1st Open Print Competition (2025/26)

Posted on 25th October 202513th May 2026 by Gordon

The 1st Open Print competition of the season was judged on 23rd October by Keith Barber (FIScT, CPAGB, LRPS) from Swinton Camera Club. With 62 prints on the night, the total entry was down a little on previous competitions. Keith used a range of marks, but did hold back about a third of the images and awarded a few top marks, which are shown below.

Member Name	Title	Pts
Martin Christensen	Autumn Light - Buttermere	20
Elaine Cook	Breaking Light	20
Carol Watson	Fading Floral Dance	20
Gordon Watson	Mating Blue Tailed Damselflies	20
Gordon Watson	The Industrialist	20

The featured image for this competition is Autumn Light, Buttermere by Martin Christensen, one of 5 images to be awarded 20 pts.

Autumn Light - Buttermere by Martin Christensen

1st Open Print Image Gallery

Please click on an image to launch the slideshow.

Black Tailed Godwit — by Anthony Hull — Score: 17 pts

Holy Trinity Church, Ashford In The Water — by Daryl Giles — Score: 14 pts

Kedlestone Hall — by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

Fading Floral Dance — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

The Duel — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 17 pts

Red Sails On The Ribble — by Martin Christensen — Score: 17 pts

Breaking Light — by Elaine Cook — Score: 20 pts

Floral Ramble — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Fawn — by David Webster — Score: 16 pts

Mating Blue Tailed Damselflies — by Gordon Watson — Score: 20 pts

Storm At Pooley Bridge — by Alex Early — Score: 18 pts

Red Squirrel — by Chris Taylor — Score: 18 pts

Foreshore Grasses — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 19 pts

Autumn Light - Buttermere — by Martin Christensen — Score: 20 pts

Squirrel — by Mike Halstead — Score: 19 pts

Mont Blanc Alpenglow — by Graham Barker — Score: 19 pts

Iberian Lynx — by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts

Light And Shade In Monsaldale — by Sheila Giles — Score: 19 pts

Split Rock — by Karen Morris — Score: 16 pts

Wild Rabbit — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Silver Back Gorilla Virunga Rwanda — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

Robin — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

Walking Into The Sunset — by Margaret Keane — Score: 16 pts

Divine Intervention — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

Into The Abyss — by Keith Orr — Score: 15 pts

Meadow Pipit With Lunch — by Mike Williamson — Score: 17 pts

The Last Of The Light — by Margaret Keane — Score: 17 pts

Ombudsman Winning The Juddmonte — by Brian Clark — Score: 15 pts

A Touch Of Love — by Anthony Hull — Score: 19 pts

Snowy Landscape — by David Webster — Score: 17 pts

A Shared Moment — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

The Artist — by Eric Craven — Score: 18 pts

Jubilee Quay Wrecks — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Time For Contemplation — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 13 pts

Safely Home — by Peter Cotton — Score: 17 pts

A Red Kite — by Janet Parker — Score: 18 pts

11 And 92 Racing On The Beach — by Peter Darby — Score: 14 pts

Pelican Bath Time — by Brian Clark — Score: 17 pts

Seedheads — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 17 pts

Dressed For The Forties — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 14 pts

The Industrialist — by Gordon Watson — Score: 20 pts

Black Headed Gull Diving — by Alex Early — Score: 17 pts

Dunstanburgh Castle — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 16 pts

Rainstorm At Derelict Mill — by Mike Halstead — Score: 17 pts

Trawlers At Spurn Point — by Karen Morris — Score: 16 pts

Wain Wath Force — by Chris Taylor — Score: 18 pts

Beyond Whitby Sands — by Christine Round — Score: 16 pts

Cats Dogs And A Sparrowhawk — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts

Someone Approaching — by Mike Williamson — Score: 19 pts

Gothic Purple — by Janet Parker — Score: 15 pts

Solitary Sentinel — by Elaine Cook — Score: 18 pts

Tiger Tiger Burning Bright — by John Scott — Score: 17 pts

Lowther Castle After Moonrise — by John Scott — Score: 17 pts

The View From The Galleon — by Peter Cotton — Score: 16 pts

Performance — by Sheila Giles — Score: 17 pts

A Leaf Scorpionfish — by Graham Barker — Score: 17 pts

Farne Island Shag — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 14 pts

Bow Fiddle Rock — by Keith Orr — Score: 18 pts

Battle Weary — by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts

Dipper Nest Building — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 18 pts

Riders On The Prom — by Eric Craven — Score: 16 pts

Lindisfarne Moorings — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 17 pts

Note: The copyright of all images on this website belongs to the author and no unauthorised use, or copying of these images, is permitted without the agreement of the author.

1st Open PDI Competition (2025/26)

Posted on 26th September 202526th September 2025 by Gordon

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

Please click on an image to launch the slideshow.

White Silk Moth — by Margaret Keane — Score: 18 pts

Ready For My Close Up — by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts

Back Street Mykonos — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 15 pts

Three In A Row — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Playing I Spy — by Janet Coulson — Score: 15 pts

Comma On Blackberry Leaf — by Peter Parnell — Score: 16 pts

Hues Of Hometime — by Susan Wood — Score: 15 pts

Autumn Leaves — by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts

Into The Abyss — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 18 pts

Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier — by Mike Williamson — Score: 20 pts

Spurn Point Groynes — by Keith Orr — Score: 17 pts

Sand Grass — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts

Ynys Llanddwyn — by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts

Show Time — by Eric Craven — Score: 13 pts

Galleon — by Janet Parker — Score: 14 pts

Gateway To The Mist — by Elaine Cook — Score: 15 pts

Towards Blea Tarn — by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts

St Annes War Memorial — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts

Push Off — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Rattray Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire — by Mike Williamson — Score: 19 pts

Liberty — by Peter Flegg — Score: 14 pts

Dancing On Air — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 15 pts

Dining Room Blair Atholl Castle — by Mike Halstead — Score: 14 pts

The Guitar Player — by Margaret Keane — Score: 15 pts

Bird Land — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 13 pts

Turning To Seed — by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts

Pollinator — by Mike Stanley — Score: 16 pts

Busking — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 16 pts

Tatton Deer — by Karen Jackman — Score: 14 pts

Last Light — by Eric Craven — 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

Portrait Of A Peacock — by Grant Douse — Score: 16 pts

Moored In The Mist — by Alan Yardley — Score: 14 pts

Peony Bowl Of Beauty — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 14 pts

Flying Display — by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts

Tulips From Amsterdam — by Anne Young — Score: 14 pts

Autumn Reflections — by Mary Woodland — Score: 14 pts

King Of The Skies — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts

Coming To Roost. — by Brian Clark — Score: 14 pts

Ashleigh — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

Yellow Tube Sponge With Large Brain Coral — by Graham Barker — Score: 18 pts

Angel Kite Spiral — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 17 pts

Aiming For A Boundary — by Peter Darby — Score: 15 pts

The Artist — by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts

F16 Fighting Falcon — by Anthony Hull — Score: 15 pts

Oak Tree — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts

Llyn Padarn Tree — by Daryl Giles — Score: 15 pts

Ranakpur Boy — by Elaine Cook — Score: 16 pts

Winch Recovery — by Chris Taylor — Score: 15 pts

We Are Ready To Go — by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 16 pts

Preston Arrival — by Peter Parnell — Score: 17 pts

Peeking Puffin — by Karen Jackman — Score: 15 pts

Three Week Old Twin Lambs — by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Powerful Performance — by Brian Clark — Score: 16 pts

A Taste Of Honey — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 14 pts

Cattle At Rest. — by David Foreman — Score: 14 pts

Lilac-brested Roller — by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts

Just Doing My Stretches — by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 14 pts

Mount Stuart Under The Stars — by Simon Ray — Score: 15 pts

Sizewell Cooling Towers — by Keith Orr — Score: 16 pts

Reflections In Canary Wharf — by John Scott — Score: 15 pts

Eyes On The Street — by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts

Mermaid Madness — by Janet Parker — Score: 15 pts

Not Quite Seaworthy — by Grant Douse — Score: 17 pts

Isolated — by Daryl Giles — Score: 14 pts

Little Ringed Plover — by Anthony Hull — Score: 16 pts

Leafy Love — by Susan Wood — Score: 15 pts

Blue Dome Mykonos — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 15 pts

Young Grey Heron — by Mike Stanley — Score: 15 pts

Wings Over Windermere — by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts

Safely Through — by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Salford Skyline — by John Walmsley — Score: 18 pts

Natural Formations — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts

Whitby From The Abbey — by Mary Woodland — Score: 15 pts

Slaters Bridge — by Steve Jackman — Score: 13 pts

Chinese Blossom — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 15 pts

Lake Inle — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 19 pts

Flying On South Pier — by Peter Cotton — Score: 14 pts

Flying — by Pete Dugan — Score: 15 pts

Zallinger Chapel In The Dolomites — by Graham Barker — Score: 14 pts

We Don't Talk Anymore — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts

St Annes Old Jetty. — by David Foreman — Score: 14 pts

Wave Curl — by John Walmsley — Score: 16 pts

Derelict — by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts

Ye Olde Street — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

Out On A Limb — by Janet Coulson — Score: 16 pts

Towers Of Strength — by Alan Yardley — Score: 16 pts

Escalators Canary Wharf Underground — by John Scott — Score: 13 pts

Posing With Car — by Steve Jackman — Score: 13 pts

3 Wise Men — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 13 pts

Bridge Square Lancaster — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 13 pts

Fast Ride — by Pete Dugan — Score: 16 pts

Red Panda — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Coming In To Land — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

The Beauty Of The Iguazu Falls — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

Milky Way Over Callanish — by Gordon Watson — Score: 17 pts

Note: The copyright of all images on this website belongs to the author and no unauthorised use, or copying of these images, is permitted without the agreement of the author.

2025 Photoshow – Public Vote

Posted on 4th September 20254th September 2025 by Gordon

No featured image found for this competition.

At this year’s Photoshow, the public were asked to vote for their favourite image. Almost 1000 votes were cast and the winner was Peter Darby’s Rufus The Baby Orang Utan. Double congratulations go to Peter as his Kestrel With A mouse was in a close second place.

The prints will be on display until the end of September at Artisan Mill art gallery in Lytham. www.artisanmill.co.uk

Photoshow 2025 – Awards Galleries

Posted on 20th August 202510th May 2026 by Gordon

LSAPS Photoshow is held over two weeks during August each year and showcases over 600 Print and Digital images produced by our club members. The show is also a competition split across 5 categories – Mono, Nature, Open, People and Scapes in both the Print and PDI sections. This year the Print competition was judged by Gordon Jenkins (HonPAGB, Hon Life Vice-President of the PAGB), whilst the PDI’s were judged by Ann Francis (FIPF, EFIAP/g) from Cork Camera Group. Each judge selected their 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed images in each category along with a number of Commended and Highly Commended images. They also selected their overall Best In Show image.

The Awarded Images from Photoshow 2025 are shown below in two Award Galleries. Click on any image in the gallery to launch the slideshow.

The award for Best Print in Show went to Where Shadows Rest by Elaine Cook.

Where Shadows Rest by Elaine Cook

Print Awards Galleries

Commended in Colour Print - The Quintette Prowl — by Anthony Hull

Commended in Colour Print - Typhoon Display Team — by Anthony Hull

Commended in Colour Print - Close Finish — by Brian Clark

Commended in Colour Print - Long Hot Climb — by Mary Kirkby

Highly Commended in Colour Print - Red Sails On The Ribble — by Martin Christensen

Highly Commended in Colour Print - Muscari — by Joy Swarbrick

Highly Commended in Colour Print - Into The Woods — by Keith Orr

Highly Commended in Colour Print - The Soul Nebula — by Gordon Watson

Highly Commended in Colour Print - Anemone — by Peter Flegg

3rd Place in Colour Print - Iberian Lynx — by Christine Round

2nd Place in Colour Print - The Rolling Stones — by Geoff Batchelor

1st Place in Colour Print - Liverpool Cathedral — by Carol Watson

Commended in Mono Print - Mother And Son From Hamer Tribe — by Mary Kirkby

Commended in Mono Print - Bodnant Mansion House — by Daryl Giles

Highly Commended in Mono Print - Time For Contemplation — by Carol Watson

Highly Commended in Mono Print - Where's That Bus — by Sheila Giles

3rd Place in Mono Print - The Blind Man — by Mary Kirkby

2nd Place in Mono Print - Blunduos Church Iceland — by Carol Watson

1st Place in Mono Print - Where Shadows Rest — by Elaine Cook

Commended in Nature Print - Starling Squabble — by Bill Breckenridge

Commended in Nature Print - French Angelfish — by Graham Barker

Commended in Nature Print - Owl In A Hurry — by Peter Darby

Highly Commended in Nature Print - Blue Tailed Damselfly — by Carol Watson

Highly Commended in Nature Print - Dipper Nest Building — by Bill Breckenridge

Highly Commended in Nature Print - Kestrel With Mouse — by Peter Darby

3rd Place in Nature Print - Elephants In Mud Glorious Mud — by Mary Kirkby

2nd Place in Nature Print - Long Eared Owl At Dusk — by Mike Williamson

1st Place in Nature Print - Peregrine Falcon — by Mike Williamson

Commended in People Print - Called By The Light — by Gordon Watson

Commended in People Print - Good Times With Friends — by Esther Parkinson

Commended in People Print - A Quiet Moment — by Daryl Giles

Highly Commended in People Print - Heart Of The Gurdwara Kitchen — by Elaine Cook

Highly Commended in People Print - Eagle Festival Parade — by Mary Kirkby

3rd Place in People Print - Timeless Radiance — by Elaine Cook

2nd Place in People Print - Dapper Gent — by Carol Watson

1st Place in People Print - One Sassy Miss — by Mary Kirkby

Commended in Scapes Print - Autumn Morning - Curemonte — by Martin Christensen

Commended in Scapes Print - Beinn Eighe From Loch Coulin - Torridon — by Mike Williamson

Commended in Scapes Print - Lagangarbh Cottage — by Gordon Watson

Highly Commended in Scapes Print - Scarista — by Geoff Batchelor

Highly Commended in Scapes Print - Stadarstadur Church Iceland — by Carol Watson

Highly Commended in Scapes Print - Late Spring In The Dolomites — by Graham Barker

3rd Place in Scapes Print - Loch Reflections At Dusk - Badachro — by Mike Williamson

2nd Place in Scapes Print - Vestrahorn Evening Light — by Gordon Watson

1st Place in Scapes Print - Solitary Sentinel — by Elaine Cook

Best In Show Print - Where Shadows Rest — by Elaine Cook

The award for Best Digital Image in Show went to Battle Weary by Carol Watson.

Battle Weary by Carol Watson

Digital Awards Galleries

Commended in Colour Digital - Starting To Fade — by Joy Swarbrick

Commended in Colour Digital - Milky Way Over Beadnell — by Gordon Watson

Commended in Colour Digital - Fistral Surfer — by Peter Parnell

Commended in Colour Digital - Fizzy Pencils — by Esther Parkinson

Commended in Colour Digital - The Bowler — by Peter Darby

Commended in Colour Digital - Up — by Christine Round

Commended in Colour Digital - Grand Ceiling — by Sheila Giles

Highly Commended in Colour Digital - Chinese Blossom — by Joy Swarbrick

Highly Commended in Colour Digital - Grandstand Finish — by Brian Clark

Highly Commended in Colour Digital - Bleeding Rose — by Esther Parkinson

3rd Place in Colour Digital - Red Arrows Top The Tower — by Chris Taylor

2nd Place in Colour Digital - Corridors Of Colour — by Peter Cotton

1st Place in Colour Digital - Men In Black — by Carol Watson

Commended in Mono Digital - Ranakpur Boy — by Elaine Cook

Commended in Mono Digital - Saldanha Metro Tunnel — by Christine Round

Commended in Mono Digital - Llyn Padarn Tree — by Daryl Giles

Highly Commended in Mono Digital - Angel In The Mist — by Mike Williamson

Highly Commended in Mono Digital - Whiskey Jack — by Carol Watson

3rd Place in Mono Digital - Eyes To Heaven — by Gordon Watson

2nd Place in Mono Digital - Rattray Head Lighthouse — by Mike Williamson

1st Place in Mono Digital - Battle Weary — by Carol Watson

Commended in Nature Digital - Arctic Tern In Flight — by Anthony Hull

Commended in Nature Digital - Common Sandpiper — by Stuart Cahill

Commended in Nature Digital - Great Spotted Woodpecker — by Chris Taylor

Commended in Nature Digital - Puffin On The Edge — by Mike Williamson

Commended in Nature Digital - Grouse On Redmire Moor — by Carol Watson

Commended in Nature Digital - Common Blue — by Margaret Keane

Highly Commended in Nature Digital - Great Crested Grebe Carrying Chicks — by Mike Williamson

Highly Commended in Nature Digital - Cattle Egret Dispute — by Brian Clark

Highly Commended in Nature Digital - Jumping Squirrel — by Gordon Watson

Highly Commended in Nature Digital - Galapagos Sea Lion With Newborn — by Mary Kirkby

Highly Commended in Nature Digital - Just Before Impact — by Bill Breckenridge

3rd Place in Nature Digital - Mating Gannets — by Gordon Watson

2nd Place in Nature Digital - Yellow Tube Sponge With Large Brain Coral — by Graham Barker

1st Place in Nature Digital - Avocets — by Anthony Hull

Commended in People Digital - Barbed — by Janet Parker

Commended in People Digital - Contemplating The Prose — by Carol Watson

Commended in People Digital - The Old Bill — by Martin Round

Highly Commended in People Digital - Good Evening Girls — by Stuart Cahill

Highly Commended in People Digital - Lady With A Fan — by Gordon Watson

Highly Commended in People Digital - Taking A Break — by Christine Round

3rd Place in People Digital - Seeing Red — by Christine Round

2nd Place in People Digital - Ashleigh — by Carol Watson

1st Place in People Digital - The Artist — by Gordon Watson

Commended in Scapes Digital - Valencian Sunrise — by Stuart Cahill

Commended in Scapes Digital - Gate - Crow Park Keswick — by Chris Taylor

Commended in Scapes Digital - Nai Yang Coral — by Alan Yardley

Commended in Scapes Digital - Taransay From Sheileboist Beach — by Mike Williamson

Highly Commended in Scapes Digital - Misty Mountain Blues — by Gordon Watson

Highly Commended in Scapes Digital - Elterwater Sunrise — by Elaine Cook

Highly Commended in Scapes Digital - Southwold Pier At Dawn — by Carol Watson

Highly Commended in Scapes Digital - Sand Blasted — by Simon Ray

3rd Place in Scapes Digital - Budir Church At Sunrise — by Carol Watson

2nd Place in Scapes Digital - After The Snow Storm — by Gordon Watson

1st Place in Scapes Digital - Skagsanden Aurora — by Carol Watson

Best In Show Digital - Battle Weary — by Carol Watson

Photoshow 2025 Opening Event

Posted on 4th August 20254th August 2025 by Gordon

Photoshow opened on Saturday 2nd August and our opening event was a great success. In addition to a large number of our own members attending, we were pleased to welcome a number of local and L&CPU dignitaries. From the local area we welcomed the Mayor of the Fylde Frank Andrews and his wife Mayoress Ann Andrews, the Mayor of St Annes Karen Harrison and her consort Cllr Gavin Harrison. The L&CPU were represented by President Keith Richardson, Vice President Jane Lines and her husband and General Secretary Adrian Lines, Executive Member Wendy Stowell and Past President and judge of our Print Competition Gordon Jenkins.

We were also delighted to welcome our Celebrity Patron Kay Crewdson and members of her family. Kay presents the weather forecast on NW Tonight and often features weather-watch images sent in by the public, so if you want one of your images featured on TV, please send them in to Kay at the Weather Watchers website.

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2024/25 Photographer Of The Year

Posted on 18th July 202518th July 2025 by Gordon

Men In Black By Carol Watson

Following the announcement of the Photoshow results we are able to work out our Print and Digital Photographers of the Year for the 2024/5 season. Points are awarded for In-Season competitions, Photoshow and the L&CPU Individual competitions as follows:

In-Season competitions: The two image scores in each competition are combined to find the positions (Open and Set Subject). Points are then awarded:-

1st – 5 points
2nd – 4 points
3rd – 3 points
4th – 2 points
5th – 1 point

Photoshow:

1st – 5 points
2nd – 4 points
3rd – 3 points
Highly Commended – 2 points
Commended – 1 point

L&CPU Individual Competition:

Score 15 – 5 points
Score 14 – 4 points
Score 13 – 3 points
Score 12 – 2 points
Score 11 – 1 point

After all the scores have been combined, the results are:

Print Photographer Of The Year

1st – Carol Watson – 58 points
2nd – Mary Kirkby – 44.5 points
3rd – Gordon Watson – 44 points

Digital Photographer Of The Year

1st – Carol Watson – 67 points
2nd – Gordon Watson – 64.5 points
3rd – Elaine Cook – 20.5 points

Well done to those mentioned above, and in particular to Carol for a clean sweep (again!) this season.

Photoshow 2025 Results

Posted on 12th July 20252nd July 2026 by Gordon

The 2025 Photoshow results were announced on Thursday 10th July with a slideshow of the awarded images. The judge for the Prints was Gordon Jenkins (HonPAGB, Hon Life Vice-President of the PAGB), whilst the PDI’s were judged by Ann Francis (FIPF, EFIAP/g) from Cork Camera Group.

There were 342 Prints and 322 PDIs submitted by 49 LSAPS members. A total of 100 awards were made – 45 in Print and 55 in PDI, with 28 members receiving at least one award. The ‘award’ for the most awards went to Carol Watson, with 15 in total.

All the Awarded images are listed below. Congratulations to everyone who received an Award, but in particular to Elaine Cook who received Best In Show – Print and to Carol Watson who received Best In Show – PDI.

2025 Photoshow Print Awards

Where Shadows Rest by Elaine Cook

Award	Title	Author
Best In Show
Best In Show: Print	Where Shadows Rest	Elaine Cook
Colour Print
1st Place	Liverpool Cathedral	Carol Watson
2nd Place	The Rolling Stones	Geoff Batchelor
3rd Place	Iberian Lynx	Christine Round
Highly Commended	Anemone	Peter Flegg
Highly Commended	Into The Woods	Keith Orr
Highly Commended	Muscari	Joy Swarbrick
Highly Commended	Red Sails On The Ribble	Martin Christensen
Highly Commended	The Soul Nebula	Gordon Watson
Commended	Close Finish	Brian Clark
Commended	Long Hot Climb	Mary Kirkby
Commended	The Quintette Prowl	Anthony Hull
Commended	Typhoon Display Team	Anthony Hull
Mono Print
1st Place	Where Shadows Rest	Elaine Cook
2nd Place	Blunduos Church Iceland	Carol Watson
3rd Place	The Blind Man	Mary Kirkby
Highly Commended	Time For Contemplation	Carol Watson
Highly Commended	Where's That Bus	Sheila Giles
Commended	Bodnant Mansion House	Daryl Giles
Commended	Mother And Son From Hamer Tribe	Mary Kirkby
Nature Print
1st Place	Peregrine Falcon	Mike Williamson
2nd Place	Long Eared Owl At Dusk	Mike Williamson
3rd Place	Elephants In Mud Glorious Mud	Mary Kirkby
Highly Commended	Blue Tailed Damselfly	Carol Watson
Highly Commended	Dipper Nest Building	Bill Breckenridge
Highly Commended	Kestrel With Mouse	Peter Darby
Commended	French Angelfish	Graham Barker
Commended	Owl In A Hurry	Peter Darby
Commended	Starling Squabble	Bill Breckenridge
People Print
1st Place	One Sassy Miss	Mary Kirkby
2nd Place	Dapper Gent	Carol Watson
3rd Place	Timeless Radiance	Elaine Cook
Highly Commended	Eagle Festival Parade	Mary Kirkby
Highly Commended	Heart Of The Gurdwara Kitchen	Elaine Cook
Commended	A Quiet Moment	Daryl Giles
Commended	Called By The Light	Gordon Watson
Commended	Good Times With Friends	Esther Parkinson
Scapes Print
1st Place	Solitary Sentinel	Elaine Cook
2nd Place	Vestrahorn Evening Light	Gordon Watson
3rd Place	Loch Reflections At Dusk - Badachro	Mike Williamson
Highly Commended	Late Spring In The Dolomites	Graham Barker
Highly Commended	Scarista	Geoff Batchelor
Highly Commended	Stadarstadur Church Iceland	Carol Watson
Commended	Autumn Morning - Curemonte	Martin Christensen
Commended	Beinn Eighe From Loch Coulin - Torridon	Mike Williamson
Commended	Lagangarbh Cottage	Gordon Watson

2025 Photoshow PDI Awards

Battle Weary by Carol Watson

Award	Title	Author
Best In Show
Best In Show: Digital	Battle Weary	Carol Watson
Colour Digital
1st Place	Men In Black	Carol Watson
2nd Place	Corridors Of Colour	Peter Cotton
3rd Place	Red Arrows Top The Tower	Chris Taylor
Highly Commended	Bleeding Rose	Esther Parkinson
Highly Commended	Chinese Blossom	Joy Swarbrick
Highly Commended	Grandstand Finish	Brian Clark
Commended	Fistral Surfer	Peter Parnell
Commended	Fizzy Pencils	Esther Parkinson
Commended	Grand Ceiling	Sheila Giles
Commended	Milky Way Over Beadnell	Gordon Watson
Commended	Starting To Fade	Joy Swarbrick
Commended	The Bowler	Peter Darby
Commended	Up	Christine Round
Mono Digital
1st Place	Battle Weary	Carol Watson
2nd Place	Rattray Head Lighthouse	Mike Williamson
3rd Place	Eyes To Heaven	Gordon Watson
Highly Commended	Angel In The Mist	Mike Williamson
Highly Commended	Whiskey Jack	Carol Watson
Commended	Llyn Padarn Tree	Daryl Giles
Commended	Ranakpur Boy	Elaine Cook
Commended	Saldanha Metro Tunnel	Christine Round
Nature Digital
1st Place	Avocets	Anthony Hull
2nd Place	Yellow Tube Sponge With Large Brain Coral	Graham Barker
3rd Place	Mating Gannets	Gordon Watson
Highly Commended	Cattle Egret Dispute	Brian Clark
Highly Commended	Galapagos Sea Lion With Newborn	Mary Kirkby
Highly Commended	Great Crested Grebe Carrying Chicks	Mike Williamson
Highly Commended	Jumping Squirrel	Gordon Watson
Highly Commended	Just Before Impact	Bill Breckenridge
Commended	Arctic Tern In Flight	Anthony Hull
Commended	Common Blue	Margaret Keane
Commended	Common Sandpiper	Stuart Cahill
Commended	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Chris Taylor
Commended	Grouse On Redmire Moor	Carol Watson
Commended	Puffin On The Edge	Mike Williamson
People Digital
1st Place	The Artist	Gordon Watson
2nd Place	Ashleigh	Carol Watson
3rd Place	Seeing Red	Christine Round
Highly Commended	Good Evening Girls	Stuart Cahill
Highly Commended	Lady With A Fan	Gordon Watson
Highly Commended	Taking A Break	Christine Round
Commended	Barbed	Janet Parker
Commended	Contemplating The Prose	Carol Watson
Commended	The Old Bill	Martin Round
Scapes Digital
1st Place	Skagsanden Aurora	Carol Watson
2nd Place	After The Snow Storm	Gordon Watson
3rd Place	Budir Church At Sunrise	Carol Watson
Highly Commended	Elterwater Sunrise	Elaine Cook
Highly Commended	Misty Mountain Blues	Gordon Watson
Highly Commended	Sand Blasted	Simon Ray
Highly Commended	Southwold Pier At Dawn	Carol Watson
Commended	Gate - Crow Park Keswick	Chris Taylor
Commended	Nai Yang Coral	Alan Yardley
Commended	Taransay From Sheileboist Beach	Mike Williamson
Commended	Valencian Sunrise	Stuart Cahill

2025 North Cheshire Challenge

Posted on 6th June 202519th July 2025 by Gordon

The 2025 North Cheshire Challenge was held on Saturday 5th June, judged by Erica Oram. The format is a knock-out club competition, with each club entering 5 images. In a knock-out, about 50% of the images are knocked out in a series of round until only a handful remain, at which point the judge chooses an overall winner. Scores are awarded based on the round at which an image is knocked out, and the club with the highest total score wins.

There were 125 images entered from 25 clubs. LSAPS scored 12 points and came 11^th, and although only mid table, this was in improvement on the previous year.

Stadarstadur Church Iceland by Carol Watson

Member Name	Title	Score
Carol Watson	Stadarstadur Church Iceland	4
Gordon Watson	The Reading Room	3
Joy Swarbrick	Muscari	2
Brian Clark	Up And Over	2
Mary Kirkby	Mother And Son From Hamer Tribe	1

2025 North Cheshire Challenge Images

Stadarstadur Church Iceland — by Carol Watson — Score: 4 pts

The Reading Room — by Gordon Watson — Score: 3 pts

Muscari — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 2 pts

Up And Over — by Brian Clark — Score: 2 pts

Mother And Son From Hamer Tribe — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 1 pts

Note: The copyright of all images on this website belongs to the author and no unauthorised use, or copying of these images, is permitted without the agreement of the author.

2025 President’s Challenge

Posted on 30th May 20252nd July 2025 by Gordon

Tulip Time by Margaret Keane

The President’s Challenge this year was on the subject of Complementary Colours, and it was judged on 29th May. There was only a small entry of 16 images this year. After an initial run through, club members were invited to vote on their favourite images. Carol then provided some critique and announced her top three places, then the results of the Member vote were announced.

Congratulations to Margaret Keane who won the President’s Challenge with Tulip Time and to Esther Parkinson who won the Member vote with Fizzy Pencils. Interestingly, Tulip Time placed second in the Member vote, and Fizzy Pencils was second in Carol’s selection, indicating there was not much between them.

Fizzy Pencils by Esther Parkinson


President's Challenge
Position	Member	Title
1	Margaret Keane	Tulip Time
2	Esther Parkinson	Fizzy Pencils
3	Chris Round	Up
Member's Selection
Position	Member	Title
1	Esther Parkinson	Fizzy Pencils
2	Margaret Keane	Tulip Time
3	Peter Cotton	Reflections Of The Golden Mile

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2025 Dublin Inter-Club Competition

Posted on 23rd May 20251st May 2026 by Gordon

The inter-Club competition against Dublin CC was held on Tuesday 20th May on Zoom, this year hosted by LSAPS. The format involved 30 images from each club, all by different members in an open competition. The judge for the competition was Ralph Snook (ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/s) from Bristol PS. By the end of the first half, Dublin had opened up a 7pt lead, which they continued to build on through the second half, ending up the winners with 540pts against LSAPS score of 526pts.

LSAPS Images and scores are shown below.

Starling Squabble by Bill Breckenridge

Member Name	Title	Score
Margaret Keane	Muscid Fly On The Edge	20
Bill Breckenridge	Starling Squabble	20
Sheila Giles	Timor Shield Praying Mantis	20
Esther Parkinson	Waiting For Love	20
Graham Barker	A Red Lionfish	19
Pete Dugan	Damsel Reflecting	19
Elaine Cook	Heart Of The Gurdwara Kitchen	19
Brian Clark	Level At The Last	19
Carol Watson	Skagsanden Aurora	19
Martin Christensen	Curemonte Artist	18
Gordon Watson	Diamond In The Surf	18
Chris Taylor	Male Sparrow Hawk	18
Eric Craven	The Artist	18
Anthony Hull	The Quintette Prowl	18
Simon Ray	Impressions Of Edinburgh - The Scott Monument	17
Keith Orr	Old Groynes	17
Peter Darby	Rufus The Baby Orangutan	17
Karen Morris	Tide Coming In	17
Joy Swarbrick	Amazing Grey Poppy	16
Ian Mulroy	Armadillo	16
Andy Dickson	Armadillo Pattern	16
David Foreman	Castlerigg Stone Circle	16
Dave Munn	Gateway To The Great Ridge	16
Mike Williamson	Loch Duich Salmon Trap	16
Marilyn Mulroy	Specks In Infinity	16
Peter Cotton	The Photographers	16
Stuart Cahill	Vicar's Close Toward The Cathedral	16
Peter Flegg	Japanese Anemone	15
Graham Taylor	On Borrowed Time	15

2025 Dublin Battle Images

Muscid Fly On The Edge — by Margaret Keane — Score: 20 pts

Starling Squabble — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 20 pts

Timor Shield Praying Mantis — by Sheila Giles — Score: 20 pts

Waiting For Love — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 20 pts

A Red Lionfish — by Graham Barker — Score: 19 pts

Damsel Reflecting — by Pete Dugan — Score: 19 pts

Heart Of The Gurdwara Kitchen — by Elaine Cook — Score: 19 pts

Level At The Last — by Brian Clark — Score: 19 pts

Skagsanden Aurora — by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts

Curemonte Artist — by Martin Christensen — Score: 18 pts

Diamond In The Surf — by Gordon Watson — Score: 18 pts

Male Sparrow Hawk — by Chris Taylor — Score: 18 pts

The Artist — by Eric Craven — Score: 18 pts

The Quintette Prowl — by Anthony Hull — Score: 18 pts

Impressions Of Edinburgh - The Scott Monument — by Simon Ray — Score: 17 pts

Old Groynes — by Keith Orr — Score: 17 pts

Rufus The Baby Orangutan — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Tide Coming In — by Karen Morris — Score: 17 pts

Amazing Grey Poppy — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 16 pts

Armadillo — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Armadillo Pattern — by Andy Dickson — Score: 16 pts

Castlerigg Stone Circle — by David Foreman — Score: 16 pts

Gateway To The Great Ridge — by Dave Munn — Score: 16 pts

Loch Duich Salmon Trap — by Mike Williamson — Score: 16 pts

Specks In Infinity — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

The Photographers — by Peter Cotton — Score: 16 pts

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

Japanese Anemone — by Peter Flegg — Score: 15 pts

On Borrowed Time — by Graham Taylor — Score: 15 pts

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