Results of the WPG external competitions 2019 / 2020
Battles
KCPA Diamond Jubilee
The Kent County Photographic Association held their annual Diamond Jubilee competition at Ditton Community Centre on 22nd February. 34 clubs entered and Whitstable Photographic Group were placed equal sixth. This was a very creditable performance against a wide range of stiff competition. Special congratulations to Kirsty Ralfs, here image "Get a Dog They Said" received 19 points and a certificate of merit.
Results
Whitstable Photographic Group were placed equal 6th out of 34 clubs in the KCPA Diamond Jubilee Trophy. The full results are on the KCPA web site here.
The scores for each of our images were:
Flamingo Closeness, Graham Miles ARPS CPAGB 13
Get a Dog They Said, Kirsty Ralfs ARPS QGP 19 M
Margat Light, Claire Gilbert 15
Moving Day, Kirsty Ralfs ARPS QGP 17
Red Huts in the Blue Hour, Rupert Brun 15
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa Striata), Mike Gould 18 C
Storm over Lock Stack, Claire Gilbert 15
You Don't Scare Me, Mike Gould 15
Total 127
Mike Gould's Spotted Flycatcher, as our highest scoring image not to get an award, was commented upon by the judge.
Three Way Battle with Deal and Thanet
On 19th February 2020 we won the Three Way Battle with Deal and Thanet. We were slightly behind Deal on DPIs but our prints carried us to victory. Congratulations to Ray Urwin, Kirsty Ralfs and Claire Gilbert for scores of 20.
DPI Round:
Deal 171
Thanet 165
Whit 169
Print Round
Deal 162
Thanet 157
Whit 173
Overall
Deal 333
Thanet 322
Whit 342
DPI Round
Claire Gilbert Wave Action 16
Graham Miles Hay Field near Faversham 16
Melvyn Crow Arriving at Grosmont. 17
Mike Gould Kingfisher 16
Claire Gilbert Margate Light 14
Ray Urwin Back from the Future 20
Kirsty Ralfs Coming in to land 17
Rupert Brun Red Huts in the Blue Light 16
Kirsty Ralfs Moving Day 19
Graham Miles Sailing in the Mist and Sun 18
Print Round
Mike Gould Spotted Flycatcher 18
Melvyn Crow St Cosmus and St Damians 15
Kirsty Ralfs Get a dog they said 20
Graham Miles Flamingo Closeness 18
Graham Miles Frozen Tulip 14
Claire Gilbert Storm over Loch Stack 17
Claire Gilbert The Captive 20
Melvyn Crow St Edmunds Church Southwold 17
Kirsty Ralfs The Reading Room 16
Mike Gould You don’t scare me 18
Battle with Herne Bay
On 19th November 2019, Paul Adams ARPS DPAGB FDPS judged our work in a battle with Herne Bay Photographic club. We won, with 360 points against their 344 points. Congratulations to Kirsty Ralfs and Rupert Brun who both scored 20, and double congratulations to Mike Gould for two 20s!
Here are the full results
Ross Cup 2019
Whitstable Photographic Group were placed 7th in the KCPA Ross Cup, out of 35 clubs. We were only six points behind the winners, a very credible result. The results are on the KCPA web site here.
The scores for each of our images were:
Becalmed, Melvyn Crow ARPS 17
Flamingo Closeness, Graham Miles ARPS CPAGB 17
Get a Dog They Said, Kirsty Ralfs ARPS QGP 18
Heading Home, Kirsty Ralfs ARPS QGP 16
Like A Canary in a Coal Mine, Rupert Brun 16
Orange Tip, Mike Gould 17
Spotted Flycatcher, Mike Gould 17
St Edmunds Church Southwold, Melvyn Crow ARPS 15
As our highest scoring image, "Get a Dog They Said" received critique, the judge said she could feel the cold and wet, and the sea made it look windy too. The promenade was wet, perhaps from waves coming over it and the seagulls were a nice touch. She said the picture had perhaps been created from several images* but if so it had been done very well.
* Surely not!