Midphot 2017 1 Chairman’S Foreword a Warm Welcome to Midphot
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MidPhot 2017 1 Chairman’s Foreword A warm welcome to Midphot. As with last few years we started the exhibition with the Audio Visuals Championships on the last Saturday of January over at Burton on Trent. This year it was a wet day outside so it was good to be in warmth with a room full of people. Our thanks to Howard Bagshaw and the team from Stafford AV group for a well-run event. My thanks to all the members of MCPF council who put so many hours of time into making the days run so well, together with members from local clubs for their help; Pip Wheatcroft and Ruth Hill of Burton on Trent PS, Susan Pearmain, Christine Mallett of Shirley PS. Bob Dallow, Dinah Jayes and rest of the team from Smethwick PS for feeding and watering us so well. MidPhot 2017 My sincere thanks to all Midphot judges who worked well together with plenty of good humour and knowedge th of work put before them, a pleasure to be chairman of the selection weekend. 54 Annual Exhibition Thank you to every entrant for giving us the chance to view your work, the entry remains constant for the last few years around the 4500, with a couple of new clubs entering for the first time and odd ones dropping out. of the Well done to everybody who gained an acceptance and congratulations especially to the award winners, if you have been unsuccessful this year may I encourage you to retry next year. Midland Counties Photographic Federation Ralph Duckett Selectors Prints Monochrome, Colour, Creative Panel of Prints and General Projected Images Dianne Owen FRPS Jon Baker MFIAP EFIAP/p Richard Spurdens DPAGB EFIAP/g BPE4 Nature Prints and Nature Projected Images Paul Keene FRPS MPAGB EFIAP/d* MFIAP Bill Hall AFIAP DPAGB ABPE Trevor Davenport ARPS DPAGB BPE4* Audio Visual Jill Bunting CPAGB John Smith CPAGB APAGB Left to right: Paul Keene, Bill Hall, Trevor Davenport, Dianne Owen, Ray Dowding FRPS Richard Spurdens, Jon Baker Entry Statistics Exhibited at Number of Clubs/Societies entered 61 The Old Schoolhouse, Churchbridge, Oldbury, Birmingham 22nd to 26th March 2017 Entered Accepted Entrants 487 332 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE Official Opening and Presentation of Awards by OF GREAT BRITAIN Mike Chapman MPAGB MP 843 267 President of the Midland Counties Photographic Federation CP 1256 291 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT P.A.G.B. PATRONAGE HAS BEEN ACCORDED TO NP 351 80 Organised on behalf of the MCPF by Ralph Duckett MPAGB EFIAP APAGB GPI 1592 378 ORGANISED BY Lucia Duckett APAGB NPI 526 159 Audio Visuals Howard Bagshaw MPAGB-av ARPS Total 4568 1175 ON PP 19 5 AV Championships CERTIFICATE No Entrants Clubs/Societies Sequences 20 10 28 President P.A.G.B. Front Cover: MP (Mono Prints) CP (Colour Prints) NP (Nature Prints) GPI (General Projected Images) NPI (Nature Projected Images) Member of The International Federation of Photographic Art Highly Commended Monochrome Print PP (Panel of Creative Prints) AV (Audio Visual) Calla Caress Dinah Jayes Smethwick PS 2 3 Nature Projected Bill Hall Medal Nature Projected Best Nature Projected Black Bear and Cub (Alex Watson Trophy) Susan Pearmain Barn Owl Hunting Shirley PS Barrie Glover Worcestershire CC PAGB Silver Medal Lioness at the Waterhole Martin Robinson DPAGB BPE1 Nuneaton CC Selector’s Medal Black Bear and Cub Susan Pearmain Shirley PS (Bill Hall) Diurnal Barn Owl Phil Homer Hagley CC (Paul Keene) Male Orange Tip Norman O’Neil CPAGB BPE3 Wrekin Arts PC (Trevor Davenport) MCPF Ribbons Yelllowhammer in Snow Peter Cox Burton on Trent PS Mountain Hare Philippa Wheatcroft DPAGB Burton on Trent PS Reddish Egret Ken Tate Leek PC Red Squirrel in Snow John Coe Leek PC Pushing Giants Russell Price Wrekin Arts PC Spotted Hyena on the Run Audrey Price Wrekin Arts PC Highly Commended Mountain Hare Les Beardmore CPAGB BPE3 Blythe Bridge CC Parasol Fungi Martin Fry FRPS AV-EFIAP EFIAP/b BPE5 APAGB Cheltenham CC Dipper Feeding Chick John Coe Leek PC Bee Eater with Dragonfly Alan Rich Nuneaton PS Ruff Pair Barry Glover Worcestershire CC Paul Keene Medal Shooting Star Rob Cowall Wolverhampton PS Nature Projected Diurnal Barn Owl Phil Homer Nature Projected Accepted Janice Clark CPAGB LRPS Kempsey CC Hagley CC Blythe Bridge CC Harvest Mouse Jayne Winter ARPS Les Beardmore CPAGB BPE3 Four Spotted Chaser on Bluebell Heron With Fish Wren With Reflection Newly Emerged Four Spotted Chaser Kidderminster CC Short Eared Owl Hunting Dalmatian Pelican Landing Karen Smalley Red Grouse in the Rain Martin Fry FRPS AV-EFIAP EFIAP/b BPE5 Fish Supper APAGB Brown Hares Boxing Leamington Spa PS Male Bullfinch Starling Roost on Reed Beds Parasol Fungi AW Richard Dunn Mountain Hare AW Churchyard Flycatcher Male Redstart Karin Wilson CPAGB LRPS AFIAP BPE2 Masked Tree Frog Barn Owl Hunting Tony Kinder DPAGB Puffin on Inner Farne Great Crested Grebe With Chick Startled Great Spotted Woodpecker Red Grouse Red Fox Alert Leek PC Green-Crowned Brilliant Hummingbird John Coe Bromsgrove PS Pelican Wings Outstretched Blue Tailed Damselfly on Leaf Jennifer Webster Village Weaver Leopardess And Son Coventry PS Christine Simmonds Red Squirrel in the Snow AW Burton on Trent PS Seal on Ice Wild Tawny Owl At Dusk Peter Cox Red Breasted Swallow Wild Kestrel in the Rain Droitwich CC Spotted Hyena on Zebra Carcass Yellowhammer in Snow AW Ric Harding DPAGB EFIAP BPE3 Dipper Feeding Chick AW Barbary Falcon Bengal Tigress in Evening Light Sue George Philippa Wheatcroft DPAGB Crocodile Predating on Hatchling Rural Fox Resting on Garden Deck Male Sparrowhawk Earl Shilton CC Joseph Tate Mountain Hare AW Nat Coalson Red Deer Stag Osprey With Trout Sunrise At Mesa Arch Cattle Egret Buzzard Attack Moeraki Boulders Reddish Egret Water Rail Gloucester CC Bald Eagle With Fish Adder John Woodbridge Ken Tate Waxwing Short Eared Owl 3 Buzzard in the Rain Cheltenham CC Short Eared Owl 2 Great Crested Grebe David Adamson BPE3 Male Ptarmigan Hagley CC PuffinW ith Sand Eels Trevor Davenport Medal Honey Fungus, Armillaria Mellea Phil Homer Dipper With Caddisfly Larvae Reddish Egret AW Nature Projected Diurnal Barn Owl AW Tri Coloured Heron Male Orange Tip In Pursuit Queen of the Mound Norman O’Neill Wrekin Arts PC 4 5 Nature Projected Acceptances Smethwick PS Wolverhampton PS Leicester & Leicestershire PS Ray Allen Joe Brennan DPAGB LRPS BPE3 Ken Rasmussen ARPS BPE1 Petrified Forest Cape Bridgewater White Tailed Sea Eagle Great Crested Grebe Stunning Prey Van Greaves FRPS Rob Cowell Black Winged Stilt Wood White Butterfly Shooting Star AW Spur Winged Plover Male Pintail And Co Gordon Upritchard Purple Emperor Probing for Minerals Leopard in Tree Lichfield CC Mating Pearl-Bordered Fritillaries Golden Orb Spider Feeding Sue Freeman DPAGB ARPS EFIAP Roe Buck on the Run And Lizard Makes Three Worcestershire CC Bewick Swans in Flight Barrie Glover DPAGB BPE3 Lutterworth PS Co-op Dinah Jayes MPAGB ARPS EFIAP Vicuna Louise Beech Rock Pipit Barn Owl Hunting AW Cuckoo Shaggy Inkcap Group Magpie With Ruffled Feathers John Haddon Mike Sharples MPAGB ARPS EFIAP BPE5 European Elk Silver Washed Fritillary on Bracken Kestrel With Prey Ruff Pair AW Mating Orange Tips on Lady Smock II Owl With Kill Red Deer Stag Trio Banded Demoiselle Geraldine Stephenson DPAGB AFIAP BPE2 Brown Hare Gargoyle Gecko Newport PC Janet Sprason Jim Shaw South Birmingham PS Chameleon Miller Moth Roger Dickens Bob Tunstall DPAGB BPE4 Lobster Moth Hoverfly Volucella Inanis Female Kestrel Take Off Running Sanderling Great Crested Grebes in Early Morning Nuneaton PS Stafford PS Light Alan Rich DPAGB BPE2 Eric Williams CPAGB Coot Take Off Francesca Bramall Damsel Bugs Blue Footed Booby Diving Bee Eater With Emperor Dragonfly AW Pelecanus Occidentalis Martin Robinson Purple Sandpiper Humpback Whale Breaching Great Crested Grebe Clearing Water Off Wrekin Arts PC Playful Elephants Feathers Steve Barber Cape Buffalo Head to Head Common Redshank Calling From Post Jay in the Rain Cheetah Libby Coulson Nutcracker Waiting Lioness At Waterhole AW Cockchafer Beetle on Ribwort Eagle on Mountain Top Anna Warrington DPAGB ARPS BPE2 Pelican Reflection Ross on Wye PS Honey Fungus And Moss Pair of Hawfinchs Terry Wall MPAGB EFIAP/p ARPS Avocet in Early Morning Light Pelicans Watching Red Footed Falcon Landing Stourport CC Watching Eyes Highly Commended Nature Projected MCPF Ribbon Nature Projected Shepshed & District Bob Green Calvin Downes EFIAP BPE1 Bee Eater with Emperor Dragonfly Red Squirrel in the Snow Alan Harris Turnstone Myvatn Lights 3 Alan Rich Nuneaton PS John Coe Leek PC The Tui And the Bee Lesley Betts Norman O’Neill CPAGB BPE3 Shirley PS Hooded Merganser With Autumn Common Blue Damselfly Christine Mallett BPE3 Reflection Mating Silver Studded Blues Male Orange Tip AW Jungle Nightjar Studley CC Little Green Bee-Eaters Feeding Time Ed Phillips Dave Merry Sunlit Spiderlings Susan Pearmain Common Puffball Black Bear And Cub AW Audrey Price Cheetah on the Prowl Tamworth PC Rush for the Waterhole Desert Elephant With Very Young Calf Dave Bowen MPAGB EFIAP FBPE Spotted Hyena on the Run AW Jane Roby Wild Borragem Ostrich Dispute Robin With Insects Male Ptarmigan Brown Hyena Mick Schilling Brown Shieldbug Russell Price Banded Demoiselle Male Lions Preparing to Mate Emerald Damselfly Male Stallion Dispute Great Crested Grebe Pushing Giants AW Grey Squirrel Inspecting the Baby Ostrich Panorama Highly Commended Nature Projected Shooting Star Rob Cowell Wolverhampton PS Highly Commended Nature Projected MCPF Ribbon Nature Projected Pushing Giants Russell Price Wrekin Arts PC Parasol Fungi Martin Fry Cheltenham CC 6 7 Nature Prints Best Nature Print (Alex Watson Trophy) Mountain Hare Shaking Water Off Les Beardmore CPAGB BPE3 Blythe Bridge CC Best Mammal Print (David Moore Trophy) Alpha Male Gelada Baboon with Females Mary Kirkby Stratford PG PAGB Silver Medal Great Grested Grebe Feeding Young Les Beardmore CPAGB BPE3 Blythe Bridge CC Selector’s MCPF Medal Guillemot Set To Christine Mallett Shirley PS (Bill Hall) Female Sparrowhawk Preening Philippa Wheatcroft DPAGB Burton on Trent PS (Paul Keene) St.