On Wednesday 9th March, Dunchurch Photographic Society held the 3rd and final round of the 2021-22 season Merit Competition, all on the subject of ‘Narrative.’ 

Successful images able to earn points depending on whether they were Commended, Highly Commended, Third, Second or First. 

The Merit completions tend to bring out a broad range of images and tonight we saw another close competition from members with work that was fun, creative and entertaining. 

Our judge for the evening was David Hollis from Daventry. David is an experienced judge and gave a fair, constructive critique of our collective photographic entries across both Print and Projected Image media. 

Well done to everyone who submitted work to the competition, it showed the usual variety of subject matter and processing techniques which impressed the judge. 

I would like to thank David for being our judge for the evening, and to all our members who entered the competition. 

The Results in Placed then Alphabetical order:

Novice Print

1st place, Up and Away By Graeme Webb
3rd place, Modern Mod By Graeme Webb
Commended, A Bump In The Road By Steven Farmer

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Novice Projected Image

1st Place, Runaway By Steven Farmer
2nd Place, Homeless By Graeme Webb
3rd Place, Walking In For An Early Start By Rob Hughes
Commended, Driving Into The Night By Rob Hughes
Commended, Christmas Lights – Winter Covid – November 2021 By Patrick Joyce

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Advanced Print 

1st Place, Let Me Entertain You By Mark Ellis
2nd Place, Cold War Scramble by David Bray
3rd place, The Chase By David Bray
Highly Commended, A Window To The Past By Ian Andrew
Highly Commended, Remembrance By Rosemary Gibbs
Commended, I Can See Clearly Now By Mark Ellis
Commended, Persistence By Rosemary Gibbs

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Advanced Project Image

1st Place, What Beryl Saw By David Bray
2nd Place, Lakenheath Last Chance Checks By David Bray
3rd Place, Here Try This By Mark Ellis

Highly Commended, Is It Safe Out There By David Cunnane
Highly Commended, Busy Crossing By Mark Ellis

Congratulations to all the photographers who were successful across the four categories for this final round. A gallery for each section of Round 3 will follow shortly… 

The overall winners from this year’s Merit Competition will be announced at the Awards Night to be held on Wednesday 6th April. 

Report by Mark Ellis

Programme Secretary