Blackbutt Makes It Two In A Row

20161117 Cliff Krebs — Annette Schumacher from the Blackbutt Camera Club accepts the new perpetual Krebbs shield from Nanango Camera Club’s David Bayley for being 2016’s winning club

November 17, 2016

by Clive Lowe

St Patrick’s library in Nanango was full to overflowing on Sunday as the region’s camera club members and visitors gathered to view the judging of the annual Cliff Krebbs Interclub Print Competition.

The Krebbs is the counterpart of the annual South Burnett Digital Interclub competition, which aims to find the best digital photos produced in the region over the previous 12 months.

The Digital Interclub is held in August, and the Krebbs Interclub – which aims to find the best photographic prints – follows three months afterwards.

This year’s competition was waged between the Murgon, Kingaroy, Nanango and Blackbutt camera clubs and it was a closely fought affair.

Three judges from Toowoomba – Gerard Saide, Graham Burstow and John Stewart poured over 120 images, before finally giving this year’s Champion Club award to Blackbutt.

It was the second year in a row that Blackbutt has taken out the Krebbs.

“The standard of the photos was top class,” judge Graham Burstow said.

“There was not one bad image in the competition.

“When the judging is difficult we know the standard is very high.”

The proof of that was that several categories in this year’s competition had multiple winners, and one category – humour – had five.

This year – in a new development – the winning images have been turned into a mini-exhibition that will tour the South Burnett so the general public can get to enjoy them too.

The images are currently on display at Ringsfield House at 45 Alfred Street, Nanango until mid-December.

They will then be shown at the Nanango Visitor Information Centre before moving on to Kingaroy, Murgon and Blackbutt.

[Photos: Clive Lowe Photography]

20161117 Cliff Krebbs — Competitors in this year’s Cliff Krebbs Interclub gave judges (at front) Graham Burstow, John Stewart and Gerald Saide a tough time

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Some Of 2016’s Winning Images:

20161117-no-score-annette-s — Annette Schumacher was one of two winners in this year’s Pictorial category for ‘No Score’

20161117 Long Walk Sonia Vine — Sonia Vine won this year’s Monochrome category with ‘Long Walk’

20161117-grevillea-fantasy- — Peter Anderson’s ‘Grevillea Fantasy” won the Animals, Birds or Insects category

20161117-stop-s — Belinda Kranz was one of five winners in the Humourous category for ‘Stop and Sing’

20161117-city-tram-gordon-d — Gordon Dean’s ‘City Tram’ was the joint winner of this year’s People category

20161117 Fire Dancers — Michelle Ovenden’s ‘Fire Dancers’ was the other winner in the Pictorial category

20161117 Max Walters — Max Walters was one of this year’s five winners in the Humourous category for ‘I Got You’, which also took out the Champion Print award

20161117 Summer Fun — Emma Tait’s ‘Summer Fun’ was joint winner of the ‘People’ category

20161117 Fred Pratt — Fred Pratt’s ‘Flys Eye View’ didn’t win an award in this year’s competition, but was highly praised

20161117 Wendy Turner — Wendy Turner’s ‘Wetlands Sunset’ also drew special mention from the judges

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Results of 2016 Cliff Krebbs Memorial
South Burnett Interclub Print Competition

Animals, Birds or Insects
Winner: Grevillea Fantasy – Peter Anderson, Blackbutt – 23

People
Winner: Summer Fun – Emma Tait, Nanango – 21
Winner: City Tram – Gordon Dean, Blackbutt – 21

Pictorial
Winner: Fire Dancer – Michelle Ovenden, Nanango – 23
Winner: No Score – Annette Schumacher, Blackbutt – 23

Flora
Winner: Daisy – Gerry van Moorsel, Blackbutt – 23

Monochrome
Winner: Long Walk – Sonia Vine, Nanango – 22

Humour
Winner: Stop and Sing – Belinda Kranz, Kingaroy – 21
Winner: Computer Dog – Carl Hogg, Nanango – 21
Winner: Marry Me Marry My Horse – Peter Anderson, Blackbutt – 21
Winner: This Is Your Dad Speaking – Max Walters, Murgon – 21
Winner: I’ve Got You – Max Walters, Murgon – 21

Champion Print
Winner: I’ve Got You – Max Walters, Murgon – 21

Champion Club:
Winner: Blackbutt Camera Club

Club scores were: