NEMPF Exhibition 2014

The society entered 67 images from 6 members for the 2013 - 14 NEMPF exhibition


9 entries were accepted from 4 members with one image receiving the Henson Trophy for Best Colour Projected Image in Show and one a Certificate of Merit.


"Kingfisher Return" by Steve Williams  was the Best Nature Projected Image and Winner of the Henson Trophy for  Best Projected Colour Image in Show

"Kingfisher Return" by Steve Williams

"Little Owl Pair" by Steve Williams received a Certificate of Merit in the nature digital category

"Little Owl Pair" by Steve Williams

Acceptances

Colour Print:

"Moroccan Sisters and Their Home" by Brian Davis

Nature Print

"Little Owl" by Steve Williams
"Red Squirrel" by Steve Williams

Colour Digital

"Gently Blow" by Stuart Hall
"Oh Snow" by Andrew Evans

Nature Digital

"Kingfisher Return" by Steve Williams
"Little Owl Pair" by Steve Williams
"Female Kestrel in Flight" by Steve Williams
"Sparrowhawk on the Hunt" by Steve Williams

Digital Competition 28th November 2013

The theme for this competition was 'On The Street'

There were 34 entries from 17 members.


The judge was Louise Walton from Nottingham and she chose "Passing Through The City" by Alison Ashton as the winner:

"Passing Through The City" by Alison Ashton

Second Place was James Hogg with "Predators of the Big Apple"

"Predators of the Big Apple" by James Hogg

Third place was Alison Ashton with "Everyone's Gone to the Fair"

"Everyone's Gone to the Fair" by Alison Ashton

Open Print Section:

There were 33 entries from 20 members.

Louise chose "Female Kestrel in Flight" by Steve Williams as the winner

"Female Kestrel in Flight" by Steve Williams

Second Place was Brian Davis with "Indian School Girl"

Two prints shared third place
 "Clock Watching" by Alison Ashton

"Clock Watching" by Alison Ashton

and
"Moody Cow" by Simon Beynon

"Moody Cow" by Simon Beynon

After 2 rounds places are:

Projected Image

     1st      Steve Williams

     2nd     Alison Ashton

     3rd      Shirley Davis 

Print
     1st        Steve Williams
     2nd       Andrew Evans
     3rd       Brian Davis

Print Competition 26th September 2013

The theme for this competition was 'Portrait'.

There were 33 entries from 18 members.


The judge was Martin Litchfield CPAGB from Doncaster and he chose "Reg in a Red Hat" by Andrew Evans as the winner:

"Reg In A Red Hat" by Andrew Evans

Second Place was Steve Williams with "Becky in Bluebells"

"Becky in Bluebells" by Steve Williams

Third place was Andrew Evans with "Lady Elenor"

"Lady Elenor" by Andrew Evans

Open Digital Section:

There were 34 entries from 17 members.

Martin chose "Kingfisher Return" by Steve Williams as the winner

"Kingfisher Return" by Steve Williams 

Steve also took second place with "Little Owl"

"Little Owl" by Steve Williams

Third place was "Shadowburst" by Alison Ashton

"Shadowburst" by Alison Ashton

After 1 round places are:

Projected Image

     1st      Steve Williams

     2nd     Roger Barnes

     3rd      Brian Davis 

Print
     1st       Andrew Evans
     2nd      Steve Williams
     3rd=    Stuart Hall
     3rd=    Patricia Betton

NEMPF Print Knockout 2013

1. NEMPF Print Knockout 2013

NEMPF held the annual Print knockout competition on Friday 17th May in Nottingham.

Each club entering submits a selection of images in each round with a minimum of 5 monochrome and 5 colour images and a maximum of 3 natural history images from a minimum of 5 authors

12 images are entered in the first round and are marked by three judges from 2 - 5 giving a possible score of between 6 and 15 for each image.

The top 8 clubs from round 1 then go on to a second round of 15 prints to determine the overall winner. 

The top 2 clubs go on to represent NEMPF at the PAGB competition.

All images scoring 13, 14 or 15 (from both rounds and from all competing clubs) are put forward to be considered for best individual image.

12 clubs entered and Chesterfield scored 116 points in the first round finishing 11th. 

After 1st round

1. 136 pts  Rolls Royce Derby
2. 134 pts  Derby City
3. 129 pts  Bolsover
4. 128 pts  Ilkeston 2000
5. 127 pts  Clay Cross
6. 126 pts  Peterborough
7. 125 pts  Nottingham & Notts
8. 123 pts  Beeston
9. 121 pts  Newark
10. 120 pts  Rushcliffe
11. 116 pts  CHESTERFIELD
12. 106 pts  Long Eaton

The second round finished with Derby City in first place and Beeston second with a tie for third place between Peterborough and Bolsover.

1. 177 pts  Derby City
2. 173 pts Beeston 
3. 172 pts Peterborough
4. 172 pts Bolsover 
5. 171 pts Rolls Royce Derby
6. 166 pts Ilkeston 2000
7. 161 pts Nottingham & Notts 
8. 157 pts Clay Cross

For Chesterfield, Shirley Davis scored 13 points for her Frosty Misty Morning image  

Final Results 2012 / 2013

Final results and placings for the 2012 / 2013 season

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 

 CHRISTINE HALL

	PLACE	POINTS
Christine Hall	1	265
Brian Davis	2	257
Shirley Davis	3	256
Stuart Hall	4	253
Steve Williams	5	251
Andrew Evans	6	232
Elizabeth Story	7	229
Gary Clarke	8	201
Patrisha Betton	9	187
Chris Mellows	10	178
Roger Barnes	11	170
Jannette Betton	12	153
Andy Betton	13	150
James Hogg	14	142
Vaughan Williams	15	132
Martin Mosley	16	117
George Krousti	17	94
Tim Ramsay	18	89
Cameron Swain	19	84
Stewart Swain	20	73
Alison Ashton	21	66
Howard Pratt	22	59
Will Nightingale	23	45
James Clayton	24	41
Christine Aldred	25=	32
Jerry Daniels	25=	32
Paul Sewell	25=	32
Peter Shelton	28	31
Elaine Selkirk	29	29
George Tagg	30	28

 PRINT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR  

BRIAN DAVIS

	PLACE	POINTS
Brian Davis	1	136
Christine Hall	2	135
Stuart Hall	3	132
Shirley Davis	4	126
Patrisha Betton	5	123
Elizabeth Story	6	113
Steve Williams	7	110
Andrew Evans	8	92
Andy Betton	9	85
Chris Mellows	10	83
Jannette Betton	11	81
James Hogg	12	79
Roger Barnes	13	77
Gary Clarke	14	71
Cameron Swain	15	69
Martin Mosley	16	58
Alison Ashton	17	49
Stewart Swain	18=	45
Will Nightingale	18=	45
Jerry Daniels	20	32
Peter Shelton	21	31
George Krousti	22	30
Vaughan Williams	23	29
Paul Sewell	24	15
James Clayton	25	10

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 

 STEVE WILLIAMS

	PLACE	POINTS
Steve Williams	1	141
Andrew Evans	2	140
Christine Hall	3=	130
Gary Clarke	3=	130
Shirley Davis	3=	130
Brian Davis	6=	121
Stuart Hall	6=	121
Elizabeth Story	8	116
Vaughan Williams	9	103
Chris Mellows	10	95
Roger Barnes	11	93
Tim Ramsay	12	89
Jannette Betton	13	72
Andy Betton	14	65
George Krousti	15=	64
Patrisha Betton	15=	64
James Hogg	17	63
Howard Pratt	18=	59
Martin Mosley	18=	59
Christine Aldred	20	32
James Clayton	21	31
Elaine Selkirk	22	29
George Tagg	23=	28
Stewart Swain	23=	28
Alison Ashton	25=	17
Paul Sewell	25=	17
Cameron Swain	27	15

Print Competition 14th March 2013

The theme for this competition was 'Three of a Kind'.

There were 29 entries from 17 members.

The judge was Malcolm Sales ARPS, ABIPP from Bingham and he chose "Sparrow Hawk Trio" by Steve Williams as the winner:

Second place was "Viewing Art" By Shirley Davis

Third place "Church Interiors"  by Brian Davis

 
Open Projected Image section:

There were 35 entries from 18 members

Graham chose the following image by Christine Hall as the winner

Turnstone Winter Light Reflection

Shrovetide 2013

       

 Second Place was "Shrovetide 2013" by Vaughan Williams

Male Great Spotted Woodpecker

         

Third Place was "Male Great Spotted Woodpecker" by Steve Williams 

This was the last competition of the year. Final results will be announced at the AGM in April

NEMPF PDI Knockout 2013

NEMPF PDI Knockout 2013

NEMPF held the annual PDI knockout competition on Sunday 10th March

Each club entering submits a bank of 40 images.

16 images are entered in the first round and are marked by 3 judges from 2 - 5 giving a possible score of between 6 and 15 for each image.

The top 8 clubs from round 1 then go on to a second round to determine the overall winner.

The top 2 clubs go on to represent NEMPF at the PAGB competition.

All images scoring 14 or 15 (from both rounds and from all competing clubs) are put forward to be considered for best individual image.

17 clubs entered and Chesterfield scored 144 points in the first round finishing joint 11th with Horncastle.

The second round finished with a tie for first place between Derby City and Rolls Royce (Derby) and a tie for third place between Beeston and Deepings.

The eventual winner following a tie break round was Derby City Photographic Society.

For Chesterfield, Steve Williams scored 14 points for his Green Shank image 

Green Shank by Steve Williams