2nd Open PDI Competition (2025/26)

12th December 2025 Gordon

The 2nd Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 11th December by Miles Turnbull (CPAGB, BPE1) from Warrington Photographic Society. There were 87 images to judge on the night and Miles reviewed them all at a good pace with a lot of good humour throughout. He picked up particularly in small elements that introduced distractions that could easily be cloned or cropped out.

The top scoring images are listed below.

Member Name	Title	Pts
Keith Orr	Pin Mill	20
Gordon Watson	Aurora Over Lofoten	19
Janet Parker	Bullseye	19
Keith Orr	Contamination Zone	19
Mary Kirkby	European Shag With Chick	19
Mike Halstead	Final Approach	19
Anthony Hull	Media Read & Feed	19
Chris Taylor	Northern Gannet	19
Gordon Watson	Portrait Of The Artist	19
Carol Watson	Waiting	19

The featured image for this competition is Pin Mill by Keith Orr, the only image that scored 20 despite the large entry.

Pin Mill by Keith Orr

2nd Open PDI Image Gallery

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In Unison — by Brian Clark — Score: 17 pts

Golden Hour Prague Castle & River — by Christine Round — Score: 17 pts

Promise Of A New Road — by Peter Parnell — Score: 17 pts

Waiting — by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts

Portrait Of A Bass Player — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Sizergh Castle Garden — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 16 pts

Aurora Over Lofoten — by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts

Causey Pike — by Graham Barker — Score: 18 pts

Alter Light — by Paul Headley — Score: 15 pts

Pin Mill — by Keith Orr — Score: 20 pts

Old World Swallow Tail — by Margaret Keane — Score: 16 pts

Gannets Nest Building Bond — by Anthony Hull — Score: 17 pts

Reflections Of The Glenlee — by John Walmsley — Score: 16 pts

Contamination Zone — by Keith Orr — Score: 19 pts

Bolas Cabaret — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 14 pts

Compound Eye Facets Detail — by Mike Stanley — Score: 16 pts

Trees — by Peter Parnell — Score: 16 pts

Kite Festival By Night — by Peter Flegg — Score: 16 pts

Contemplation — by Mike Williamson — Score: 18 pts

Autumn Mist Over Otter Island — by Elaine Cook — Score: 17 pts

Rio Recession — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts

Juvenile Mandarin Duck — by Paul Morrell — Score: 17 pts

The Lost Sock — by Peter Flegg — Score: 16 pts

Final Approach — by Mike Halstead — Score: 19 pts

The Adventurer — by Peter Darby — Score: 16 pts

On The Rails — by Brian Clark — Score: 16 pts

New Brighton Lighthouse — by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts

Dressing-up Without Dressing-up — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 16 pts

Persons Of Interest — by Peter Cotton — Score: 17 pts

The Organ At York Minster — by John Scott — Score: 16 pts

Boom — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

European Shag With Chick — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 19 pts

A Drop Of Lunch — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 18 pts

Praying Mantis Zanzibar — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 17 pts

The Barns At South Downs — by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts

Fast Car — by Pete Dugan — Score: 16 pts

Knaresborough — by Mary Woodland — Score: 17 pts

Evening Light York — by Mary Woodland — Score: 16 pts

Double-headed — by Janet Coulson — Score: 16 pts

Autumn At Rydal — by Karen Jackman — Score: 16 pts

Portrait Of The Artist — by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts

Stranded — by Janet Coulson — Score: 16 pts

Walk In The Woods 2 — by Steve Jackman — Score: 17 pts

Midnight Mistress — by Eric Craven — Score: 15 pts

Hope — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 16 pts

Autumn Race Day — by Mike Halstead — Score: 15 pts

BBC Building Salford Quays — by John Walmsley — Score: 18 pts

Golden Girl — by Janet Parker — Score: 15 pts

Life Will Find A Way — by Paul Headley — Score: 16 pts

Northern Gannet — by Chris Taylor — Score: 19 pts

Lytham Life — by Eric Craven — Score: 16 pts

Media Read & Feed — by Anthony Hull — Score: 19 pts

Typhoon Approaching Take Off — by Paul Morrell — Score: 18 pts

Buttermere — by Graham Barker — Score: 15 pts

Hull Paragon Station — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

Shap Squirrel — by Karen Jackman — Score: 16 pts

The Pollinator — by Margaret Keane — Score: 16 pts

Snow Trains Today — by Simon Ray — Score: 17 pts

A New Rose — by Simon Ray — Score: 15 pts

Radlicka Metro Station — by Christine Round — Score: 18 pts

Graveyard Vigil — by Elaine Cook — Score: 18 pts

View Of Monsaldale — by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

Salt Mine Krakow-4-2 — by Steve Jackman — Score: 16 pts

Room For Another One — by Sheila Giles — Score: 17 pts

A Gentle Stroll — by Karen Morris — Score: 17 pts

Kelly Hall Tarn — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 16 pts

Princess — by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

As Above So Below — by Paul Headley — Score: 17 pts

Boiling Water — by Pete Dugan — Score: 16 pts

Willow Buds — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

Blackbird In Shadow — by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts

Bullseye — by Janet Parker — Score: 19 pts

The Mushroom - Seville — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 16 pts

Pig Tailed Macaque — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts

Glenn Affric Lodge And Forest — by Mike Williamson — Score: 17 pts

Spectrum — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 15 pts

Kelpies — by Grant Douse — Score: 17 pts

Up And Over — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Robin In The Snow — by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts

Perfect In Pink — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 17 pts

Harris Hawk In Flight — by Grant Douse — Score: 14 pts

Whiskey Jack — by Carol Watson — Score: 17 pts

Eagle Closeup — by Peter Darby — Score: 16 pts

Contemplation — by Peter Cotton — Score: 17 pts

Garden Of Rememberance — by John Scott — Score: 16 pts

St Michael & All Angels — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 17 pts

Urban Mirage — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 17 pts

Heron Hunting — by Mike Stanley — Score: 15 pts

Ghost Leaf Mimic Mantis — by Sheila Giles — Score: 17 pts

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