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The
seventh annual Blue Dolphin of Malta competition took place
during the week of 2 November, 1993. As usual the competition
was well attended with some 35 competitors from all over the
world. The U.K. was represented by Les Kemp, Greg Cassar,
Bill Hewitt, Michael Glasspool, Tom Cowan, Gavin Anderson
and Frank Welch.
The
competition was run over two days, with a roll of 36 exposures
each day. In order to compete for the overall title one had
to excel in three disciplines:- Creative, Macro/Close-up and
Environmental. Other prizes were awarded for the Best Slide
in each of the three disciplines.
The
event was made more difficult by the weather, which in November
is quite changeable. As a result the organisers' choice of
site was limited to "Marfa Point", which is an area
used as a ferry terminal for boats going to Gozo. The site
is good for photography as it includes dropoffs and even has
its own wreck.
Given
that the weather conditions were not perfect, the overall
standard was high and some of the creative shots were indeed
creative with competitors using props, coloured gels, models,
lights and even fibre-optics!
Each
evening of the competition was spent looking at audio-visual
presentations by some of the competitors, and this section,
although with no official prize was clearly won by Les Kemp,
who presented publicly for the first time his latest audio-visual
"Eye Witness".
For
the first time ever the competition was won by a Maltese competitor,
Chris Bourg Cardona. The U.K. contingent made a good showing
with Les Kemp coming 5th, Greg Cassar coming 12th and Bill
Hewitt coming 13th.
Photo
Fish Hunt Competition
Following
on, immediately after the Blue Dolphin, was the Ist Photofish
hunting competition. Again owing to the poor weather conditions
the organisers struggled to find a suitable site. In a way
this benefited us because the selected site in Sliema was
full of different species of fish. With this event each of
the seventeen competitors was issued with a roll of 36 exposure
film. The object was to photograph as many species as possible
in a six-hour period. Each shot submitted was scored according
to how difficult the species is to find, how much of the frame
was filled, and the technical quality of the photograph. Each
shot can score a maximum of 10 points, but if you submitted
a "bad" one, you could lose up to 100 points! Therefore
selection was critical. You could only submit one shot of
each species, although shots of a male and female were O.K.
You also has to submit the Latin name for each species.
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