{"id":5912,"date":"2022-01-28T08:27:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T08:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/?p=5912"},"modified":"2025-05-02T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:54:32","slug":"merit-competition-round-1-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunchurchps.com\/dps-wp\/2022\/01\/28\/merit-competition-round-1-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Merit Competition Round 1 – Illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Wednesday 26th<\/sup> January 2022, Dunchurch Photographic Society held the 1st<\/sup> Round of the 2021-22 season Merit Competition, all on the subject of \u2018Illusion.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Merit Competition is a marathon competition over three different rounds, all on a different set subject, with successful images able to earn points depending on whether they are Commended, Highly Commended, Third, Second or First. There are four categories; the Novice Print section, Novice Projected Image section, Advanced Print section and the Advanced Projected Image section. That means, four different champions to be declared by the end of the Merit competitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our judge for the evening was John Haines from Kingstanding in Birmingham. John gave some very considered and valuable feedback and critique about the images that had been entered by Dunchurch Photographic Society members. Indeed, the Society presented John with some difficult decisions to make about the images, often creative in flavour, or where lots of work had been undertaken in order to get that \u2018illusion\u2019 element into the final work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to all of the photographers who were successful across the four categories for this opening round and well done to everyone who submitted images. As usual, they demonstrated a wide variety of subject matter and processing techniques.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s still plenty to play for as the marathon continues with Round 2 on Wednesday 9th<\/sup> February; the subject being \u2018Song Titles.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come and have a sing-a-long with us!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Report by David J. Bray AFIAP, CPAGB, A.CPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Merit 1 results are as follows …<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Novice Prints<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illusion of Time by Steven Farmer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Second Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Girl in the Mirror by Steven Farmer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Novice Projected Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Inner Photographer by Graeme Webb<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Third Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next Train Goes Straight Thru by Michael Bryan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Highly Commended<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Face by Steven Farmer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Advanced Prints<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chloe by Mark Ellis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Second Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upstairs or Downstairs by Mark Ellis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Third Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Triangular Interchange by Rosemary Gibbs, LRPS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Highly Commended<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Family Excursion by Rosemary Gibbs, LRPS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Commended<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Big for your Boots by Warren Strickland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Advanced Projected Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goblet by Mark Ellis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Second Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frozen Valley by Terry Mann<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Third Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fly Fishing by Ken Garside<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Highly Commended (in alphabetical order)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feeling the Heat by Rosemary Gibbs, LRPS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Time is an Illusion by Ian Andrew<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Commended (in alphabetical order)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Last Jedi by David Bray, AFIAP, CPAGB, A.CPE<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tunnel Vision by Warren Strickland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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