Aldridge Photographic Society: Merit 4 17th January

The club thanks Tony Broom for being our judge for the evening. Tony is Vice Chairman at Tettenhall Wood, Photographic Society, Wolverhampton. He also publishes the society's web pages.

Tony put emphasis on simple compositions with no clutter and praised images that showed control of light.

Mono Prints	1st	Grandma's Cottage	John McNaughton
(Novice)	2nd	Wet Room	Allan Giles
	3rd	Pigeon Post	Allan Giles

Highly Commended: Walk Over the Bridge, John McNaughton

Colour Prints (Novice)	1st	Frosty Morning	John McNaughton
	2nd	Wild and Free	John McNaughton
	3rd	Pedalling Through the Flood	Tony Davis

Highly Commended: Hot Pot, Allan Giles
Commended: Scottish Sunset, Tony Davis

Digital (Novice)	1st	Nuthatch	Tony Davis The judge said,"The whole bird is on a diagonal with a nice catchlight in the eye. The image needs a tweek on the quality of colour but I like the pose."
	2nd	Three Arrows	John McNaughton The judge said," An unusual image. Minimal in content which strengthens the image.It would have looked better if the author had got rid of the bright area at the bottom and presented the image in landscape view."
	3rd	The Snow Leopard	John McNaughton The judge said, "This may have been better as a head portrait. The pole divides the image into two halves. The right side is not as interesting as the left side. For the left side this image should be very highly commended. The eyes are amazing,"

Highly Commended: Bill in Thought, Ian Shanks
Commended: Run Rabbit Run, Allan Giles, Posing Policeman, Brian Halls

Advanced Mono	1st	Ogwen Waterfall	Andy Askey
	2nd	Derwent Marina	Gary Allkins
	3rd	Glen Coe	Andy Askey

Highly Commended: The Jetty, Gary Allkins
Commended: Walkway to the Albert Hall, Tom Swallow

Digital (Advanced)	1st	Kimmeridge Bay Sunset	Andy Askey The judge said, " I like the lead out. Beautiful colouration generally though the sun distracts a little. I like some of the great detail."
	2nd	Morning Reflections, Loch Linhe	Andy Askey The judge said, "The rocks at the bottom left are beautiful. I would have liked to see more of these. Perhaps the top could be cropped to concentrate attention on the colours at the bottom of the image."
	3rd	Abandoned	Gary Allkins The judge said, "A powerful sky at the end of the day. The author could have cropped some of the sky and I would have liked the post to be on the left. Lovely light"