Tuesday 24 June Competition Image of the year. Theme Open

 On Tuesday evening we had the final competition of the 24/25 season. Image of the Year, both print and digital. The scoring for the evening is from fifteen to twenty and there can only be one winner.

Nick Akers was our judge for the competition. The standard from both members and the advance group was very high, making Nick's task very difficult. He started off with the prints and immediately held the first one back. In total he held back nine print images. In the digital section he held back eleven images.

Nick took time to comment on every image, highlighting the positives and making suggestions the photographer might like to try on the image at a later date. But of course respecting that the final decision belongs to the photographer.

A big thank you to all those who participated and congratulations to the winners and runners up.

Here are the top scoring images in both print and digital.

Prints:

                                              1st Place GHOSTLY GULLS by Jack Mitchell

                                      2nd Place QUANTOCK DROVE ROAD by Graham Jackson 

                                              3rd Place SPLASHING THROUGH by Carol Martin

Highly Commended Images:

                                               FIGHTING THE RAPIDS by Dawn Osborn

                               LOWER MANHATTAN IN THE BLUE HOUR by Jan Murphy

                                                    ON ALDEBURGH BEACH by Pam Rutty

                                                  OTTER IN THE RAIN by Diana Graham

Commended Images:

                                                      DERELICT CROFT by Roy Scrivener

                                                  ANCIENT AND MODERN by Pat Weir

Top Scoring Digital Images:

                                                     1st Place MOHICAN MAN by Jan Murphy

                                         2nd Place BANDED DEMOISELLE by Carol Martin

                                               3rd Place NOW AND THEN by Roy Scrivener

Highly Commended Images:

                                                                       3 IN A ROW by Pat Weir

                                        JUVENILE PEREGRINE FALCON by Rachael Trivett

                                                          TULIP STAIRS by Tom Thurston

                                                STOMPING LITTLE OWL by Sandie Jardine

Commended Images:

                                                             BALLERINA RED by Liz Blake

                                           CANOEING ON EMERALD LAKE by Emma Moore

                                                        SKILLED HANDS by Sue Baldwin

                                              MARSH HARRIER FLY PAST by Dawn Osborn