Pie and Slide Night: 2008

The annual photography competition gives club members a chance to show off their best photos from the year while enjoying good company and an array of pies. Three external judges determine who will get the prizes, which are generously donated by area outdoors shops and gyms.

Overall Winner

Sunrise looking back towards the hut from halfway up Mt Green, New Zealand. dale thistlethwaite

Runner Up

alaster mehan

Individual Categories

Club Activity

Photographs where the subject is people doing some activity that is related to a club sport (e.g. placing protection, skiing, cooking dinner in a snow cave, paddling a waterfall).

USA. mark patterson

Outdoors General

Photographs in an obvious club related outdoors setting, where an activity is not the major feature (e.g. landscapes, portraits, and subjects not covered by other categories).

Summit ridge, Mt Tasman, New Zealand dale thistlethwaite

Outdoors Nature

Flora and Fauna.

El Capitan. California, USA. mark patterson

Club Personality

Capture the essence of the club or one of it's members in a single photograph.

A club member on the club's climbing conservation trip showing his true colours. Dress up trips are not uncommon in the club. rhonda hastie

Humour

Photographs relating to the club which get a laugh. Nudity is not funny.

Beware of the snakes. alaster meehan

Overseas

Photographs from overseas involving one of the clubs sports.

Mountains in South America. tom bailey

Photojournalism

Photographs that record an event that is relevant to the club. Judged on how well an image tells a story rather than its artistic composition. Examples are rescues, natural disasters, climbing competitions, instruction.

A school room in Chernobyl, Russia. alaster meehan

Video

Video of no more than 3 minutes fitting into any of the photographic categories.

Honourable Mentions

Blue Mountains, New South Whales. dave ellis