WPS had the first print competition of the new season on 4th November, judged by Wayne Davey.

Starting with Tier 1, for less experienced photographers, the judge observed the very high standard of all 14 entries and found it difficult to comment on possible improvements. But eventually he started to score the images, mostly split by half points!

There was a very varied range of subjects and a mix of mono and colour prints. But coming out on top as the only maximum score of 10 was Anthony Cooves with his mystical image of a boat shed in the floods, ‘High and Dry for Now’. The judge liked the composition and the way the shutter speed had been slowed down to get a smooth, mirror-like water and reflection.

On Tier 2, there were 31 images to choose from, and comments were the same as Tier 1, a very high standard and variety of prints, making it a tough night for the judge! Once inspected and scored, 9 prints scored either 9 or 9.5, and 3 scored a maximum 10.

Dom Byrne got 10 for his lovely mono image ‘A Patient Seagull’, but once again the star of the show was Jez Wood with 2 prints scoring 10: ‘Misty Morning’, a great shot of a Grebe on a misty lake, and the Judge’s favourite, 'White-Necked Jacobin’, a stunning image of a hummingbird. It was taken in Tobago one morning when he noticed the birds feeding on nectar at a bird feeder. The judge picked this as his favourite image, scoring it a 10 as soon as he saw it.

The overall standard from club members seemed to have gone up another level, with some very high-quality images on show that are a credit to the club.