomed by Philip Dean, Secretary of the Camera Club.

After looking round the exhibits, the Mayor performed the official opening saying “It is a pleasure to be asked to open this excellent exhibition. Although I know very little about lenses and shutters etc. myself, taking photos only with my mobile phone, I can see that there are some really good examples of the art here and I hope that lots of people will come in to see them. I shall certainly come again before the exhibition closes.”

The exhibition was well supported by both locals and tourists alike, around 500 people coming in during the first three days alone. 70 framed images were on display and visitors were asked if they would like to vote for their favourite three. One or two of the images on display will also feature in the Club’s 2016 Hebden Bridge Calendar, which will go on sale later in the year.

As well as the printed pictures, some digital images could be viewed on a television, kindly provided by the Co-operative Supermarket in Hebden Bridge; these were the Club competition winners from 2014. The exhibition was open until Wednesday, 24th of June, daily from 10am to 4pm. Admission was free and anyone making a vote was offered a token for a 10% reduction at the Town Hall Café, courtesy of the Town Hall management.

1st: Autumn, Hardcastle Crags by Philip Dean.
2nd: Looking For Food by Ian Parker.
3rd: Whitby Abbey by David Dempsey.

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Round 3 2015

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Prints

First in Prints

Second in Prints

Third in Prints

Highly Commended in Prints

Highy Commended in Prints

Commended in Prints

Projected Images

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AV Competition 2015

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Results

1st place: “Le Tour de France” by Max Sunderland scored 133 points.
1st place: “On a Monday Morning” by David Dempsey scored 133 points.
2nd place: “Wonderful Copenhagen” by Rory Prior with scored 111 points.
3rd place: “My Type of Town” by Chris Standley scored 107 points.

AVs are scored by all members who give marks from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) for each work. These marks are then totalled to give each entry its overall score.

Round 2 2015

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Prints

First in Prints

Second in Prints

Third in Prints

Highly Commended in Prints

Commended in Prints

Projected Images

First in Projected Images

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2015 Interclub

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Report by Michael Newton

For those who have not attended one of these evenings the procedure is as follows. The group of 12 clubs are members by invitation and include some of the largest in West Yorkshire and each club submits 5 PDI’s, one to fit the Set Subject chosen by the host club, a second to match the Set Theme (which is from a rotating list of standard classes), and the other free with no restriction at all. The images are judged by a well known photographer, usually from well outside our area. On Saturday Peter Jones of Newark did the job and he had been told by the organisers that he should spread the marks as widely as possible. This resulted in some marks as low as 8/20! Our results were as follows:-

Set Subject (Night) – “M62 Dusk” by Simon Garvey 19
Set Theme (Candid) – “Nothing good about it!” by Max Sunderland 14
“St. Paul’s at Christmas” by Rory Prior 14
“Sycamore Keys” by Jim Strom 19
“Micro-Droplet on Passiflora” by Carley Stansfield 15

Our total of 81 put us in 6th place but this was a very good result – Leeds Photographic Society were way out in front but 4 clubs were joint 2nd with 83 marks meaning that we were well up with the leading clubs. There were some excellent images and we had an entertaining evening. It would be good to see more members supporting our entries for the 4th and final round of this season which is being hosted by Bradford Photographic Society on Saturday 18th April. The meeting starts at 7.30 and the venue is St. James’ Church Hall, Beaufort Grove, Bolton Road, BD2 4LH. If anyone wants to know more about this just ask myself, Philip or Maureen Dean, Margaret Beaumont, or John Akroyd – we have all enjoyed many Inter-Club evenings over the last few years.

2015 Battle with Todmorden

March 11, 2015March 11, 2016hbccweb 1 Comment

Report by Jim Strom

Thanks to all who came along and for making this such an interesting and informative evening for both clubs. Despite the inclement weather there was a warm welcome for the Hebden Bridge visitors who had turned out in force to support their club.

John Smith from Rochdale and District Camera Club presided as judge for the evening.

As is the tradition with the annual contest, both clubs each entered 10 projected digital images and 10 prints.

Starting with the projected images, the judge gave his comments on each entry and awarded a mark out of 20.

Out of the 20 projected image entries, 9 were picked out for further consideration and then the final marks awarded:

Mark	Todmorden	Hebden Bridge
16		On the Lookout
17	Aerial Display
17		Eerie Elterwater
17	Guardian Angel
18		Lotus Flower
18	Manchester at Dusk
19		Honesty Seed Heads
19		Spring Triplets
20	Winter Walk

Final total for all projected image entries:

Todmorden	Hebden Bridge
161	167

The prints round was another close run contest coming down to 6 prints before the final marks were awarded:

Mark	Todmorden	Hebden Bridge
18		At the Monte Carlo Cafe
18		Portrait at the Corn Exchange
18		St Pauls at Christmas
19	Towards Stoodley Pike
19	Wall Hanging, Blackburn Cathedral
20		Common Blue Damselfly Male

Final total for all print entries:

Todmorden	Hebden Bridge
162	169

Hebden Bridge was duly declared the winner with an overall total of 336 marks to Todmorden’s 323. The president of Hebden Bridge Camera Club received the ‘gavel’ trophy amounting to the fifth annual consecutive win by the club. We look forward to our next contest which will take place at Hebden Bridge Camera Club in March 2016.