[LRflex] Re: A most enjoyable day.
- From: William Abbott <bill2301@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:19:05 -0700
David,
Gad! I am sorry to hear that. I hope the CAPA will someday change that.
Best,
Bill
On Mar 24, 2013, at 11:55 AM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Bill!
>
> Sorry, but no can do. The winners will be shown at the local Camera Club, in
> Kamloops, on April 13th, but only for those who turn up in person. To my
> knowledge, they will not be available, on line.
>
> David.
>
>> David,
>>
>> Glad you have a nice time. So, please show me the winners, or tell me
>> how to get a look.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On Mar 24, 2013, at 6:42 AM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Good Morning, all!
>>>
>>> Yesterday, I got to spend a most enjoyable morning..
>>>
>>> CAPA - The Canadian Association for Photographic Art - recently held
>>> their "National Open" photo competition. Yesterday, two others and
>>> myself got to judge the 280+ entries.
>>>
>>> Unlike the National Wildlife competition, which I have previously
>>> judged, the "Open" is a much harder contest to judge, for it is open
>>> to all subjects, styles and genres. It's relatively easy, for
>>> instance, to decide which is the better of two bird photos; though it
>>> may be difficult to decide if a really good bird is better than a
>>> really good wolf shot.
>>>
>>> Much harder to decide which is the better of, say, an image of a snowy
>>> sunset and one of the interior of an abandoned, derelict schoolhouse.
>>>
>>> So, we looked for the usual things. Is the subject dead center? Deduct
>>> a point if it is. Is there an obvious point of interest? Deduct a
>>> point, if not. Does the composition lead the eye to that point of
>>> interest? Deduct a point if not. Etc, etc, etc.
>>>
>>> Fortunately, we did not have to concern ourselves with "is the shot in
>>> focus?"! During the earlier Nature competition fully 20% (it seemed
>>> like 33%) were out of focus! This time, just one shot was noticeably
>>> out of focus... an auto-focus error. It was of a bird on a pinecone
>>> ... the pinecone was perfectly sharp, while the bird was noticeably
>>> soft.
>>>
>>> Despite three diverse judges, from different backgrounds, the judging
>>> was very tight. If the judges have a range of 4 or more points (out
>>> of 10), from the lowest to the highest score, they are asked to
>>> reconsider their votes. This happened on only one image and, upon
>>> refection, I raised my vote by one, which resolved the problem.
>>>
>>> All three judges noticed a distinct trend to over-sharpened, over-
>>> saturated images with excessive contrast. Those of you who enter
>>> contests may wish to remember that all such images were marked sharply
>>> downwards, because of these traits.
>>>
>>> Afterwards, the Kamloops camera club (who hosted the competition) took
>>> us all (judges, projector operators, marks counters, etc. - 7 of us,
>>> in all) out for a very pleasant lunch!
>>>
>>> As I said, a most enjoyable day. I hope that each of you, one day, get
>>> to enjoy a similar event.
>>>
>>> Best of light.
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
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