Just blokes down the virtual pub, drinking beer & tea, talking nonsense with the odd bit of photography & video debate thrown in.
SEASON 4 COMPETITION
We’re pretending to be (competent) club competition judges, so entries remain anonymous (other than to DG) until the scores are in …
THE PODIUM
WINNER: 084 Jon Appleton – Houghton Meadows
SECOND PLACE: 109 Martin Evans – (Footbridge & Cascade)
THIRD PLACE: 110 Tomasz Stawinski – (Frosty Twigs)
HIGHLY COMMENDED
026: Ellis Wood – Himmeltinden, Norway
092: Lawrence Smith – Dinas Delight
103: Paul Hammett – (Sub-Glacial Ski-Run)
HOW THE JUDGING WENT
We each placed our top 5 in Commended, Highly Commended, Third, Second, First order.
OUR CHOICES
| Position | Dave | Gary | Sam | Darren | Jamie | Stu |
| First | 026: Ellis Wood |
 090: Simon Ferrigan |
084: Jon Appleton |
 101: Stephen Blake |
092: Lawrence Smith |
084: Jon Appleton |
| Second | 084: Jon Appleton |
 132: John Rigby |
110: Tomasz Stawinski |
 118: Glen Jamieson |
109: Martin Evans |
 114: Michael Clarke |
| Third | 103: Paul Hammett |
 116: Howard Davies |
103: Paul Hammett |
109: Martin Evans |
110: Tomasz Stawinski |
 140: Stephen Darlington |
| Highly Commended |  011: Bernard Brunet |
 108: Martin Evans |
 058: Adam Thomas |
 038: Alan Coles |
 134: David Ball |
 053: Martin Hajdukiewicz |
| Commended |  121: Mike Richards |
 018: Des Gardner |
092: Lawrence Smith |
 003: Nigel |
 076: Karl Callaghan |
026: Ellis Wood |
SCORING
First = 20
Second = 19
Third = 18
HC = 17
C = 16
Doing this rather than allocating our own points under the influence of any wildly subjective biases, slants or favouritism for images we though we recognised as the work of a “mate”, it made for a level playing field on each position.
Avoiding more “generous” scorers gaining any advantage for their choices.
FINAL RECKONING
| Entry | Judge | Judge Position | Points | Aggregate | Points Position | Separated By | Placed |
|
Sam | First | 20 | ||||
| 084: Jon Appleton – Houghton Meadows | Stu | First | 20 | ||||
| Dave | Second | 19 | 59 | First | WINNER | ||
|
Jamie | Second | 19 | ||||
| 109: Martin Evans – Image 2 (Footbridge & Cascade) | Darren | Third | 18 | 37 | Joint Second | Stu, Dave, Gary | SECOND |
|
Sam | Second | 19 | ||||
| 110: Tomasz Stawinski – (Frosty Twigs) | Jamie | Third | 18 | 37 | Joint Second | Stu, Dave, Gary | THIRD |
|
Dave | First | 20 | ||||
| 026: Ellis Wood – Himmeltinden, Norway | Stu | Commended | 16 | 36 | Joint Third | Darren, Gary | HIGHLY COMMENDED |
|
Jamie | First | 20 | ||||
| 092: Lawrence Smith – Dinas Delight | Sam | Commended | 16 | 36 | Joint Third | Darren, Gary | HIGHLY COMMENDED |
|
Sam | Third | 18 | ||||
| 103: Paul Hammett – DSC 8550 (Sub-Glacial Ski-Run) | Dave | Third | 18 | 36 | Joint Third | Darren, Gary | HIGHLY COMMENDED |
