The inaugural Macro and Close-up Competition took place, with the Gary Jenkins Memorial Trophy being the sought-after prize.

Tenby Camera Club members were very saddened by the loss of the valued and liked member Gary Jenkins.

It was decided to have a memorial competition in his name, with the choice of subject matter being easy, as Gary was a master of close-ups of wildlife.

Members were extremely fortunate to have judge this new competition, Dr. Julian Cremona.

Julian had visited the club on several occasions to give talks on macro techniques, flora and fauna from around the world. It was felt he would be perfect to critique and comment on all the entries.

The criteria he used to identify the best images was simple - 1. Sharpness, 2. Difficulty in capturing the image, 3. Depth of field, and 4. Composition.

In the prints section, the subjects ranged from insects to creative droplets.

The winner was Ray Hornett scoring 19 points with a ‘Broad bodied Chaser on gravel’. In second place was John Whitehurst with 18 points for his image ‘Short winged Conehead’. In third place with 18 points was Gary Mayhew and ‘Droplet explosion’.

In the digital section there were more images to judge, 22 in all. Insects dominated the subject matter, but the winning image by Lizzie Wallis was a bird close-up, ‘Gannet Detail’, scoring 20 points. In second place was Cheryl Hewitt, scoring 20 points with ‘Poppy Pollination’ and in third, also scoring 20 points, Paul Richards and ‘Norfolk Hawker’ .

The overall choice from both sections to win the Inaugural Gary Jenkins Trophy was Lizzie Wallis - a worthy winner.

Many thanks were given to Julian for his constructive and forthright comments from which members would be able to learn and develop further skills and techniques in this difficult field of photography.