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Jan 23

Success at the PAGB

By KevinB News No Comments

We submitted entries in both the Nature Cup as well as the Small Clubs Cup. This was judged over the weekend of the 20th January 2018. The Nature Cup allows us to submit a maximum of 21 images which a maximum of 3 per author, and the Small Clubs Cup a maximum of 10 images with 4 authors and a maximum of 4 per author. Well we did quite well. In the Nature category we’ve up’ed our game from sharing 23rd to 20th in our own right!, but that’s not all! In the Small Clubs we’ve leapt from 39th to 8th and only a couple of points for making it into the top 5 in the country. So well done all and to those who provided images, please keep on up’ing our game.

The full scores can be found here: gbcup_2018

The GB Cup for Small Clubs 2018 Open

Your 10 Highest Scoring Images
1	Leading The Field	Conor Molloy		13
2	Defying Time	Paul Scott		12
3	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow	Kristina Kokocova		12
4	Ebb And Flow	Anthony Gosling		12
5	Steadfast	Anthony Gosling		12
6	Splitting The Defence	Conor Molloy		12
7	Safe Return	David Tolliday		10
8	Marrakech Market	Dave Boam		10
9	Mad Hatters Tea For One	Irene Lea		10
10	Portrait Of A Footballer	Conor Molloy		10
			Total	113

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The GB Cup for Nature 2018 Nature

Your 10 Highest Scoring Images
1	Juvenile African Jacana On Lily Pads	Conor Molloy		15
2	Carmine Beeeater	Conor Molloy		13
3	Bearded Reedling With Nesting Material	David Tolliday		13
4	Fish Offer	Steve Gresty		12
5	Common Snipe	David Tolliday		12
6	Pied Kingfisher	Steve Gresty		12
7	Puffin With Nesting Material	Kevin Lomax		12
8	Crested Tit	Steve Gresty		11
9	White Peacock	Kevin Blake		10
10	Swallowtail	Kevin Blake		10
			Total	120

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Jan 16

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Success for Alison in “Women Behind the Lens” Competition

By Kevin Lomax Competitions, Members Successes, News No Comments

Congratulations to Alison Lomax who had an image shortlisted in Picfair’s “Women Behind the Lens” competition. The competition was open to all women photographers and attracted over 4,000 entries from more than 40 countries. The aim was to raise the profile of female photographers as currently only 2% of photographers on the books of major commercial agencies are female.

Images were entered into four categories – Portrait, Nature, Street Level and Architecture – with five images being shortlisted in each category. Alison’s entry, “Sunflower Close-Up”, was entered and shortlisted in the Nature category.

All shortlisted images were displayed in the entrance gallery of The Guardian’s offices in London.

A selection of images which didn’t quite make the shortlist were displayed electronically in the gallery. Congratulations also go to Louise Acton for having one of her images in this selection.

Alison’s image and all other shortlisted images can be viewed here.

“Sunflower Close-Up” by Alison Lomax

Nov 28

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Second Internal Competition 2017-18 – ‘Colourful’ Prints

By Kevin Lomax Competitions, News No Comments

Thanks to all who submitted entries for our second internal competition of the season. This was a prints-only competition with a subject of ‘Colourful’. We received a record 53 entries! The competition was judged by Nick Berentzen of South Manchester Camera Club.

Congratulations go to David Boam, Paul Scott and Steve Gresty who each had one image scoring a maximum 20 points.

Thanks go to Nick for his comments and scoring.

A full list of scores can be found here.

The overall league table is taking on a familiar appearance after two rounds. Click here to see it.

Jazz Synaesthesia by Steve Gresty

Nov 21

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Macc Regain the High Peak Trophy

By Kevin Lomax News No Comments

What a fantastic start to the season! Having regained the Robertshaw Trophy in October, last night we won the High Peak Trophy. We hosted the event which takes place between Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Bramhall. The judge was Keith Barber of Swinton and District Photographic Society. The evening was very well attended by the other clubs.

The competition is split into a prints round with 8 images submitted by each club and then a DPI round with 8 images per club. The club with the highest combined score for the two rounds is the winner. At the end of the prints round, Macc and Stalybridge were tied for first place with 147 points each. Chapel had 134 points and Bramhall had 126. In the DPI round, Macc forged ahead finishing with 150 points while Stalybridge had 141, Bramhall had 137 and Chapel had 132.

The overall results were: Macclesfield – 297, Stalybridge – 288, Chapel-en-le-Frith – 266, Bramhall – 263.

The individual print scores and names of Macc’s authors can be found here.

The individual DPI scores and names of Macc’s authors can be found here.

Special congratulations go to David Tolliday who’s image, Safe Return, was selected as the best in the competition.

“Safe Return” by David Tolliday

Nov 20

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High Peak Trophy 2017

By Kevin Lomax News No Comments

Tonight (Monday 20th November) we will be hosting the 2017 High Peak Trophy. This is an annual inter-club competition between Macclesfield, Stalybridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Bramhall. There are two separate sections – DPIs and prints. In each section, each club must submit 8 images. Overall, an author can only submit two images. The High Peak Trophy is awarded to the club which gains the most points across the DPI and print sections. The judge tonight is Keith Barber FIScT CPAGB LRPS of Swinton and District Photographic Society. Please come and support us!