{"id":14356,"date":"2012-11-28T07:21:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T12:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?p=14356"},"modified":"2012-12-03T07:30:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T12:30:01","slug":"shadows-competition-november-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?p=14356","title":{"rendered":"SHADOWS COMPETITION, NOVEMBER 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feast or famine! At the last competition (Architecture), 80 ribbons were awarded; this time, 23. No Print of the Night and no Slide of the Night, because no score was 26 or higher. The parsimonious (but fair and knowledgeable) judges were Eric Bowden, Gilles Vezina and Claude Wauthier. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?page_id=14295http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for their bios.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Too many design elements!&#8221; was the judges&#8217; plaintive refrain. It seems with abstract themes like <em>Shadows<\/em>, simplicity is quickest path to the judges&#8217; hearts.<\/p>\n<p>The first-place finishers:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>ON-TOPIC PRINT<\/strong><br \/>\nLuc Delorme, Intermediate, <em>White Sands Sunset<\/em>, 21 points<br \/>\n<strong>ON-TOPIC SLIDE<\/strong><br \/>\nDina MacLeod, Junior, <em>Shadow of a Sinful Spell<\/em>, 25 points<br \/>\nRobert Matyas, Intermediate, <em>Fortifications<\/em>, 22 points<br \/>\n<strong>GENERAL PRINT<\/strong><br \/>\nRachelle Carriere, Junior, <em>Becky<\/em>, 23 points<br \/>\nAndre Faubert, Intermediate, <em>What&#8217;s for Lunch<\/em>, 23 points<br \/>\nGerald Bloch, Senior, <em>Desert Dune Yin Yang<\/em>, 24 points<br \/>\n<strong>GENERAL SLIDE<\/strong><br \/>\nPing Ng, Junior, <em>Follow Me<\/em>, 22 points<br \/>\nDennis Blonde, Intermediate, <em>Into the Light<\/em>, 24 points<br \/>\nDavid Wray, Intermediate, <em>Egret<\/em>, 24 points<br \/>\nDavid Clow, Senior, <em>Dawn At the Dock<\/em>, 24 points<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of the winning images, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/index.php?pid=111\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (after signing in).<\/p>\n<p>Rachelle Carriere and Dina MacLeod gained promotion to Intermediate. Perhaps to compensate for the famine, the Competition Committee increases the number for entries from 2 to 3 (two on-topics and one general) for the next competition, <em>Solitude<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=14396\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14396\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14396\" title=\"Shadow of a Sinful Spell\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Shadow-of-a-Sinful-Spell.jpg?resize=552%2C841\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Shadow-of-a-Sinful-Spell.jpg?w=552&amp;ssl=1 552w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Shadow-of-a-Sinful-Spell.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><em>Shadow of a Sinful Spell<\/em>, Dina MacLeod<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'14356','like')\" >Likes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/up.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>0<\/span>)<\/span><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'14356','dislike')\" >Dislikes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/down.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>0<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feast or famine! At the last competition (Architecture), 80 ribbons were awarded; this time, 23. No Print of the Night and no Slide of the Night, because no score was 26 or higher. The parsimonious (but fair and knowledgeable) judges were Eric Bowden, Gilles Vezina and Claude Wauthier. 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