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Our latest meeting was the 2nd open competition of the 2024/25 season .
John Reed DPAGB ARPS BPE3* was our judge for the evening.
4 images were awarded the maximum 20 points.
5 images were awarded “Best of “:
Simon Roberts – Snowy Fjord’s First Light – Awarded Best Overall image , Best print and Best Nature:

Ronnie Gilbert – Dalmatian Pelicans in Flight Predawn – Awarded Best Pdi:

Robert Given – Layered Defence – Awarded Best People:

Fred Bell – Sundown over Derwentwater – Awarded Best Landscape:

Antony Melling – Sunset Shore – Best creative:

All the images entered can be viewed on our galleries page

2024-2024 Competitions

 

The first set subject competition of this season was for images obtained using mobile phones only. The technical quality of such images has increased greatly over recent years and this was demonstrated by the quality of the photographs submitted by our members. The competition was judged by our chairman, Tony Marsh. He used his “Olympic” system of marking, awarding the images either Bronze, Silver or Gold. There were 39 images submitted, of which 10 attained Gold standard:

Double by Richard Petty:

Inside a 20th Century Mosque by Alan Walker:

Witch’s Tree Aurora by Paul Rathbone:

Orange Tip on Cuckooflower by David Woodthorpe:

Progress by Keith Snell:

Forever Friends by Almar Marta:

Grass Sillhouette by Alan Walker:

Cumbria Aurora by Keith Snell:

Arctic Cathedral by Richard Jakobson and then rightly flipped horizontally by Tony:

Amanati Muscaria by Paul Rathbone:

All the entered images can be viewed in our gallery pages:

2024-2025 Images