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