Galashiels Camera Club

Agri Competition

Galashiels Camera Club

in association with Borders Area NFU

presents

Wednesday 11th November 2009

Langlee Community Centre, Galashiels

Download Entry form and Rules here

Please note that several of the rules have changed. In particular:-

Maximum size of mounts - 12" x 16" (30cm. X 40cm.) - in line with Borders Exhibition

ALSO NOTE THE CHANGES OF NAME (AND INTENT) OF CLASSES 03 & 04, 05 & 06, AND 09 & 10.

Entries to Classes 01 and 02, Livestock, to conform to the following description: "Domesticated animals intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as food or fibre, or for its labour".
Entries to classes 03 and 04, Agricultural Machinery and Buildings, photographs must be of agricultural buildings and machinery.
Entries to classes 05 and 06, People, portraits of animals will not be accepted, but any photographs of people, whether portraits or more general, will be accepted.
Entries to Classes 09 and 10, Open, no longer need be restricted to those which do not fit into any other Class.
Entries to Classes 11 and 12, Nature, should conform to "Living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in their natural habitat, geology and other natural phenomena". Any manipulation should be restricted to removal of dust, etc.

Closing date for entries - Sunday 18th October.

20th Anniversary for Photographic Competition

The 20th anniversary of the Annual Agricultural Photographic Competition run by Galashiels Camera Club in association with the Borders Area NFU attracted an audience of in excess of 120 to the Langlee Community Centre on Wednesday night (12th Nov).

The competition attracts entries from all over the Borders and this year saw a total of more than 500 images presented.

The judges for the night, Eric Bowers and Vivien Cotton both from the Edinburgh Photographic Society gave comments on all of the winning and commended images in the 12 categories.

The competition retains an agricultural feel with its unique “Livestock” category and this year a special prize was presented in this category to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the competition. This was chosen by Mr Charlie Stewart and awarded to Jim Wilson from Duns Camera Club for his print of “Blackfaced Ewe with Lamb”.

This year’s overall Champion was Dick Warren from Morebattle Camera club with “Tricky Mickey”.

In keeping with the agricultural theme, winners are presented with rosettes which are much prized and this year were presented along with the cash prizes by Mrs Stewart.

The full prize list is:-

Digital Projected Images

Livestock – 1st Helen Pugh-Cook (Earlston), 2nd Gordon Swalwell (Gala), 3rd Christine Swalwell (Gala)

Livestock

Machinery and Buildings – 1st Curtis Welsh (Earlston), 2nd Vera Carstairs (Gala), 3rd Ian Bell (Hawick)

Machinery and Buildings

People/Portraits – 1st Rob Gray (Gala), 2nd Ian Oliver (Gala), 3rd Curtis Welsh (Earlston)

People/Portraits

Landscape – 1st Helen Pugh –Cook (Earlston), 2nd Ali Graham (Hawick), 3rd Robin Chapman (Hawick).

Landscape

General – 1st Rob Gray (Gala), 2nd Christine Swalwell (Gala), 3rd Dorothy Ainslie (Gala)

General

Nature – 1st Ron McCombe (Berwick), 2nd Jim Wilson (Duns), 3rd Phil McLean (Duns)

Nature

Prints

Livestock – 1st Jim Wilson (Duns), 2nd Ron McCombe (Berwick), 3rd Dick Warren (Morebattle)
Machinery and Buildings – 1st Ron McCombe (Berwick), 2nd Gordon Swalwell (Gala), 3rd Geoff Harrison (Gala)
People/Portraits – 1st Curtis Welsh (Earlston), 2nd Ron Bell (Gala), 3rd Gordon Swalwell (Gala)
Landscape – 1st Elizabeth Cutter (Gala), 2nd and 3rd Curtis Welsh (Earlston)
General – 1st Dorothy Ainslie (Gala), 2nd Geoff Harrison (Gala), 3rd Phil McLean (Duns)
Nature – 1st Dick Warren (Morebattle), 2nd and 3rd Phil McLean (Duns)

Special Prizes

Best Farmers Print – Jim Wilson (Duns)
Best Farmers Digital Projected Image – Jim Wilson (Duns)
Best Black and White Print – Christine Swalwell (Gala)
20th Anniversary Prize (Livestock) - Jim Wilson (Duns)
Best Projected Digital Image – Runner up – Curtis Welsh (Earlston)
Best Print – Runner up – Ron McCombe (Berwick)
Best Projected Digital Image – Helen Pugh-Cook (Earlston)
Best Print – Dick Warren (Morebattle)
Reserve Champion – Helen Pugh-Cook (Earlston)
Champion – Dick Warren (Morebattle)

RULES OF ENTRY

• Slides will no longer be accepted. The entries for the Annual Agricultural Photographic Competition must be in the form of either Prints, as before, or Digital Images.

• Prints to be mounted. Owner's name and title of print to be on the back.

• N.F.U. members MUST mark the entry form appropriately, and in addition on prints put an additional mark “F”.

• Prints to be no less than 7" x 5".

• Maximum size of mounts - 16" x 20" (40cm. X 50cm.).

• Digital images are to be submitted in the following format:-

a. Files should be submitted on CD or DVD. If clubs submit all their author’s images together on one CD, then each author’s digital files must be contained in individual folders; the folder name to be the author’s name as on the entry form. Disks should be labelled with the club or individual’s name.

b. Image files must be prepared in JPEG format with maximum pixel dimensions of 1024 horizontally and 768 vertically, in Adobe RGB colour space.

c. Image titles must be the same as those on the entry form and in the same order. Titles on the disk should include the class number at the beginning (2 digits) then the title. For example “Neil” in people/portraits must be named “05 Neil.jpg”

• A Print or digital images may be entered in ONE CLASS ONLY.

• A maximum of TWO entries per class.

• Entries to be submitted by the date shown on the form. Due to tight delivery schedule there can be no late entries.

• Prize-winning entries from previous Agricultural Competitions are not eligible for re-submission.

• All entries must be accompanied by a fully completed entry form.

• Entries to Classes 01 and 02, Livestock, to conform to the following description: "Domesticated animals intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as food or fibre, or for its labour".

• Entries to Classes 11 and 12, Nature, should conform to "Living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in their natural habitat, geology and other natural phenomena". Any manipulation should be restricted to removal of dust, etc.

• Entries to Classes 09 and 10, General, should preferably be restricted to those which do not fit into any other Class.

Last Updated: 21/9/09 12:46

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