New Voting scheme selects winners

The Diss and District Camera Club kicked off its new season of photographic delights with an Open Subject competition. From the 48 entries submitted, the winners were selected using one-pence coins. Each member was lent five one-pence coins, and the member could mark their appreciation of a picture by placing the coins on the pictures of their choice. Alan Sarsby brought three £1 bags of pennies for the occasion, and amazingly, all the coins were returned!, Somehow, there was thrupence profit! Did someone contribute some ‘extra’ votes. Well, no. The local Post Office tells me that new one-pence coins have a different weight and thickness to the older coins, so there’s always going to be a discrepancy in a £1 bag of pennies. The profit of 3p was popped into a charity box.

Club members Viv Turner and Haley Moore led the critique. And during the critique members completed an improvement form using the Quality Composition and Impact scheme suggested by John Page.

The results:

First: Smoke Trails, Mike Phillips



Second: Island in the Loch – Alan Sarsby



Third: Brograve Mill – Paul King