Camera Club of the Year 2017

Members of the Harpenden Photographic Society can participate in the Camera Club of the Year competition 2017

The Final

Harpenden's second year entering the Camera  Club of the Year competition and for the second year we're in the Final. Four members are representing the Society in a intense day of photography and image preparation with the best images being judged against the best images from all other finalist clubs The competition comprises of 5 photo challenges shot with 5 different Fuji cameras all images to be presented to the judges within the one hour time frame.

HPS came 3rd in the Final competition, with New City winning the event, coming in the top 5  clubs and Societies in the country is a magnificent achievement. Hopefully urging members to enter their images next year.  

​Our entries are shown below

Round 5- Landscape

We scored a total of 79 in this competition coming in joint 9th, the 1st and 2nd clubs in the competition had already qualified for the final so Great Notley Photography Club were the winners with a score of 86 

The format is 2000px on the longest side, in sRGB colour space and 72dpi. 

The individual image scores are as follows
CORFE CASTLE IN THE MIST by Paul Johnson            18
JOKULSARLON by Trish French                                 16
NORTHUMBERLAND BEACH by James Cooke              15
SOUTHWOLD HARBOUR by Peter Stevens                  16
TWIN PEAKS by Brian Cooke                                     14


​Our entries for Round 5 are shown below.
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Round 4- Action



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The Results are in and the winning entry with 90 points is Harpenden Photographic Society
​HPS came first in the Acton competition with three other clubs tied for secondd place with 89 points. Congratulations to members who submitted entries that gave the Society top marks. now on to the next round
 
Our results and entries for Round 4 are shown below.
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The individual scores for the Action round have been published (5 scores from 16 to 20!):

Collision Race 4 by Graham Jones                            - 19/20
Gypo Break by Torben Cox                                      - 18/20
I'm The Master of My Fate by Paul Johnson               - 17/20
Wheelchair Racers in the Rain by Peter Milsom          - 20/20    (WOW!)
Wild Dog Kill by Simon Pender                                  -16/20

 Many Congratulations to Peter Milsom for his 20 out of 20 score.

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Round 3- The Street

​A very tight  scoring round where we came 15th = with 85 points, only 8 points behind the winners Dorchester, who won with 93 points

Individual scores were

Daily Commute by Peter Stevens - 17
T-Shirt Guy by Steve Collins - 17
Time to Go by David Whitbread - 18
Time Travellers by Paul Johnson - 16
Waiting For The Parade by Colin Southgate - 17

Round 2 - Wildlife


Here are the results of the CCOTY Round 2 

We came 3rd equal with 89 points, only 2 points behind Exeter on 91 and Dorchester on 90


Our results (scores out of 20)

Male Kingfisher Drying by Peter Wilson    18
Snake Head by Derek Dewey-Leader     16
Summer's Day in the Falklands by Graham Jones 19
Trunk Tangle by Simon Pender           18
Walrus Kill by Peter Whitehead           18

The HPS entries for Round 2 are shown below

Round 1 - Portraits

The 5 images entered were
A FACE THAT TELLS A STORY by Malcolm Jenkins
BEATEN BUT NOT BROKEN by Torben Cox
REBECCA by Peter Stevens
REFLECTIVE THOUGHTS by Iain Fry
THE EYE HAS IT by Paul Johnson


Result - 82 point out of 100  (the winner was New City with 89 points)
We came 15th = out of 32

​The first round entries are shown below