Morning All
 
Many thanks to all those who managed to get to the Arts Centre or tuned-in via zoom for the 3 way battle on Wednesday evening. We thought that the judge, overall, was fair but quite tough! Though we didn’t agree with all her scores and comments – it’s all so subjective.
 
Our best 2 images were:
 
Male Chaffinch feeding juvenile 19 points; well done John
Bottle Nose Dolphin 19 points; well done Lewis
Final Scores:

J36 – 336 Points

Garstang – 326 Points
 
Morecambe – 318 Points
 
So, very close!
 
We’ve attached a comparison score sheet, from Stan, highlighting the various scores the images have been awarded over the 2 battles together with the committee score.
 
Stan comments:
 
I have highlighted in red the biggest differences.
 
For example: The bottle Nosed Dolphin scored 14 at the 4 Way and 19 at Morecambe/J36
 
The GCC committee score was generally in-between the two judges.
 
Thanks Stan!
 
Up and coming programme of events.
 
January 17th – Andy Stewart, ‘live’ in the Arts Centre; A Wildlife Presentation on Brown hares and kingfishers, equipment and fieldcraft. Simply called Hares today Kingfishers tomorrow
January 24th – Environment Competition judged ‘live’ in the Arts Centre by Lee Metcalf.
January 31st – Richard Davis, ‘live’ in the Arts Centre; A variety of topics in mostly Monochrome style.

That’s all folks
 
Mike and Lewis