The Houston Camera Club defeated GSACC in the 2010 scavenger hunt competition between the two clubs. HCC won the competition with a score of 592. GSACC scored 561 points.
Results were announced at a lunch meeting at Frank’s Restaurant in Schulenburg on Saturday, July 24. This year’s compete -tion took place in Hallettsville on Saturday, April 26.
GSACC’s top-scoring image was the photo for subject G, a picture of choice taken within Hallettsville city limits. This photo (at left), by John Rudolph, had 14 points. GSACC’s second-highest scoring image had 13 points. It was taken by Fran Eiserloh. Houston’s top two images each had 13 points. Average scores ranged from 8-10.
Images submitted by GSACC and HCC for this competition were judged by the Lafayette Photographic Society. Thank you to Lafayette for judging this session. Entries were judged on a 15-point scale.
Six members from GSACC attended the lunch. Former GSACC member Wyno Watson also attended. Nine members of HCC were at the lunch meeting.
A few factors helped HCC win this competition. HCC had more photographers in attendance at the shootout. This meant that they had more images to choose from when picking images to forward to Lafayette. This year’s competition fell on the Saturday at the end of San Antonio’s Fiesta week. That may have been a drawback for GSACC. Additionally, close-up images from both clubs did not score well. GSACC submitted more close-ups than HCC.
Congratulations, HCC. While GSACC lost, our members report that they enjoyed the lunch meeting. Our club’s members enjoy their friendships with members of HCC.
Next year, it will be GSACC’s turn to host the shootout against HCC. One of the locations being considered for next year’s competition is Goliad.
Editor’s Note: Fran Eiserloh and Pinky Rudolph contributed to this report.