1st Open PDI Competition (2024/25)
The 1st Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 17th October by Dave Butler (MFIAP MPSA2 ARPS BPE5 Hon LCPU) from Wigan 10 Photographic Society. Dave used a good range of scores with only relatively few images receiving the highest marks.
The top scoring images are listed below.
| Group | Member Name | Title | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Janet Parker | Dummy Toyz | 20 |
| Intermediate | Esther Parkinson | Waiting For Love | 20 |
| Advanced | Gordon Watson | As Soft As Silk | 20 |
| Advanced | Mary Kirkby | Mongolian Eagle Hunter | 20 |
The featured image for this competition is Waiting For Love by Esther Parkinson which scored 20pts in the Intermediate Section.
Waiting For Love by Esther Parkinson
1st Open PDI Image Gallery
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Agapanthus Explosion by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 12 pts
Overlooking Hawes by Mary Woodland — Score: 13 pts
Lindis Pass - New Zealand by Peter Parnell — Score: 15 pts
Lancaster Bomber by Stuart Cahill — Score: 16 pts
Workshop Chaos by Eric Craven — Score: 16 pts
Breakfast by Pete Dugan — Score: 16 pts
The Jolly Bus Driver by Sheila Giles — Score: 15 pts
A Borrowdale Banksy by Graham Barker — Score: 16 pts
Inspiral Carpets by Peter Cotton — Score: 15 pts
Salmesbury Hall by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 18 pts
Table And Chair by Brian Clark — Score: 15 pts
Sunset Beadnell Harbour by Carol Watson — Score: 17 pts
Spartan C27J Top Of The Loop by Anthony Hull — Score: 14 pts
Keeping Watch by Grant Douse — Score: 16 pts
Causeway To Ardvreck by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 17 pts
Dummy Toyz by Janet Parker — Score: 20 pts
Rusting Roofs by Christine Round — Score: 14 pts
Red Arrows Blackpool by John O'Donoghue — Score: 13 pts
What I Saw This Morning by Peter Flegg — Score: 12 pts
Rufus The Baby Orangutan by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts
Shibden Hall by Mary Woodland — Score: 14 pts
Wild Swimmers At Janet's Foss by David Foreman — Score: 15 pts
Fairy Glen Shafts Of Light by Dave Munn — Score: 17 pts
Dapper Gent by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts
Deers At Dusk by Esther Parkinson — Score: 18 pts
Saltburn Pier by Ian Mulroy — Score: 14 pts
Kaleidoscope Of Colour by Anne Young — Score: 15 pts
Migrant Hawker Sunning by Mike Stanley — Score: 17 pts
American Bald Eagle by Dave Biggs — Score: 16 pts
Just The Two Of Us by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts
Eilean Glas Lighthouse - Eriskay by Mike Williamson — Score: 15 pts
Tight Turn by Mike Dorrington — Score: 15 pts
Red White And Blue by Simon Ray — Score: 18 pts
Passage Into The Mist by Elaine Cook — Score: 16 pts
Somewhere In Scotland by Janet Parker — Score: 19 pts
As Soft As Silk by Gordon Watson — Score: 20 pts
Time Lines by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 16 pts
Arles Town by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 18 pts
Shipwrecks At Mull by Karen Morris — Score: 14 pts
Eye Of The Kelpie by John Walmsley — Score: 14 pts
Ready For Take-Off by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts
Please Eat Your Greens by Simon Ray — Score: 15 pts
A Less Trodden Way by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 12 pts
Male Pied Flycatcher by Peter Darby — Score: 19 pts
Stranded At Corpach by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts
21st Century Medieval Maiden by Alan Yardley — Score: 16 pts
The Shipwreck At Corpach by Keith Orr — Score: 14 pts
Whitby Pier And Light by Ian Mulroy — Score: 15 pts
Our Nuclear Neighbours by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 12 pts
Steam Coming Through by Carl Nowell — Score: 18 pts
Female Javelin Wasp In Flight by Mike Stanley — Score: 15 pts
Grapes by David Foreman — Score: 14 pts
Orange Tip Butterfly by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 15 pts
Waiting For Love by Esther Parkinson — Score: 20 pts
Hebridean Seascape by Mike Williamson — Score: 14 pts
Kingfisher With Stickleback by Dave Munn — Score: 18 pts
Peonies by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 15 pts
Blue Boat On The Bude Canal by John Scott — Score: 13 pts
Looking Sheepish by David Broughton — Score: 14 pts
Cormorant About To Fly by Peter Parnell — Score: 16 pts
Nai Yang Coral by Alan Yardley — Score: 13 pts
Give Us A Kiss by Anthony Hull — Score: 15 pts
Corridors Of Colour by Peter Cotton — Score: 14 pts
Migrant Hawker by Pete Dugan — Score: 15 pts
Firework Championship by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts
Cattle Egret Dispute by Brian Clark — Score: 17 pts
Red Arrows Maintenance by Carl Nowell — Score: 15 pts
Paddling Wast Water by David Broughton — Score: 15 pts
Daisy Drops by Peter Flegg — Score: 19 pts
Loch Tarff Reflections by Keith Orr — Score: 16 pts
Naturally Framed by Graham Barker — Score: 16 pts
Meadow Pipit by Eric Craven — Score: 19 pts
I'll Take The High Road by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts
Echoes Of The Storm by Elaine Cook — Score: 19 pts
Harvest Mouse Quartet by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts
Misty Mountain Blues by Gordon Watson — Score: 17 pts
Fleetwood Wrecks by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts
Mongolian Eagle Hunter by Mary Kirkby — Score: 20 pts
Growing Wild by Margaret Keane — Score: 15 pts
Puffin With Sandeels by Mary Kirkby — Score: 15 pts
Guarding The Prisoner by Dave Biggs — Score: 12 pts
A Craicing Good Time by Anne Young — Score: 16 pts
Playing Hide And Seek In The Rain by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 14 pts
Pipe Dreams by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 19 pts
Horsefly by Stuart Cahill — Score: 16 pts
Gresgarth Hall by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts
Eyed Hawk Moth Caterpillar by John Walmsley — Score: 13 pts
Vale Special 898cc Time Trial by Mike Halstead — Score: 15 pts
Gannets Life On The Edge by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts
Quarry Bank Mill by John Scott — Score: 14 pts
The Fiddle Player by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts
Barn Owl In Flight by Grant Douse — Score: 16 pts
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