In pictures: Newport Photographic Club members showcase more great work

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Members of Newport Photographic Club shone the spotlight on their fine camera work at a competition.    

Members have held part two of their first open competition of the season.

It was for the advanced section Prints and the Intermediate Projected Images and the competition was judged by Judy Mainwaring from Shrewsbury Photographic Society. 

Judy provided some helpful comments and congratulated the club on the high quality of its competition entries.

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Chris Lewis with Just Floating By

The advanced prints section was won by Maria Macklin with Splash of Yellow. 

Second and third went to Chris Lewis with Just Floating By and The Last Days of Autumn.

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The Last Days of Autumn

Fourth was Howard Broadbent with Early Morning Rialto Bridge and Chris Lewis was also fifth with Misty Rydal Water. 

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Howard Broadbent with Early Morning Rialto Bridge

Alan Fowler made up the top six with Misty Morning, while Mike Warrender with Puffin Landing on Skomer Island and Brian Truslove with Red Arrows Vixen Break were highly commended.

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Alan Fowler made up the top six with Misty Morning

The intermediate projected images category was won by Ian Rowley with Female Kestrel Mantling Her Prey. 

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Ian Rowley with Female Kestrel Mantling Her Prey
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Ian Garnham with Honey Bee was second.

 Ian Garnham with Honey Bee was second.

 Ian Rowley took third and fourth with Female Kingfisher with Stickleback and Dog Otter and Fish Meal. 

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Female Kingfisher with Stickleback
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Dog Otter and Fish Meal

Stephen Haycock took fifth with Andean Flamingo and John Ridgway was sixth with Canary Shouldered Thorn Moth.

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Puffin landing on Skomer

Ian Garnham (Green Man Morris Dancer) and Mark Jones (Sunset Silhouette) were highly commended. Also commended were Roger Walford and First Time Out of the Burrow plus Peter Palmer with This Old House.

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Sunset Silhouette)
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Roger Walford and First Time Out of the Burrow

Members also had a workshop evening photographing exotic pets. Snakes and geckos photographed came from a charitable organisation called Jelly Exotics which rehomes and rescues pets from the Telford and Shropshire area.

The club meets every Tuesday at 7.30pm at Weston Hall at Harper Adams University and details of the club and the programme are at www.newportphotoclub.com.

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