This week the Arundel Camera Club held there May "Club Events" competition. This competition is supposed to be fun and doesn't count towards the end of year rankings. Any club member can enter photos from any of the club events they attended during the club year. Club events include picnics, banquets, meetings, field trips, tabletop nights. They can enter one color print, one monochrome print, and one digital for each club event they attended. The best of show wins a free membership for the next year worth a whopping $35.00. This year we had above average attendance at our events and had a good number of novice (~31) and unlimited (~25) digital images submitted. Here are my winning unlimited digital images.

Chinese ButtercupHonorable Mention ACC Unlimited Digital - Club Events	Jouster3rd Place ACC Unlimited Digital - Club Events
Lanaconing4th Place ACC Unlimited Digital - Club Events

There were not enough unlimited color or monochrome prints to hold contests. When this happens, we usually merge the unlimited and novice images. However we ask the members if anyone has an issue. Unfortunately on this occasion several novice members objected. They didn't want to compete against the unlimited images. This is unfortunate because this is the first time this has happened in my 10 years in the club. In the past the novices have often done well in combined competitions even beating out their unlimited competitors. To me after having spent hours selecting, editing, printing, re-printing and matting images as well as the expense of printing; this was a let down. I was very disappointed to say the least. Since no one got to see my prints here they are:

Monochrome Prints
	734	Chinese Buttercup	Private
Color Prints
Domino Sugars Fireworks	Orange	Esso Extra Motor Oil	Fly Boy Groupie