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Beginners Section

Bristol Harbour by Peter Evans – 1st place

This was taken on a walkabout at Bristol harbour. I just liked the way the light reflected on the water and the fact the child was unidentifiable.

Solitary Rook by Richard Jones – 2nd place

The image was taken in a field just outside Cherhill, early one morning. The previous two days as I walked past the field there had been Red Kites in the field and on the posts. So, I got there early and lay down in the field waiting. After 2 hours or so and no sign of the Red Kites, this Rook turned up and was an excellent consolation.

Eyes on the Prize by Adam Woodhouse – 3rd place

Adam took this photo using his old Zenit TTL with a 58mm lens and Kodak Ultramax 400 film. Oskar the dog had been playing fetch in the water and was pretty keen to play some more. I really liked the focused look in his face so got him to pose with my girlfriend’s help. Having his tongue poking out was an extra little bonus I didn’t spot until I’d had the film developed. 

St. Clements Church, Harris by Tony Leach – HC

The textures and colours in the tiles and stones grabbed Tony’s immediate attention.  He composed them with reflected light leading to the distant window and ancient  gravestones set in the wall in the foreground so create a really evocative image.

Hebridean Des-Res by Tony Leach – HC

Tony tells me ‘There are so many deserted properties just left rotting on Lewis. I liked this one in particular because of its setting - it captured the house in a such a typical remote and lovely Hebridean landscape.’

Losing It by Dave Johnson – HC

What a great moment frozen in time!

River Itchen by Heidi Massey – HC

I have great fondness for the River Itchen having spent most of my childhood living along side it as my father was a River Keeper for over 40 years at Brambridge near Winchester. Plus it's one of the best chalk stream rivers in the world.
This shot was taken further up stream near Alresford around dawn in January this year. 

Sun and Showers by Gerald Clarke – HC

Gerald’s lovely image was taken in the last week in February, at Tarn Hows, in the Lake District. A day of high winds, snow, and dramatic light as the sun briefly cast its light on the mountains. Taken a stone’s throw from the National Trust’s car park. Holme fell in the foreground, Langdale Pikes behind.

Waterhole by Barbara Jones – HC

Waterhole was taken while on a game drive on Kwantu private game reserve in South Africa. It was lovely seeing all the animals giving each other space. Apologies for the Instacrop Barbara.

Intermediate Section

The Nuthatch by Richard Blackbourne – 1st place

The Nuthatch was taken from a friend's hide in the New Forest, it's always a good excuse to visit a friend!

Anticipation by David Evans – 2nd place

While visiting Donna Nook weapons range to photograph training aircraft drew a blank and after several hours a gentlemen walking a dog along the shore arrived throwing a ball for the dog to retrieve. The spaniel, showing a wondrous "joie de vivre" as most spaniels do, made my day with several photographs in what would have been a picture-less day.

Office Block at Sunset by David Evans – 3rd place

On leaving Wembley Stadium after watching an FA Cup semi final, presented the view of the office block in perfect evening light. An opportunity too good to miss especially when the intent was to photograph the football. 

Snow Leopard by Penny Clarke – HC

Not able to get out to see a Snow Leopard in the wild I headed to Marwell zoo. I had a number of challenges to overcome. Firstly the glass was not in great condition and created a haze on the images even though I did manage to minimise reflections be keeping my lens cover flush to the glass. Secondly, the rest of the cage had mesh in various thickness. If you have a zoom of over 70mm it should remove the mesh as long as it is not very fine. I was lucky enough to get this image of this stunning animal. The blood by his ear is as a result of an interaction with his ‘wife’ earlier in the morning and I think he was contemplating being in the ‘dog’ house!

Peeping Through the Mist by Richard Blackbourne – HC

Peeping through the mist was taken on a weekend away in the caravan. The weather forecast said there was going to be some early mist so an enjoyable early start it was.

Golden Hour at Southwold Pier by Bridget Codrington – HC

During a whistle-stop tour of Norfolk and Suffolk last December, our very last location was Southwold. After a grey, drizzly day, the sun made a brief appearance before sunset and lit up the pier. A 10-stop filter and a long exposure was used to slow the water down in the foreground.

Advanced Section

Through the Glacier by Caroline Wright – 1st place

This image was taken on a trip to Iceland earlier in the year on an excursion to the Glacier. It was an amazing place with so much to photograph. I think this is one of my favourite images from the trip, I have never seen anything like this before.

Flight to Freedom by Pam Mullings – 2nd place

Pam tells me that the idea for her image came from seeing an open book of butterflies. She just added a suitable background and made the butterflies appear to fly, all done with layers in Photoshop.

Ice on Diamond Beach by Robert Harvey – 3rd place

Robert adopted a low viewpoint to hide the rising sun behind this unusual-shaped iceberg, giving the sense that the ice is lit from within.
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Aurora over Skogafoss by Sue Wadman – HC

This was taken on a bitterly cold windy evening in February 2022 between snow storms.  We thought there was little chance of seeing the aurora but decided to give it a try.  Luckily for us between snow storms the cloud parted briefly and we managed to get a few shots.  I particularly like the stars twinkling in the shot too.

Boating in a Winter Wonderland by Martin Stokes – HC

Martin’s image was taken late January 2021 near Pewsey around mid morning. When I first arrived and set up, it was to take an image of just the bridge in the snow using various shutter speeds to effect how the falling snow would look in the final image. I would have been happy with just this shot, however to my delight just as I was about to leave in the distance I heard the chugging sound of a boat approaching, so I waited and took some more images as it made its way through the scene I was photographing, without even having to move the tripod.

Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Me by Robert Harvey-HC

There was an impressive Planet Parade in November 2021, with Jupiter, Saturn and Venus all visible in the evening sky soon after sunset. I photographed them over West Kennet Long Barrow, with Venus between two of the sarsen stones at the entrance. The composition seemed unbalanced so to better link the foreground and the sky I stood on the Long Barrow and shone my torch towards Jupiter.
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Dog meets Snow by David Wilkinson– HC

This image was all about fun, Ginny the Cocker Spaniel had until now never experienced the delights of snow and 8” of it had fallen overnight!
There were a number of difficulties taking this image, firstly the snow continually landed on the lens. Also trying to keep the details in both the blacks and the whites, finally trying to focus on a dark eye on a black dog moving at great speed wasn’t easy but we both had a lot of fun!

fter the Storm by Sue Wadman – HC

This was taken in September 2021 whilst on holiday near Oban. We were passing Kilchurn Castle and stopped as we could see gathering clouds. It was a fast moving sky & I got drenched in the process of taking this but was lucky that, as the storm crossed over the castle a brief break in the clouds behind lit up the castle & surrounding hillside before disappearing and the next downpour happening.

Syrphus ribesii by Tim Tapley – HC

Winter has arrived by David Wilkinson – HC

David’s image was taken in Scotland following a heavy fall of snow. The Motorhome was grounded giving me the opportunity to go out on foot with a 24-70 lens and practice my landscape photography.
This was a beautiful scene, virgin snow covering both ground and the trees, I particularly enjoyed the simplicity of the composition and the feeling of tranquility it gave me when I took the image.

2021-22 Print 02
Held 22nd March 2022
Judge- Mike Dales ARPS
Results for the Beginner Section
1st	Apache Gunship	by	Dave Johnson	Beg
2nd	Boulders on the shoreline	by	Heidi Massey	Beg
3rd	Katie	by	Peter Evans	Beg
Results for the Intermediate Section
1st	Take flight	by	Richard Blackbourne	Int
2nd	Lily	by	Bridget Codrington	Int
3rd	Tumbling Down	by	David Eagle	Int
Highly Commended	An Outpouring of Barley	by	David Eagle	Int
Results for the Advanced Section
1st	Kimmeridge Ledge	by	Robert Harvey	Adv
2nd	About to Land	by	David Wilkinson	Adv
3rd	First light on the Canal	by	David Wilkinson	Adv
Highly Commended	Frosty Sunrise, The Cove, Avebury	by	Robert Harvey	Adv

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