|
BSoUP's
Photo-fish Hunt 1999
Fort
Bovisand, Plymouth on Sunday 4th July
Reproduced
from in focus 63 (Oct.
1998)
The
BSoUP Third International Photo Fish Hunt was held at Fort
Bovisand, Plymouth on Sunday 4th July 1999.
Each
competitor was issued with a roll of 36 exposure film to photograph
as many different species of fish, in Plymouth waters, as
possible between 9.00 - 16.00 hrs.
Each
film was then judged on a points system and the photographer
with the most points was adjudged the winner.
Points
were awarded for:
1.
SIZE: the size of the subject relative to the film frame.
The larger the subject within the frame the more points
the photograph received. One quarter of the frame 1 point;
one third of the frame 2 points; one half of the frame 4
points; two thirds of the frame 6 points; three?quarters
of the frame 8 points; greater then three?quarters of the
frame 10 points.
2.
DIFFICULTY: the difficulty of photographing the subject.
Free?swimming fish such as wrasse, bib, mackerel, and pollack,
scored more points than bottom?dwelling fish such as plaice,
flounder and top?knot (unless the latter were swimming).
Free?swimming 10points; others 5 points.
3.
ARTISTIC MERIT; up to 10 points can be awarded by the judges
in this section.
Points
were deducted for:
1.
EXPOSURE: subjects which were incorrectly exposed. Minus
5 points.
2.
FOCUS: subjects whose eye (or eyes) were not in focus. Minus
5 points.
3.
ORIENTATION: subjects which were not facing towards the
observer. Minus 5 points.
4.
COMPLETENESS: subjects which have parts of their body (including
fins) obscured or outside of the picture from. Minus 5 points.
5.
DUPLICATION: two or more photographs of the same fish. The
first scoring photograph only counts.
So
an excellent photograph of a free-swimming fish whose eye
or eyes are in focus, correctly exposed, filling more than
three-quarters of the film frame and scoring top artistic
merit points scored a maximum of 30 points. A similar photograph
of a bottom-dwelling fish scored 25 points. In contrast an
incorrectly exposed photograph of a bottom-dwelling fish which
was not facing the observer and occupied less than one-quarter
of the film frame and whose eye or eyes were out of focus
scored minus 19 points!
The
total points awarded or deducted for each competitor was calculated
to determine the winner.
1999
PHOTO FISH HUNT RESULTS:
The
winner of the '1999 PHOTO FISH HUNT* was GORDON JAMES who
scored 195 points and photographed 17 species of fish. GORDON
was awarded the 8SoUP International Photo Fish Hunt Trophy,
kindly donated by the Image Centre, and a gold medal.
The
runner-up in the '1999 PHOTO FISH HUN7 was LEN DEELEY who
scored 164 points and photographed 12 species of fish. LEN
was awarded a silver medal.
Third
place in the '1999 PHOTO FISH HUNT was PETER TATTON who scored
151 points and photographed 12 species of fish. PETER was
awarded a bronze medal.
In
short:
1st Gordon James 195 points (17 species of fish)
2nd Len Deeley 164 points (12 species of fish)
3rd Peter Tatton 151 points (12 species of fish)
|
