Our judge for the last competition of our season, Keith Spicer, is very familiar with the society and its members and was complimentary about the standard of prints in both colour and mono sections, writes Jenny Short, from Norton Radstock Photographic Society (NRPS).

He declared it a difficult task to choose between them, but that is not to say he did not have plenty of valued advice to give on our work, and all members who entered benefitted from his considerable knowledge and expertise on subject matter, composition and technical details.

In the Mono section both Jenny Short and Suzanne Ladd were commended respectively for the minimalist Divided by the Light and Seedhead, whilst Tony Nineham and David Bathard were awarded highly commended for Skeleton of a Tree and The Shoemaker’s Mother. Bill Collett took third Place with Caterini”, and the dual between Jenny Short’s portrait Timeless Wisdom and Jill Toman’s Lone Tree , Llyn Padnam was ultimately won by Jill Toman.

In the colour competition Jenny Short and Jill Toman were both commended for Glass Ensemble and “BlackChurch Rock, together with David Bathard for Fast Food Outlet. Pip Rabbitts was highly commended for Four Spotted Chaser and David Bathard was again in the frame with a highly commended image Home from the Washing.

Akha Girl (Jill Toman) and Solitude (Pamela Bruce- Lockhart), Keith awarded them joint first place, leaving David Bathard’s Tawny Owl in second overall in the section.

Keith was warmly thanked (and handsomely rewarded with cake) for all his hard work and agonising decisions, and we look forward to welcoming him back to our club next year. Next week Tony and Louise will give a joint presentation and the committee meets to discuss plans for Summer Outings. All images from this week’s last competition will shortly be in a gallery on our website.