Our last regular meeting of the season was our annual knockout, where members bring along a selection of their images and we all vote to choose our favourites. This year members could bring along digital images or prints, and 17 prints and 32 images were submitted.

We began with the prints. There was a varied selection, both mounted and unmounted. There was a beautiful print of a hare, some landscape images, a car, a black and white garden sculpture, some cute pictures of a dog, a rabbit and a little boy, some unusual shots of buildings and reflections, plus a lot of innovative abstract prints, such as a print of some smarties distorted by water droplets, or a print of the shadow pattern cast by a curtain. The images were voted off in a series of head-to-head rounds until only two remained. The final round was a face-off between George’s print of a pony with a comb-over hair style and Hovo’s lovely print of yachts in the harbour at night. In the end, George’s pony image won the most votes.

We moved on to the digital images. There were some great wildlife images, several cityscapes, some golfing images, landscapes, seascapes, portraits, and more cute animal pictures. Having 32 images made the head-to-head rounds easier. Images were voted off until only 4 remained. Members then voted for their favourite to determine the final placings, and the result was:

• 4th place
  • A seascape of waves breaking around groyne number 5 (Mike Clark)
• 3rd place
  • A siskin resting on a branch (Jennifer Davidson)
• 2nd place
  • A colourful frog (Derek Muller)
• 1st Place
  • A cute owl looking out from a mossy resting place (Jennifer Davidson)

We done to George and Jennifer, who both won a pack of mini Easter eggs!

• Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help move our summer library exhibition. We need one more volunteer to fill the 17th May slot (setting up the exhibition at Gullane). If you are able to help that day please email Ed or Steven.
• Next Thursday (24th April) we have our club AGM and prize-giving. We will be meeting in room G3 at 7pm and will move next door into G2 for refreshments after the meeting. Please bring along your ideas for next year’s set subject themes. More information will be mailed out soon.