Club Competitions 2011/12
Print and Digital Image of the Year
This competition is held at the start of the season to find the best images from the previous year. Each member may enter up to two digital images and/or prints from work entered in the previous season’s Club Competitions.
Print of the Year
| 1st | Keith Longman | Appleby Horse Fair |
| 2nd | Nigel Norris | Coupall Falls |
| 3rd | Stuart Lacey | Canal at twilight |
| Highly Commended | ||
| Keith Longman | Head Banger | |
| Stuart Minte | Rock Shelf Kimmeridge | |
| Dave Cole | Lake view | |
| Peter R Davies | Santorini Stairs | |
Digital Image of the Year
| 1st | Rob Stephen | Kimmeridge Dawn |
| 2nd | Len Osborn | House work |
| 3rd | Stuart Boyd | Lakeside house |
| Highly Commended | ||
| Graham Marks | Lilac Breasted Roller 1 | |
| Lin Osborn | House of Cards | |
| Dave Cole | Lane | |
| Dave Cole | Common Blue | |
| Keith Polwin | Indian Girls | |
| Mike Farrow | Kimmeridge Sunrise | |
| Cath Farrow | Helebore | |
| Nigel Norris | Lochan nah-Achlaise | |
League Competitions
League format competitions, one for Prints and one for Digital Images, held over four rounds. Each member may enter two digital images or prints in each round. League positions are determined by the cumulative score over the four rounds.
Members are divided into an 'A' league and a 'B' league, with promotion from the B league for the top-scoring members at the end of the season.
Fred Adnams Competition
Each member may enter up to three digital images, to be judged individually. This year the subject of each image will be British Nature. All Images must have been photographed within the British Isles.
Fred Adnams Competition
| 1st | John Buttress | Marbled White Morning Light |
| 2nd | Keith Polwin | Puffin Stretching |
| 3rd | John Buttress | Grass Seed Head |
| Highly Commended | ||
| Stuart Boyd | Seal and Pup | |
| Keith Polwin | Small Pearl bordered Fritillaries | |
| Graham Marks | Red kite | |
| Robin White | Blown away | |
| Phil Davis | Heather and pines | |
| Shaun Davis | Chalk Hill Blue | |
Cliff Dyble Competition
Each entrant may enter a panel of three prints, comprising one landscape, one human portrait and one free choice (which is not to be a landscape or human portrait). Each entry will be judged as a panel with all three prints displayed together although there is no requirement for them all to be of the same subject or theme
Cliff Dyble Competition
| 1st | Shaun Davis |
| 2nd | Lin Osborn |
| 3rd | Cath Farrow |
| Highly Commended | |
| John Buttress | |
| Robin White | |
| Mike Farrow | |
Set Subject Competitions
Two competitions, one for prints and one for digital images. Members may enter up to three images in each competition. This year the set subjects are:
Prints: "Minimalism"
Digital: "Humour"
This year there is a prize for the winner, kindly supplied by PicStop
Set Subject: Prints - Minimalism
| 1st | Phil R Davis |
| 2nd | Nigel Norris |
| 3rd | Jim Hill |
| Highly Commended | |
| John Butress | |
| Mike Farrow | |
| Stuart W Boyd | |
Set Subject: Digital - Humour
| 1st | Mike Farrow |
| 2nd | Keith Longman |
| 3rd | Keith Longman |
| Highly Commended | |
| Leena Roy | |
| Ernest Bow | |
| Mike Farrow | |
Common Image
Each member can enter one final print made from a Common Image supplied by the Competition Secretary. The member should explain how the final print was arrived at from the original image using intermediate prints as required.
The winning entry will be judged by the members present.
Set of Four Prints
Each member may enter one panel which will consist of four prints which are in some way linked.
The winning entry will be judged by the members present.
Inter-Club Competitions
Basingstoke Camera Club is affiliated to the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain through the Southern Photographic Federation (SPF).The SPF organises inter-club league competitions (digital and prints) that the club participates in. Entries are selected primarily from the Print and Digital Image of the Year competition. Two of the club evenings are devoted to judging rounds in the SPF league.
The format of the competition is league of six rounds. In each round the same set of images are judged by a different judge, hosted by one of the participating clubs. Details of the individual rounds and the hosting clubs can be found on the SPF web site - prints (Basingstoke is in Division 1) and digital (Division 3).