Date:

11th March 2021

Entry:

2 images

Criteria:

A landscape should represent the pictorial aspect of an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view. It may be a countryside, sea or town scene.  

People may be included but should be a small part of the image and not the subject. Only a single image should be used (except for stitching) with minimal manipulation.

Judge:

Peter W. Cheetham

Second Place:

Third Place:

Highly Commended:

Commended:

Date:

17th November 2022

Entry:

Up to 3 digital images on the theme 'Mood and Emotion'

Criteria:

Each year the President sets the theme for the Set Assignment. This year Jenny has chosen for us the theme of 'Mood and Emotion'. Anything goes, but the shutter must have been pressed during the year following the announcement of the President's Theme.

Note: The theme for 2023 is ‘Straight Lines'. Anything goes, but the shutter must have been pressed during the year following the announcement of the President's Theme, and the picture must feature at least one straight line.

Judge:

Our President, Jenny Ladbrooke

Video:

https://youtu.be/7VjZuQ-o4vo

Second Place:

Third Place:

Please Throw My Ball

Jane Roby

Highly Commended:

Shot at Dawn

Dave Ward

Every Emotion Possible

Commended:

Date:

8th December 2022

Entry:

2 Print Panels and 2 Digital Panels

Criteria:

A matched panel, of three or four prints or digital images, that will be displayed together, and will be judged as a set. The digital images should be presented in one composite image of 1600 x 1200 pixels (width x height). Entries in the panel competition may be representative of any branch of photography. 

Judge:

John Haines

Second Place:

Third Place:

Highly Commended:

Commended:

Date:

20th January 2022

Entry:

2 images

Criteria:

Natural history photography is restricted to all branches of natural history in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story.

Image manipulation should be minimal and not alter the content of the original scene.

No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without altering the content of the original scene are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise and film scratches, are allowed. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Colour images can be converted to grey-scale monochrome.

Titles should preferably be descriptive, and every effort possible made to identify the subject. Latin names may be used if wished. The title should include a (W) if the subject has been taken in its natural habitat.

Judge:

Sandie Cox, ARPS DPAGB

Second Place:

Rosie Thompson

Third Place:

Kevin Watts

Namaqua Chamelion

Third Place (equal):

Redpoll

Highly Commended:

Graham Walton

Commended:

Puffin on Skomer Island

Elizabeth Smith

Martin Thompson