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AV News 177 - August 2009 Bridgend 5to8 P a u l G re e n The Bridgend 5to8 Photo Harmony Competition took place at Coytrahen, Near Bridgend on Saturday 2nd of May. Twenty entries had been received on a wide range of subjects, from pictures of paint mixing with oil, taken with a microscope, to an entry using just one photo and then manipulated using just Photoshop. There were also many landscape, travelogue and wildlife entries which together with the wide range of music used, provided for an interesting and enjoyable afternoon. The judging by Ian Bateman FRPS was to his usual high standard with his critiques being both constructive and encouraging. Attendance at the event was regretably slightly down on last year but then we were competing with a sunny day on a bank holiday weekend. Copies of the sequences, together with the judge's notes, are sent out to all fifty clubs in the Welsh Photographic Federation. This means that entries in The Bridgend 5to8 Competition will be seen by upwards of a thousand people during the course of the next year. The winning entry came from Alan Jenkinson of Pencoed with his sequence featuring Welsh landscapes and titled "Taking the long way home". The joint runners-up David R Neal and Chris Timbrell entered sequences of landscapes of the Isle of Skye and the Terracotta Warriors respectfully. We shall be running this competition again next year and if anyone is interested in entering then see www.bridgendcameraclub.co.uk for rules and entry forms. Details will also be on www.avnews.org.uk when available Eds Jessops Rose Bowl Competition Hosted by the Worcestershire Audio Visual Group Saturday 28th November 2009 Community Centre, Lickhill Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. Sponsored with prize money by Jessops As advertised in the CEMRIAC magazine with entry forms Open to members and members of affiliated clubs from CEMRIAC (Central & East Midlands Region of the IAC) More details from Bill Every FACI Extra entry forms from Rob Day FACI Page 34