RTF Competition - July 7th to, July 20th 2024 - Clocks - Winners Announced

RTF Competition -Sunday 7th July until 23:00 Saturday, July 20th 2024 - Clocks/ Fetes and Fairgrounds / Summer

Never mind the exit polls, who has won? As returning officer for the RTF constituency I can state that the votes were as follows:

Clocks 52%

Summer 38%

Fetes and Fairgrounds 10%

I hereby declare that your next RTF is:

RTF RULES

Scope

The requirement is to submit a still image created using a drone to illustrate the subject of the competition. This round will run from 00:01 Sunday 7th July until 23:00 Saturday, July 20th 2024; the subject is Clocks
The image must be captured during the time that the competition is open. It is a Reason To Fly competition so please show that the image is created by a flying camera!

Editing is confined to colour and exposure adjustments and crop only. There must be no removal or pasting of an object.

Please post only one image, the image you wish to be judged, in this thread.

Images must be posted with the following information as a minimum:

In Capitals as the first line of your post:

THIS IS MY ENTRY

If this is not done at the time of posting the picture will be ignored. Should it be necessary to change your picture then delete the previous picture and add “This is my entry” - as above - as the first line of your new post. If in any doubt contact the Challenges Committee
(@Challenges_Committee)

Further Information is required

  • Location
  • Time and date
  • Aircraft/camera used
  • Feel free to add any further information that you think will be of interest

Voting

The members of GADC will judge images. They may vote for any number of pictures through an anonymous poll open for two days after the closing date for competition entries.

Voting in the poll is open to all GADC members, whether they have entered the competition or not.

You may vote for one, all, some or none of the entries.

The judges may request the original media in case of a dispute.

Schedule

The competition subject will be announced every second Saturday around 22:30. The subject will be chosen by a poll of GADC members selecting from three that have been picked at random from the subject list. You may make additions to the list at any time.

The competition will run from Sunday 00.01 to Saturday 23.00 fourteen days later. Voting by poll will be open for a further two days until Monday 22:00

The winner, second and third-placed competitors will be announced shortly after the vote is closed

Have Fun! Be Safe!

All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. First to notice this inserted sentence and notify us by DM will receive a special congratulation at the end of the competition Landowners’ wishes and permissions must be respected. If a flight is undertaken in a restricted zone proof of permission having been granted is required.

E&OE

@group-challenges

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It’s 22:00 on a Saturday night. You are probably expecting the announcement of a poll to pick the subject for the next RTF competition. Unfortunately that is not so. You will have to wait until September 8th for new competitions to start.

The reason? All our brightest and best have been forcibly drafted volunteered for Birthday Challenge boot camp. In just seven days these mild-mannered and gentle people will be transformed into unforgiving, ruthless Challenge judges with no trace of humour, humanity or compassion.

And in seven days you will be starting the much-anticipated:

You can compete for the fun or get serious, plan your campaign and go for one of the top voucher prizes worth £200, £100 or £ 50 to spend at Drone Safe plus membership discounts for the three winners. There are free competition entries for competitors down to the seventh place and, in addition to the top three winners’ badges there are gold silver and bronze for those who complete all or certain numbers of the subjects irrespective of their total score.

Old hands will have an inkling of what’s ahead, newcomers stand by - you are in for a fun ride!

@grou-ichallengesu

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Are these volunteers open to bribes? :rofl:

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Not at all.

They have been especially drawn from honourable and unimpeachable professions, Police, lawyers, ex-MPs …

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

The Mount, Fleetwood, 17/07/24 10:45, DJI Mini 2 with CPL filter, 1/199s

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

St Crispin’s Hospital clock tower

St Crispin’s Hospital was a large psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Duston village in Northampton. It was established Northampton Mental Hospital in 1876 and closed in 1995. The site has since been redeveloped for residential use with a small mental health unit still remaining there.

The hospital was used as a filming location in the 1977 series of Doctor Who, in a six-part story called The Talons of Weng-Chiang .

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THIS IS MY ENTRY.

The Albert clock, Barnstable Devon.

21:48 19/07/24

DJI Mini 4 pro 1/15sec

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

The granite quarry of the world at one point Penmaenmawr dating back 5000 yrs. The quarry clock was installed in the 1930’s reminding the workers of the time. 12 ft in diameter, it stands proud of the landscape and can be seen from the A55 Expressway.

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THIS IS MY ENTRY
Mavic 3 Classic
Froxfield Manor Wiltshire
16,07,2024 @ 14,00 ish
Very heavy crop on the building thought put it in just to get the numbers up, was my original intention for the comp but the building swallowed up the clock so I stuck the original in the daily photo thread :upside_down_face:

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THIS IS MY ENTRY

Clock on Grimsby Docks Offices. Built 1885

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Last call for entries, one hour to go - and two hours till the Great Big Grey Arrows Drone Club Seventh Birthday Challenge and Treasure Hunt!

@group-challenges

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This is a free and easy competiton John so we will forgive you your lapse in posting the details as required. (Mini 4 Pro, 16:30 ish on, at a guess, Sunday July 7th.)

Do NOT expect any quarter from the thugs lovely people judging the Great Big Grey Arrows Drone Club Seventh Birthday Challenge and Treasure Hunt!

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@Challenges_Committee. Any chance you can put my Entry into the poll​:+1::+1:. Would be quite handy if you could :rofl:

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@Challenges_Committee

Sorry, just realised.
Dji air 2s
Penmaenmawr, North wales
11 am
180724

Only got back in the afternoon and rushed to get the entry done and posted, forgot about the details

Someone could’ve promoted me maybe🤷

As you will have seen from posts above one image was missed from the poll due to incompetence by the intern left in charge of RTF while everybody else had gone to the big Birthday Challenge meeting. down the corridor. The fairest way to resolve this, in our opinion, is to start the poll again, so that is what we have done:

Due to a limited number of entries we are asking you to vote for a maximum of just two images as your favourites this time. The poll closes at 22:00 on Monday July 22nd.

@group-challenges

Wow, by the grace of God :grin:. Thank you very muchly :+1::+1:. @Challenges_Committee (Rob).

It was totally my incompetence in the first place not to add the details. Doh🤣.

I was thinking how ironic it was while walking the dogs that the first RTF I enter this year after not much flying due to being ill, work and the blasted weather, then scouting around Anglesey in an effort to find a clock, then having to travel to North Wales 35m there and back and some effort in…i forget the details on the entry​:rofl::rofl:.

Here’s the only clock I could find worth anything on Anglesey. It sit’s outside the rail station in Holyhead, and although rather handsome, the background and sky need slight attention :thinking:, and I don’t think by the time I’d finished it would of been deemed admissible as an entry :rofl:

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Sorry about the bad service over the last few days but there is nobody left in the RTF cubicles but me and I’ve only popped in to nick some copper wire check security. They have all joined the Birthday Challenge crew and are busy down the Prop and Gimbal getting blootered on cheap cider.

I noticed the competition is finished so without further ado:

In second place is our late entrant (our fault entirely) Ady @Leylo1971 with an intriguing shot of a once important clock in the Penmaenmaw quarries. A fine shot Ady!

And first place goes to Mr Winter - @MrWinter who we think is a first entrant with a great shot of the Albert Clock in Barnstaple at dusk:

As for third place - consider yourselves all placed, congratulation to everyone and see you in seven weeks time!

We hope you are all entering the Birthday Challenge and Treasure Hunt - plenty of time to devise strategies, do your research and get out there! Truly a reason to fly!

@group-challenges

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Congrats to Mr Winter in first place, great shot :+1:. Happy to take 2nd after nearly not being in the running after I forgot to add details of the flight :grin:.
Thanks for the votes guys​:+1::+1:

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