PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championship

Club Competition Secretary Duncan Hill reports on the recent Photographic Alliance of ""Great Britain Inter-Club PDI Championship. 

I travelled down to the University of Warwick on the 11th July to attend the PAGB inter-club projected digital image competition.  It was a good day out and lots of good images displayed as one would expect from the top 2 clubs from each of the affiliated federations that make up the PAGB plus the top 4 clubs from last year’s competition.

 

Snow Leopard by Duncan Hill

In the first 2 rounds I entered 16 pictures from 10 different club members. I entered something from everyone who had given me pictures at the required resolution of 1400px by 1050px.  Three judges then silently scored each DPI out of 5 giving a top score of 15 [Only 2 pictures received the full 15 during the whole day]. We did not do very well and came 31st out of 32.  I can’t say I was disappointed because some of the work was really excellent and as a relatively small club we lack the strength in depth.  We actually scored 154 points whilst Wigan 10 who were first, scored 204; the joint sixth placed teams, who also went through to the final scored 181. 

 

In the final Wigan 10 went on to win relatively comfortably.  They scored 255 with their 20 images with the runners up, Arden Photographic Group, obtaining 230. We then saw the best 2 club’s images displayed and the teams’ representatives identified the authors and in some cases where they were taken [Georgia and Turkey seem to be good places to take people shots!]

 

The Pursued by John Naylor Prior to the final the 23 losing teams were entered in the Plate competition.  This required only 8 DPI from each club.  I had already chosen 6 before going and I had decided to use 2 and maybe 3 of the highest scoring from the first 2 rounds.  Jess by Alison scored 11 in the first round as did Eclipse by Bill Rhodes so they were entered along with The Ballerina by Ron North, The Magician’s apprentice also by Alison Walker-Smith, The Coral Reef and The Pursued by John Naylor, Snow Leopard and Great Blue Herons by myself.  Although I had scored as the competition went on I had forgotten my torch so I did not have time to total the result.  I thought we had done all right because no one had scored below 10 but the computerised system meant that the results were read out before I had time to count up.  There was quite a cheer when our 92 score was read out and it was to prove the best result.  I had aimed to do well in the Plate but I had not expected the club to win.  At the end I collected the Plate on behalf of the club and we also won a PAGB silver medal, which we keep.

 

It was an excellent result and I want to thank all those who entered images.  Hopefully we can win at next year’s NEMPF competition so we represent them again.

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