So, after
being reminded ad nauseam about the required image dimensions for the
new projector, it all went a bit pear-shaped anyway. I hope Level 1 contestants
will accept our sincere apologies for the small slice cropped off the top and
bottom of their projected images. Cropping is the most powerful tool in our
armoury for adjusting composition so it was a great pity it was messed up for
you.
Our
projector has a higher native resolution than the laptop driving it, so the
laptop screen can't display the whole of the image at full size. The projector
is designed to 'mirror' the laptop so if the laptop crops bits off, so does the
projector. We knew about the potential problem which should have been solved by
turning off the laptop display during projection, but clearly it wasn't with
DiCentra for us on the night. Thanks Chris H who managed to fix it during the
tea break by changing the laptop's screen resolution.
Our judge,
Darren Pullman, upbeat as always, took it all in his stride and, to his credit,
used his imagination to restore parts of the images the technical issue had
ungraciously cropped off. He said that in some cases he thought the crop might
have actually improved the composition. Darren must have thought we looked like
a bunch of amateurs (actually we are a bunch of amateurs!).
Well done
everyone who entered and the generally high standard is reflected in the number
of photos scoring the top mark: 6 in Level 1 and 2 in Level 2. Here they
are (just click on the images to see them enlarged):
In Level 1,
congratulations to Chris H for his 10+ winning entry The Intrepid Explorer .
And for his
second 10, End of a
hot day - taken on a mobile
phone apparently!
The other entries awarded
10 in Level 1 were:
BA Tower Brighton by Joy
Wow! by Jeff H
Tewet Tarn by Sharon
and Contemplation by Kevin.
All stunning images guys and well done.
Darren was not so generous
with his marking in Level 2, awarding only two 10s - perhaps he was trying to
tell us something?
The overall winner was
Dave S with Dungeness, a beautiful seascape.
The other 10 in this
category was the astonishing White Rainbow by Rosh K.
A great evening in spite
of the glitches, so onwards (and hopefully upwards) in the season to come.
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