Ian Whiston DPAGB, EFIAP/g, ABPE was the overall winner of our PDI league. He achieved 134 points, beating Stephen Coyne by one point and Paul Hill by three. All the results can be seen on the website’s results page.
As normal Ian was dominate in the Nature section with his outstanding photographs predominantly taken in Africa. He scored 98 points out of 100 for his best 5 scores. Wallace Baxter came second with 85 points and Keith Mulliner was third with 82 points.
In the Colour General Section the marks were very close. Stephen Coyne and Paul Hill were joint leaders with 90 points each, Wallace Baxter and Martin McGing were only a point behind, while Ray Hill and Keith Mulliner came next with 88 points. Stephen’s picture of a child sucking her thumb,‘Study in Concentration’ scored 20 in our second PDI competition. Judge Nick Berentzen liked how it told a story and the light face made it dominate the picture. Paul’s excellent landscape, ‘Bamburgh Castle at Dawn’ score 19 in the same competition and he also scored 19 for ‘Waiting’ which was taken in Baker Street tube station.
Stephen Coyne also took the title in the Mono section with 94 points, Paul Hill came second and Kath Hill was third. Stephen’s ‘You shall not pass’ scored 20 marks in our third PDI competition which was judge by Bill Preston.