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Wayne Thornton (right) and Wellsford Camera Club member Anna Thoroughgood with the winning trophies.
Wellsford Camera Club walked away with double honours at the Northland Interclub Photography Competition this month.
The club won the trophy for top club of the year and for best image.
The best image was judged to be Do You Need Glasses taken by Wellsford Camera Club president Wayne Thornton.
The image scored 9.5 out of a possible 10 points. Two other photographs in the competition also scored 9.5 but judge Paul Gordon said Do You Need Glasses fitted more closely to the competition theme and was therefore judged the overall winner.
The theme for this year’s competition was “Within the Frame”.
Wayne’s photograph depicts a view of mountains in Motueka National Park seen through a pair of spectacles.
The mountains appear grey and blurry outside the framing provided by the spectacles but appear sharp and in colour when viewed through the spectacles. In addition to Wellsford, camera clubs from Whangarei, Dargaville and the Bay of Islands participate in the annual Northland Interclub Photography Competition.
Every year, each club submits 10 photographs on a particular theme for the competition. Marks are awarded for each image. The club with the most points from their images becomes top club for the year.
Wayne says the win was especially pleasing as last year Wellsford had come last and their aim this year was to do anything but come last.
Each year, trophies for the club and individual winners are presented at a dinner held at the St John Ambulance Hall in Whangarei.
