Gold Bar image

Absolutely delighted to have an image achieve a gold on the Guild of Photographers image of the month competition.

THE SCORING PROCESS

Entries are assessed by very experienced Judges in accordance with national competition judging criteria and graded as follows –

A Platinum Bar .. Images of exceptional or outstanding quality (only awarded to the ultimate of images)
A Gold Bar .. Images of particular distinction (very rare)
A Silver Bar .. Images that are very well crafted (difficult to achieve)
A Bronze Bar .. Images of a strong standard at a national competition level (something to be proud of)
Classified .. Images of a standard worthy of acknowledgement relevant to the genre entered but which are not deemed award winning at national competition level. In many cases it is possible that with one or two small tweaks these images could have scored even higher, so feedback could be of value.
Not scored .. Images that do not reach our 'Classified' level score will not be given a grade. Often images in this position do evidence competition potential, but require some things to be different for the image to score higher in a national competition. In some cases it can be just one thing that prevents a higher score such as dust spots which are clearly visible or the accidental inclusion of a business watermark. Feedback would be of value in these cases so it is well worth considering it.

Feeling quite bemused, every month I go out taking photos carefully weighing up the composition and timing shots to get the best water movement only to get classifiedes and bronzes with the odd silver then I just put the viewfinder to my eye centre on the horizon set a 2.5 second exposure and swing the camera roughly 30 degrees and it scores a gold, amazing