1st Open PDI Competition (2025/26)
The 1st Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 26th September by Adrian Hendley (CPAGB) from Colne Camera Club. With 97 images to judge on the night, Adrian’s comments were necessarily brief, but he did a good job of sticking to the times and awarded a wide range of marks, though relatively few images were held back at the end of the night.
The top scoring images are listed below.
| Member Name | Title | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Watson | Ashleigh | 20 |
| Mike Williamson | Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier | 20 |
| Mary Kirkby | Lake Inle | 19 |
| Mike Williamson | Rattray Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire | 19 |
| Gordon Watson | The Artist | 19 |
| Carol Watson | Turning To Seed | 19 |
The featured image for this competition is Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier by Mike Williamson, one of 2 images which scored 20pts.
Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier by Mike Williamson
1st Open PDI Image Gallery
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Isolated — by Daryl Giles — Score: 14 pts
Lilac-brested Roller — by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts
Spurn Point Groynes — by Keith Orr — Score: 17 pts
St Annes War Memorial — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts
Tatton Deer — by Karen Jackman — Score: 14 pts
Towers Of Strength — by Alan Yardley — Score: 16 pts
Aiming For A Boundary — by Peter Darby — Score: 15 pts
Flying On South Pier — by Peter Cotton — Score: 14 pts
Safely Through — by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts
Powerful Performance — by Brian Clark — Score: 16 pts
Yellow Tube Sponge With Large Brain Coral — by Graham Barker — Score: 18 pts
Pollinator — by Mike Stanley — Score: 16 pts
Young Grey Heron — by Mike Stanley — Score: 15 pts
Milky Way Over Callanish — by Gordon Watson — Score: 17 pts
Dining Room Blair Atholl Castle — by Mike Halstead — Score: 14 pts
Peony Bowl Of Beauty — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 14 pts
The Beauty Of The Iguazu Falls — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts
Little Ringed Plover — by Anthony Hull — Score: 16 pts
Dancing On Air — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 15 pts
Playing I Spy — by Janet Coulson — Score: 15 pts
Three Week Old Twin Lambs — by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts
Escalators Canary Wharf Underground — by John Scott — Score: 13 pts
Rattray Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire — by Mike Williamson — Score: 19 pts
Not Quite Seaworthy — by Grant Douse — Score: 17 pts
Llyn Padarn Tree — by Daryl Giles — Score: 15 pts
Fast Ride — by Pete Dugan — Score: 16 pts
Zallinger Chapel In The Dolomites — by Graham Barker — Score: 14 pts
Galleon — by Janet Parker — Score: 14 pts
Ashleigh — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts
Bridge Square Lancaster — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 13 pts
Portrait Of A Peacock — by Grant Douse — Score: 16 pts
Ready For My Close Up — by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts
Coming In To Land — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts
Gateway To The Mist — by Elaine Cook — Score: 15 pts
Leafy Love — by Susan Wood — Score: 15 pts
The Artist — by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts
A Taste Of Honey — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 14 pts
Whitby From The Abbey — by Mary Woodland — Score: 15 pts
Busking — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 16 pts
Preston Arrival — by Peter Parnell — Score: 17 pts
Autumn Reflections — by Mary Woodland — Score: 14 pts
Lake Inle — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 19 pts
Flying Display — by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts
Wings Over Windermere — by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts
Posing With Car — by Steve Jackman — Score: 13 pts
Mermaid Madness — by Janet Parker — Score: 15 pts
Reflections In Canary Wharf — by John Scott — Score: 15 pts
Towards Blea Tarn — by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts
Ye Olde Street — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts
Angel Kite Spiral — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 17 pts
Derelict — by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts
Winch Recovery — by Chris Taylor — Score: 15 pts
Oak Tree — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts
Three Houses On The Hill — by Karen Morris — Score: 13 pts
A View From The Pier — by Peter Cotton — Score: 13 pts
Ranakpur Boy — by Elaine Cook — Score: 16 pts
Turning To Seed — by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts
Salford Skyline — by John Walmsley — Score: 18 pts
Chinese Blossom — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 15 pts
Into The Abyss — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 18 pts
Sizewell Cooling Towers — by Keith Orr — Score: 16 pts
Moored In The Mist — by Alan Yardley — Score: 14 pts
Red Panda — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts
Ynys Llanddwyn — by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts
Eyes On The Street — by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts
Push Off — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts
White Silk Moth — by Margaret Keane — Score: 18 pts
St Annes Old Jetty. — by David Foreman — Score: 14 pts
Just Doing My Stretches — by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 14 pts
Slaters Bridge — by Steve Jackman — Score: 13 pts
Flying — by Pete Dugan — Score: 15 pts
Sand Grass — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts
3 Wise Men — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 13 pts
Tulips From Amsterdam — by Anne Young — Score: 14 pts
Out On A Limb — by Janet Coulson — Score: 16 pts
Autumn Leaves — by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts
Blue Dome Mykonos — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 15 pts
The Guitar Player — by Margaret Keane — Score: 15 pts
Show Time — by Eric Craven — Score: 13 pts
F16 Fighting Falcon — by Anthony Hull — Score: 15 pts
Bird Land — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 13 pts
Liberty — by Peter Flegg — Score: 14 pts
Three In A Row — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts
Coming To Roost. — by Brian Clark — Score: 14 pts
We Don't Talk Anymore — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts
Natural Formations — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts
Peeking Puffin — by Karen Jackman — Score: 15 pts
Hues Of Hometime — by Susan Wood — Score: 15 pts
Wave Curl — by John Walmsley — Score: 16 pts
We Are Ready To Go — by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 16 pts
Comma On Blackberry Leaf — by Peter Parnell — Score: 16 pts
Last Light — by Eric Craven — Score: 14 pts
Mount Stuart Under The Stars — by Simon Ray — Score: 15 pts
Back Street Mykonos — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 15 pts
King Of The Skies — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts
Cattle At Rest. — by David Foreman — Score: 14 pts
Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier — by Mike Williamson — Score: 20 pts
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