{"id":4328,"date":"2020-10-06T22:04:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2020-10-06T22:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:07:29","slug":"photographic-competition-my-garden-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=4328","title":{"rendered":"Photographic Competition &#8211; My Garden 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grayshott Gardeners Patron and main instignator of the online Photographic Competition, Gordon Rae, reported that members had excelled themselves, with 35 entries; at a Spring or Summer Show, only 4 or 5 entries would be expected in the Photography Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our members rose to the challenge, entering one photo on any aspect of their garden including \u201chumour\u201d. Photos included whole and parts of gardens, in sun and rain, patios, pets, hanging baskets, individual plants and flowers, wildlife, you name it, someone had photographed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judge was Kathleen Bird, immediate past Chairman of Ludshott Photographic Club and a keen gardener herself. Kathleen holds both a Royal Photographic Society (Licentiate) and a Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (Credit) qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her task was not an easy one, as the range of subjects was wide and the standard was good. After careful thought Kathleen chose her first 3, a Highly Commended, 2 Commended and a group for display on the Grayshott Gardeners website (<em>see photo gallery below<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">1<sup>st<\/sup> \u201cBottoms up\u201d by Doris Marjoram \u00a325.00 cash prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u201cFlower Power\u201d by Sue Wheeler \u00a312.50 \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u201cDragonfly\u201d by Karen Cozens \u00a310.00 \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Winner_-Bottoms-up-by-Doris-Marjoram-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Winner_-Bottoms-up-by-Doris-Marjoram-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Winner_-Bottoms-up-by-Doris-Marjoram-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Winner_-Bottoms-up-by-Doris-Marjoram-1536x1040.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-Winner_-Bottoms-up-by-Doris-Marjoram.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Bottoms up by Doris Marjoram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Second-_-Flower-Power-by-Sue-Wheeler-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Second-_-Flower-Power-by-Sue-Wheeler-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Second-_-Flower-Power-by-Sue-Wheeler-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Second-_-Flower-Power-by-Sue-Wheeler-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-Second-_-Flower-Power-by-Sue-Wheeler.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Flower Power by Sue Wheeler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"412\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10.-Third._-Dragonfly-by-Karen-Cozens-1024x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10.-Third._-Dragonfly-by-Karen-Cozens-1024x412.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10.-Third._-Dragonfly-by-Karen-Cozens-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10.-Third._-Dragonfly-by-Karen-Cozens-1536x617.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/10.-Third._-Dragonfly-by-Karen-Cozens.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Dragonfly by Karen Cozens<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Highly Commended \u201cNymphaea Lily\u201d by Alan (&amp; Pamela) Wright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Commended \u201cHeart Shaped Sunflower\u201d by Keersten Kenny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Commended \u201cTimorous Beastie\u201d by Diana Grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Highly-Commended-_.Nymphaea-Lily-by-Alan-Wright-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4310\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Highly-Commended-_.Nymphaea-Lily-by-Alan-Wright.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4310\" class=\"wp-image-4310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Highly-Commended-_.Nymphaea-Lily-by-Alan-Wright-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Highly-Commended-_.Nymphaea-Lily-by-Alan-Wright-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Highly-Commended-_.Nymphaea-Lily-by-Alan-Wright-1536x866.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Highly-Commended-_.Nymphaea-Lily-by-Alan-Wright.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Nymphaea Lily by Alan (and Pamela) Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Commended._-Heart-shaped-sunflower-by-Keerston-Kenny--768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4312\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Commended._-Heart-shaped-sunflower-by-Keerston-Kenny-.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4312\" class=\"wp-image-4312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Commended._-Heart-shaped-sunflower-by-Keerston-Kenny--768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Commended._-Heart-shaped-sunflower-by-Keerston-Kenny--225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Commended._-Heart-shaped-sunflower-by-Keerston-Kenny--1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-Commended._-Heart-shaped-sunflower-by-Keerston-Kenny-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Heart shaped sunflower by Keerston Kenny<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9.-Commended-_The-Timorous-Beastie-In-The-Log-Pile-by-Diana-Grant-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4322\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9.-Commended-_The-Timorous-Beastie-In-The-Log-Pile-by-Diana-Grant.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4322\" class=\"wp-image-4322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9.-Commended-_The-Timorous-Beastie-In-The-Log-Pile-by-Diana-Grant-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9.-Commended-_The-Timorous-Beastie-In-The-Log-Pile-by-Diana-Grant-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9.-Commended-_The-Timorous-Beastie-In-The-Log-Pile-by-Diana-Grant-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/9.-Commended-_The-Timorous-Beastie-In-The-Log-Pile-by-Diana-Grant.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Timorous Beastie In The Log Pile by Diana Grant<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the winner, Kathleen said that this photo totally fulfilled the brief, was cleverly devised and executed having to use a tripod and a delayed shutter speed to take the \u201cSelfie\u201d and introduced a real element of \u201chumour\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In second place, the photographer had captured a lot of colour in the garden, totally filling the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathleen was impressed by the Dragonfly which was awarded 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place, showing the insect in its natural environment, actually laying eggs in the pond. The photo was pin sharp and wait for it \u2026\u2026\u2026 taken on an Iphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well done to everyone who entered this fun competition for helping to keep the club active while the COVID 19 restrictions are in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our thanks to Gordon Rae for organising the photo competition, and to Kathleen Bird for judging the competition in such a thorough and professional way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8-Pondering-by-Frances-Jones-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4320\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8-Pondering-by-Frances-Jones.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4320\" class=\"wp-image-4320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8-Pondering-by-Frances-Jones-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8-Pondering-by-Frances-Jones-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/8-Pondering-by-Frances-Jones.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Pondering by Frances Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-Too-much-gardening-by-Maureen-Boorman-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4318\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-Too-much-gardening-by-Maureen-Boorman.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4318\" class=\"wp-image-4318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-Too-much-gardening-by-Maureen-Boorman-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-Too-much-gardening-by-Maureen-Boorman-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-Too-much-gardening-by-Maureen-Boorman-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/7-Too-much-gardening-by-Maureen-Boorman.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Too much gardening by Maureen Boorman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Very-rainy-day-in-July-by-Gillian-Toukee-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4316\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Very-rainy-day-in-July-by-Gillian-Toukee.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?attachment_id=4316\" class=\"wp-image-4316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Very-rainy-day-in-July-by-Gillian-Toukee-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Very-rainy-day-in-July-by-Gillian-Toukee-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Very-rainy-day-in-July-by-Gillian-Toukee-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/6-Very-rainy-day-in-July-by-Gillian-Toukee.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Very rainy day in July by Gillian Toukee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Cordyline-by-Anne-Wadell-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4314\" width=\"308\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Cordyline-by-Anne-Wadell-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Cordyline-by-Anne-Wadell-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Cordyline-by-Anne-Wadell-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-Cordyline-by-Anne-Wadell.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><figcaption>Cordyline by Anne Waddell<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grayshott Gardeners Patron and main instignator of the online Photographic Competition, Gordon Rae, reported that members had excelled themselves, with 35 entries; at a Spring or Summer Show, only 4 or 5 entries would be expected in the Photography Class. Our members rose to the challenge, entering one photo on any aspect of their garden &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=4328\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Photographic Competition &#8211; My Garden 2020<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grayshott-gardeners-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4328"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4350,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions\/4350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}