Despite having put in a huge amount of preparatory work for this event, External Competitions Secretary Amanda Wright was not able to be present on the day.

Nevertheless, Dennis Durack, Kristin Mason and Paul Mason, made the journey to the new Chiltern Lifestyle Centre in Amersham for a full day’s feast of Photography. What follows is Kristin’s interim report, which will be updated later with further detail:

The Judges were:

Barbie Lindsay MPAGB EFIAP/s FBPE (EAF)
Russell Lindsay MPAGB EFIAP FBPE (EAF)
Pat Couder CPAGB BPE1 QPSA (SPA)

The three judges each scored out of five in all three competitions, making 15 the top possible mark for each image.

Chilterns 100

There were 218 PDI entries in this year’s competition of individually-submitted images. Scores ranged from 6-15.

EHHPS’s Rick Beresford scored the top mark of 15 for his Exploding Mushrooms; one of only 6 images that scored this highly. A tense period followed as the judges deliberated - and then deliberated some more.
Finally the results were announced and Rick won the Bronze medal.
The judges praised the natural history feel of the image and also the texture added with the explosion effect which, together with the subtle colouring of the background elevated it above the usual.
Congratulations, Rick!

Andy Sands of XRR won the overall Best Image trophy with his superb macro image Fly with Early Morning Dew.

Update: The full results of the Chilterns 100 are now on the CACC website.

Alternatively, you may download the results as a .pdf, organised by Club, here

The Print Championship

13 Clubs from across the CACC submitted 195 images in this competition

The Print Championship was won by Watford.
Runners up were Maidenhead and Amersham
EHHPS came a creditable 6th in the Print Championship.

Martin Patten of Watford won the best image award with his excellent portrait Brown Eyed Girl

Ealing’s high scorers were:

Shaun Hodge with Marine Marie which scored 13

Paul Mason who scored 15 for Downward Curve and a 14 for A Brush with a Cactus.

Update: The full results of the Championships are now on the CACC Website

The PDI Championship

Out of a mammoth 270 images, from 18 clubs, 19 images were reviewed again at the end and Best image was deservedly awarded to Fly with Early Morning Dew by Andy Sands.

The PDI Championship was won by Watford

Runners up were Oxford PS and Maidenhead

EHHPS came 11th out of 18 clubs in this section.
For EHHPS, Rick Beresford once again scored a 15 for Exploding Mushrooms.

Update: The full results of the Championships are now on the CACC Website