OPS SLF selection 2018

[OPS Notices]

The selection committee has picked the following prints and PDIs to represent the OPS in this year's inter club competitions run by the SLF.

Colour Print
A Place To Sit                                            Alan Graham LRPS
The Underworld                                        Barrie Duffield LRPS
Side Car Racer                                          Chris Nash
Royal Guard, City Palace, Jaipur                 Chris Nash
Grain Tower Battery                                  Richard Waterman
Castle Stalker                                           Richard Waterman
Beyond The Beach                                    Jan Gilkes LRPS
Landing at Rothera Base, Antarctica           Peter Humphrey FRPS
 
Reserves
Long Journey                                           Yicheng Lu
St Martins in the Fields                             Alan Graham LRPS

 
Mono Print
Coca Cola London Eye                               Richard Waterman
Knife Edge                                                Richard Waterman
Sophia                                                      Alan Parkinson
Becky                                                       Chris Nash
A Stroll In The Park                                   Peter Humphrey FRPS
Pipes, Bath Abbey                                     Peter Humphrey FRPS
Look of Determination                               Chris Nash
Fluke                                                       Alan Graham LRPS
 
Reserve
St Georges Wharf                                     Richard Waterman
 
PDI’s
Hosta in 360                                            Alan Graham LRPS
Busking in the Square                              Barrie Duffield LRPS
Ready to Go                                            Jan Gilkes LRPS
Sadly Neglected                                       Jan Gilkes LRPS
Chinstrap Penguin Feeding Young              Peter Humphrey FRPS
Under the ate Modern                              Alan Parkinson
Velodrome                                              Peter Humphrey FRPS
Hole in the Wall                                       Alan Graham LRPS
 
Reserve
St Pauls Cathedral Staircase                     Peter Humphrey FRPS


The dates and venues of each round will be added in due time.

[OPS Notices]

The first round of the SLF PDI competition is being held next Monday, 22nd October 2018 at 8pm

The host club is South London:

Baptist Church Hall,
Perry Rise,
Forest Hill SE23 2QL


Judge : Martin Faiers

We are up against 6 other clubs:

Carshalton
Cheam
Croydon
Greenwood
Orpington
South London
Aperture Woolwich

Please let me know if you are thinking of going.

[OPS Notices]

The first round of the SLF PDI competition was held at South London last night. We were up against Carshalton, Cheam, Croydon, Greenwood, South London, Aperture Woolwich and the judge..!

Our scores were as follows (out of 10):

Hosta in 360 by Alan Graham LRPS = 7.5
Busking in the Square by Barrie Duffield LRPS = 7.5
Ready to Go by Jan Gilkes LRPS = 6.5
Sadly Neglected by Jan Gilkes LRPS = (held) 9
Chinstrap Penguin Feeding Young by Peter Humphrey FRPS = (held) 10 Certificate
Under the ate Modern by Alan Parkinson = 8.5
Velodrome by Peter Humphrey FRPS = (held) 9
Hole in the Wall by Alan Graham LRPS = (held) 10 Certificated and awarded overall winner.

We won the competition with 68 points, 2 more than our nearest rival Carshalton.

Carshalton  66  (2nd)
Cheam 63
Croydon 62.5
Greenwood 56.5
Orpington 68  (1st)
South London 62
Aperture Woolwich 65.5

We progress to the semi-final which will be held on Tuesday 12th February 2019 at West Wickham and judged by Glyn Bareham LRPS CPAGB. We await the runners up of the other PDI round being held on 30th October.

[Chris Sawyer]

What a great result for the club in the SLF PDI competition.

Well done to those who had images in the competition and especially to Alan and Peter with their certificates.

Could this be our break-through year?

 

[OPS Notices]

I wonder what a SLF judge would make of this...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-45972326/camera-lens-made-of-ice-takes-cool-photos