Competition No 1

// The first round of this seasons bi monthly competitions took place on 12 February. LPA President Brian Gromett from Cleethorpes Camera Club made a welcome return to the club to judge This was a tough competition, but Brian managed to get through over 80 images, making both informative and constructive comments in an entertaininig way. The final winners were....

Competition No 3

As we are unable to hold meetings as per normal, on 8 July the club held its first virtual event - Competition 3. A big thanks goes to our first zoom judge Stephen Dean, who was happy to conduct the competition online. Stephen gave constructive comments on over 60 digital images, and marked them out of 20. Thanks to everybody who entered and made this an entertaining evening, with a good selection of images and a wide variety of themes.being viewed and discussed. Many thanks to the competition secretary for organising this event over a difficult period using the zoom platform. Our thanks also to Stephen for his excellent judging The final winners were....

Competition No 4

The club continues to run its competition programme, now exclusively in digital format using the zoom platform. On 9 September we held our second virtual competition - Competition 4. We welcomed back judge Peter Yeo who was sent the entries in advance, so that he could view the images on a calibrated monitor. Peter gave a critique on over 50 entries, and awarded marks out of 20 which will be added to this season's accumulated total. Thanks to everybody who entered and made this an entertaining evening. Many thanks to the competition secretary for organising this event, and ensuring these nights run smoothly Our thanks also to Peter for his excellent judging The final winners were....

Annual Competition 2020

// On 18 November the club held the highlight of its competition season:- The Annual Competition. This year it was judged by Martin Lichfield and conducted via Zoom. Covid has meant that the club had to make a number of adjustments to how the competition was managed this year. No prints were accepted, but instead there was an increase in the number of digital entries that could be made. This was a tough competition, but the judge managed to get through over 100 images making comments on every entry which were both detailed and helpful.. Martin announced the winning entries accompanied by how he arrived at his choices. He also commented on how he really enjoyed looking at our work and was very impressed by the quality. The Best Overall image was won by Maria Rhoades with her colour natural history image Goosander. Many thanks to Martin for his valuable and erudite observations, and thank you to everyone who entered images, providing an evening of great photography Full competition results are as follows:-