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Newport Photographic Club held its second competition for the new season. 

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Part one of two was for the advanced section, covering Projected Digital Images and Intermediate Prints. 

The competition was judged by Paddy Ruske who provided some very helpful comments and congratulated the club on the high quality of its competition entries. 

Alan Gripton's Kingfisher Head
Alan Gripton's Kingfisher Head First

In the Advanced Projected Images section, the winner was  Dave Thorner with  Reflections. 

Second place went to  Alan Gripton with  Kingfisher Head First and  third was  Phil Green   with  Red Squirrel Dining in the Rain.

Phil Green with  Red Squirrel Dining in the Rain
Phil Green with Red Squirrel Dining in the Rain

Fourth place went to Dave Thorner with   Empire State of Mind and fifth was   Howard Broadbent with   Baker Street. 

Dave Thorner with   Empire State of Mind
Dave Thorner with Empire State of Mind

Sixth place was Maria Macklin  with  Stepping Down while there were highly commended awards for  Mike Warrender   with  Dawn at Tower Bridge and  Bill Spencer with  Important Matters. 

Baker Street by Howard Broadbent
Baker Street by Howard Broadbent

Mike Warrender (Clustered Bonnet) and  Bill Spencer  (Woodland Dusk) were highly commended. 

In the Intermediate Prints section, first and second place went to  Peter Palmer  with  Loud & Proud and   Autumn. 

 Peter Palmer  with  Loud & Proud
Peter Palmer with Loud & Proud

 Caron Malcolm was third with  London Toy Town and  Stephen Haycock finished fourth with  Majestic Swan. 

Peter Palmer in Autumn
Peter Palmer in Autumn

Dave Collier was fifth and sixth with  This is Not an Apple  and Georgia. 

Dave Collier with This is Not an Apple
Dave Collier with This is Not an Apple

Caron Malcolm  with  Camera Obscura and  

Stephen Haycock  with   Waiting for the Tide
Stephen Haycock with Waiting for the Tide
Caron Malcolm  with  Camera Obscura
Caron Malcolm with Camera Obscura

Professional wildlife photographer Mark Sisson has agreed to be our keynote speaker for this season and will be presenting his new talk “Under African Skies” in 2025.  

 Stephen Haycock finished fourth with  Majestic Swan.
Stephen Haycock finished fourth with Majestic Swan.

The club meets every Tuesday at 7.30pm at Weston Hall at Harper Adams University and details of the club and the programme are at www.newportphotoclub.com.