AT this week’s Norton Radstock Photographic Society (NRPS) meeting, they welcomed Jim Le Feuvre from Yeovil Camera Club as the judge for the first DPI competition of the new season, writes Jenny Short.

He was very complimentary about the quality of the images submitted, and his gentle commentary clearly highlighted members’ strengths and weaknesses, as well as his own personal preferences, without compromising his empathy and support for the group’s efforts. This was much appreciated.

The strongly contested colour section yielded no fewer than six images that were commended, namely those by Bill Collett, Graham Nicholls, Jill Toman, Lou Bailey, and both of David Bathard’s entries. John Scaife received an highly commended for his well-executed “Crowe Point Beach,” as did Tony Nineham for one of his two successful dragonfly images, “The Moon and Dragonflies.”

Third place went to Diana Walker with “Puffin,” while Tony Nineham’s “Dragonfly at Dawn” came second to the eventual winner, Dan Clarke, with his unusual viewpoint in “White Rocks Cave.”

Fewer photographs were held back in the mono section, with Pamela Bruce-Lockhart, Bill Collett, and Tony Nineham all Commended for their entries. Diana Walker received an HC for “Watch that Beak,” as did Jenny Short for “Last Ditch Challenge” and Tony Nineham again for “Heron with Baby Turtle.”

Jill Toman took third place with “The Streets Unseen,” and Diana Walker was second with another Puffin image. The Mono winner was David Bathard with “Wholesale Fish.”

All photographers who received awards in the competition are featured in the gallery section of the website, where visitors can view the winning and commended images in full: www.nrps.org.uk

Next week, the society will look forward to Ian Hargreaves’ presentation, “Brutalist Architecture,” and will be handing in entries for the Open Print Competition, which Peter Weaver will judge on October 23.