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The PAGB Cup was judged over the weekend of the 19th January. The images are scored out of 15, by 3 judges who see the images for about 5 seconds.

The GB Cup for Small Clubs

Congratulations to Anthony for being awarded a bronze medal for his image ‘Out of Bounds’, Best Long Exposure Image. In the PAGB GB Cup – Small Clubs we tied for 10th (out of 56) with Dunsten and Mosley clubs. Once again a very creditable result.

• Steve Gresty, ‘Sidecar Racers’,12       
• Paul Scott,’Solitude’,11       
• Paul Scott,’Alter Ego’,12       
• Anthony Gosling,’Boat in the Bay’,9       
• Anthony Gosling,’Out of Bounds’,13,Bronze Medal   
• Steve Gresty,’Supermarine Spitfire PRX1′,9       
• Terry Heathcote,’Flower’,9       
• Irene Lea,’Cig Break’,9       
• David Tolliday,’Milky Way over La Palma’,10       
• David Tolliday,’A Snowy Celebration’,12

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The GB Cup for Nature

Congratulations to Steve Gresty for a perfect score of 15 marks for his image ‘White Tailed Eagle Confrontation’. In the PAGB GB Cup – Nature we tied a very creditable 25th (out of 86) with Edinburgh, Cannock, Dundee and Southampton and we were only a couple of points behind North Cheshire and knocking on the door of some of the biggest clubs in the PAGB.

• Tom Tyler,’Young Leopard’,9
• Kevin Blake,’Longhorn Beetle’,10        
• Mark Stephens,’White Rhino’ ,9        
• Mark Stephens,’North Atlantic Grey Seal Emerging’,10
• Steve Gresty,’Sprit Bear with Salmon’,11
• Kevin Blake,’Hoverfly on Buttercup’,10
• Kevin Blake,’Small Burrowing Owl on Guard’,10
• Denis Jones,’Mini Beast’,10
• Steve Gresty,’Black Bear British Columbia’,9
• Steve Gresty,’White tailed eagle confrontation’,15        
• David Tolliday,’Ringed Plover’,12        
• David Tolliday,’Red Fox’,12        
• David Tolliday,’Jumping Red Fox’,12

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Thank you to all those who supplied images. A big thank you to Tom for pulling it all together and to Steve and David T for acting as the selection committee.

Following on from last season’s disposable challenge we decided to up the ante this season with a non-disposable camera challenge but still holding back from using modern cameras. Instead Vince kindly lent us some of his film cameras from the 80’s. So the same rules applied, it’s all about getting the image right in the camera. Having learnt about horizons, sticking your thumps over the lens, etc., it was time to use cameras with a little bit more control, aperture setting, distance setting etc. There was a choice of cameras available. This season we had the choice of shooting up to 6 film images, but still not being able to see the outcome until all the film had been processed.

There were some technology issues on some of the cameras but we still had a healthy set of images to review and vote on. So the winners are in gallery below… enjoy, remember this is 80’s technology!

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