This week Musselburgh Camera Club welcomed Beeslack Penicuik Camera Club and Haddington Camera Club to the Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh for our first face to face 3-way interclub competition for 3 years. The previous two competitions had been held by Zoom only.
The meeting was broadcast on Zoom for members who couldn’t make it. Those who could attend in person were treated to tea, biscuits and cakes, thanks to catering by Jennifer Davidson, Liz Sowler and John West.
The competition was judged by Stephen Lipton who had judged our black and white print competition a few weeks earlier. Stephen once again entertained us with his stories and invited us to comment on his assessment of each image displayed. Each club submitted 15 images each, making a total of 45 images. The competition began with the 3 clubs neck-and neck. After the first 12 images, Beeslack and Haddington had 68 points and Musselburgh had 67 points. When we reached the half way point, Musselburgh were starting to edge ahead on 136 points to Beeslack’s 130 and Haddington’s 131. The trend continued, and when Musselburgh secured the top image of the night with George Todd’s “Durbar Monk” there was no going back. The final scores were:
- First place (257 points) Musselburgh Camera Club
- Second place (244 points) Haddington Camera Club
- Third place (241 points) Beeslack Penicuik Camera Club
The top images of the night were spread amongst the three clubs:
- Durbar Monk (Musselburgh Camera Club) – 20 points
- Centre of Heart Nebula in Constellation Cassiopeia (Haddington Camera Club) – 19 points
- More Than Breezy (Beeslack Penicuik Camera Club) – 19 points
The top Musselburgh images were:
- Durbar Monk – 20 points
- Mountain Hare in the Snow – 18 points
- Owl In Flight – 18 points
- Lovely Cup of Tea – 18 points
It was a delight to be able to entertain Beeslack and Haddington face to face again. Thank you to Stephen Lipton for judging the competition and for timing his presentation to let us finish in time for an early tea break. Well done to Musselburgh Camera club for a decisive win.
- George Todd is collecting prints for the Human Portrait print competition this weekend. Please contact George if you are planning to enter and haven’t yet given him your prints.
- George has his work cut out, as this Thursday, 2nd March, he will be judging our final set subject competition on “Landscape”. Come along on Thursday to see the conclusion to this competition.
- I have been informed there is also a Wex Photographic Open Day taking place in Edinburgh at 10am-5pm on 2nd March.
See you on Thursday,
Steven
Musselburgh Camera Club 