1st Open Print Competition (2024/25)

Hand-In: 11th September 2025
Judging: 25th September 2025

27th September 2024 Gordon

The 1st Open Print competition of the season was judged on 26th September by Will Stead (EFIAP, CPAGB) from Chorley Photographic Society. Will provided some constructive comments about bright highlights, cropping to improve composition and providing some focal point for leading lines.

The top scoring images are listed below.

Group	Member Name	Title	Pts
Beginner	Jennifer Wolstenholme	Heading To Port	20
Intermediate	Chris Taylor	Male Sparrow Hawk	20
Intermediate	Chris Taylor	Sir Nigel Gresley On Ribblehead Viaduct	19
Intermediate	Sheila Giles	Timor Shield Praying Mantis	19
Advanced	Mike Williamson	Taransay From Sheileboist Beach - Harris	20
Advanced	Martin Christensen	Curemonte Artist	19
Advanced	Bill Breckenridge	Little Owl Winking	19
Advanced	Bill Breckenridge	Starling Squabble	19

The featured image for this competition is Heading To Port by Jennifer Wolstenholme which scored 20pts in the Beginners Section.

Heading To Port by Jennifer Wolstenholme

1st Open Print Competition

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Cocktails By Moonlight by Anne Young — Score: 16 pts

Lady With A Fan by Gordon Watson — Score: 16 pts

At The Black Church Budir by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

Waiting For Autumn by Karen Morris — Score: 17 pts

The Railwayman by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

Oystercatcher's Cry - Lewis by Mike Williamson — Score: 17 pts

Diamond In The Surf by Gordon Watson — Score: 16 pts

The Photographers by Peter Cotton — Score: 17 pts

Londons New Year Parade Carnival Time by John Scott — Score: 15 pts

Barn Owl In Flight by Peter Darby — Score: 18 pts

Alone At Drumlanrig Castle by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts

Together At The Last by Brian Clark — Score: 17 pts

Female Gelada Baboon by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

The Hustler by Graham Barker — Score: 17 pts

The Copper Trail - Parys Mountain by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts

Where The Wild Ransoms Grow by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Crosby People by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 17 pts

Rainbow Over Fountains Abbey by John Scott — Score: 15 pts

Tewet Tarn by Elaine Cook — Score: 17 pts

Clean Bowled by Peter Darby — Score: 16 pts

Flippin Chillin by Anthony Hull — Score: 16 pts

A Red Lionfish by Graham Barker — Score: 17 pts

A Seat By The Window by Mike Dorrington — Score: 18 pts

The Big One by Ken Ainscow — Score: 15 pts

Sundown Swan by Alan Yardley — Score: 15 pts

The Rotunda by Anthony Hull — Score: 16 pts

A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One by Stuart Cahill — Score: 16 pts

Starling Squabble by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 19 pts

Dried Sea Holly by Carol Watson — Score: 18 pts

Sit Anywhere You Want by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

Come Buy With Me by Alan Yardley — Score: 16 pts

Riders On The Storm by Christine Round — Score: 17 pts

Walking The Dales by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 18 pts

Heading To Port by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 20 pts

Abstract Typology by Esther Parkinson — Score: 18 pts

D-Day At The Lytham Spitfire by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts

Sir Nigel Gresley On Ribblehead Viaduct by Chris Taylor — Score: 19 pts

Taransay From Sheileboist Beach - Harris by Mike Williamson — Score: 20 pts

Cattle Egret In Breeding Plumage by Brian Clark — Score: 16 pts

Red Head by Janet Parker — Score: 16 pts

Dancing The Light Fandango by Carol Watson — Score: 18 pts

Vicar's Close Toward The Cathedral by Stuart Cahill — Score: 16 pts

Brighton Bathing Boxes Melbourne by Peter Cotton — Score: 16 pts

Magic Box by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

Saltburn Pier by Keith Orr — Score: 18 pts

Disagreeable Dickensian by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Lady Chapel Liverpool by Mike Halstead — Score: 17 pts

Red Panda by Janet Parker — Score: 16 pts

The Bargee by Ken Ainscow — Score: 16 pts

Masquerading by Anne Young — Score: 15 pts

Harvest Mouse by Daryl Giles — Score: 15 pts

Owl Portrait by David Webster — Score: 16 pts

Too Late To Stop by Keith Orr — Score: 17 pts

Lytham Hall by Mike Dorrington — Score: 17 pts

Male Sparrow Hawk by Chris Taylor — Score: 20 pts

Timor Shield Praying Mantis by Sheila Giles — Score: 19 pts

Little Owl Winking by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 19 pts

Sunrise On Buachaille Etive Mor by Elaine Cook — Score: 17 pts

Leeds Corn Exchange by Ian Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Bathtime With The Foxes by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts

Blue House - Argentat by Martin Christensen — Score: 17 pts

Motocross by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts

Female Javelin Wasp Gasteruption Jaculator by Mike Stanley — Score: 16 pts

Curemonte Artist by Martin Christensen — Score: 19 pts

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