The 1st Genre competition of the season (Mono) was judged on 20th November 26th September by Michael Whittaker (DPAGB, BPE5) from Burnley Camera Club. There were 84 images to judge on the night and Michael picked up particularly on areas of over-processing that can introduce halos or overly textured skies – something to be careful of when processing mono images in particular.

The top scoring images are listed below.

The featured image for this competition is Sad Gladioli By Joy Swarbrick, one of 5 images which scored 20pts.

Sad Gladioli by Joy Swarbrick

1st Genre Image Gallery – Mono

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High Tide St Annes Pier — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 19 pts

Lowther Castle. — by David Foreman — Score: 16 pts

Nightline — by Paul Headley — Score: 15 pts

Bilbao Guggenheim Museum — by Gordon Watson — Score: 20 pts

Catbells — by Chris Taylor — Score: 17 pts

Swaledale — by Sheila Giles — Score: 16 pts

Canal Walk — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 16 pts

Barley Stalk — by Keith Orr — Score: 18 pts

Acute Angle — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Bodnant Mansion House — by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

The Pondering Three — by Paul Morrell — Score: 16 pts

Sailing Under A Threatening Sky — by Peter Parnell — Score: 17 pts

Jordan — by Gordon Watson — Score: 20 pts

Sitting Punk — by Steve Jackman — Score: 16 pts

Veteran With Woolly Hat — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 16 pts

Dead Horse Point — by Sheila Giles — Score: 15 pts

Iconic Architecture — by Anthony Hull — Score: 17 pts

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

Lowther Castle — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 17 pts

Iguazu Falls, Brazil — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 16 pts

Busts — by Peter Cotton — Score: 15 pts

Orangutan — by Janet Coulson — Score: 18 pts

Posing — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts

The Conductor — by Eric Craven — Score: 17 pts

Victorian Machine — by Daryl Giles — Score: 19 pts

A View Under A Bridge — by Paul Headley — Score: 14 pts

Church Of Our Lady Of The Snow — by Mike Halstead — Score: 15 pts

Bridge From Salford Quays — by Dave Biggs — Score: 16 pts

Old Foe — by Chris Taylor — Score: 17 pts

Car Doors — by Janet Parker — Score: 17 pts

South Stack Lighthouse — by Alex Early — Score: 18 pts

The Smokers — by Peter Cotton — Score: 16 pts

Ashness Bridge Borrowdale — by John Scott — Score: 15 pts

The Artist — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts

Journeys End For Tangmere — by Peter Parnell — Score: 15 pts

The Dining Room — by Grant Douse — Score: 15 pts

Sacre Coeur — by Peter Flegg — Score: 16 pts

Sunset Swim — by Janet Coulson — Score: 17 pts

Old And New — by Karen Jackman — Score: 17 pts

Salts Mill — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 17 pts

On The Straight — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 19 pts

Wind Power — by Mike Williamson — Score: 17 pts

Armadillo And Hydro — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 19 pts

Dark Skies — by Pete Dugan — Score: 15 pts

Where Shadows Rest — by Elaine Cook — Score: 17 pts

Line Astern — by Mike Stanley — Score: 17 pts

Avian Spectre — by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts

Flying Grey — by Brian Clark — Score: 17 pts

House Of Inspiration — by Anthony Hull — Score: 15 pts

Sad Gladioli — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 20 pts

Dried Grasses On Display — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

The Glitterball — by Eric Craven — Score: 17 pts

Harris Hawk — by Grant Douse — Score: 16 pts

Narrow Street-3 — by Steve Jackman — Score: 16 pts

Ethiopian Tribeswoman And Son — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 17 pts

Ali — by Paul Morrell — Score: 17 pts

Saltwick Bay — by Christine Round — Score: 17 pts

Compound Eye Facets — by Mike Stanley — Score: 15 pts

Flamenco Dancing — by Brian Clark — Score: 16 pts

The Cloisters — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

Old Lighthouse At Spurn Point — by Karen Morris — Score: 16 pts

Leaf Detail — by Alex Early — Score: 16 pts

Clovelly Main Street — by John Scott — Score: 14 pts

Split Rock — by Keith Orr — Score: 16 pts

William Baker Former Prisoner Of Alcatraz — by Peter Darby — Score: 19 pts

Ullswater Wake — by Elaine Cook — Score: 14 pts

Spirit Of Ecstasy — by Janet Parker — Score: 16 pts

Dumfries House — by Simon Ray — Score: 17 pts

The Birds — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

A Cotton Top Tamarin Monkey — by Peter Darby — Score: 18 pts

Dreaming — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

The Sella Ronda — by Graham Barker — Score: 19 pts

Karlovo Namesti Station — by Christine Round — Score: 17 pts

Clouds On The Sassolungo — by Graham Barker — Score: 19 pts

Liverpool Cathedral Interior — by Mike Halstead — Score: 17 pts

Jewels — by Karen Jackman — Score: 16 pts

St Michaels Lowther — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 17 pts

Oblivious Of Approaching Storm — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

Take Off — by Pete Dugan — Score: 15 pts

Cosmos Coronet — by Peter Flegg — Score: 18 pts

Through The Arches, — by David Foreman — Score: 16 pts

Over The Bridge — by Mike Williamson — Score: 15 pts

V For Victory — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 17 pts

York Station Steps — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

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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.

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

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The Industrialist — by Gordon Watson — Score: 20 pts

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

Kedlestone Hall — by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

Battle Weary — by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts

Performance — by Sheila Giles — Score: 17 pts

Breaking Light — by Elaine Cook — Score: 20 pts

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

Safely Home — by Peter Cotton — Score: 17 pts

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

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

Fawn — by David Webster — Score: 16 pts

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

Foreshore Grasses — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 19 pts

Snowy Landscape — by David Webster — Score: 17 pts

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

Floral Ramble — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red Squirrel — by Chris Taylor — Score: 18 pts

Someone Approaching — by Mike Williamson — Score: 19 pts

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

Dunstanburgh Castle — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 16 pts

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

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

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

Iberian Lynx — by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts

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

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

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

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

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

The Duel — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 17 pts

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

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

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

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

Seedheads — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 17 pts

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

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

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

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

Split Rock — by Karen Morris — Score: 16 pts

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

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

Robin — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

The Artist — by Eric Craven — Score: 18 pts

Divine Intervention — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

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

Lindisfarne Moorings — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 17 pts

Wild Rabbit — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Gothic Purple — by Janet Parker — Score: 15 pts

Squirrel — by Mike Halstead — Score: 19 pts

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

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

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

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

Solitary Sentinel — by Elaine Cook — Score: 18 pts

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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.

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

Peeking Puffin — by Karen Jackman — Score: 15 pts

Powerful Performance — by Brian Clark — Score: 16 pts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Safely Through — by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Ranakpur Boy — by Elaine Cook — Score: 16 pts

Isolated — by Daryl Giles — Score: 14 pts

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

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

Flying — by Pete Dugan — Score: 15 pts

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

Mermaid Madness — by Janet Parker — Score: 15 pts

Derelict — by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts

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

Leafy Love — by Susan Wood — Score: 15 pts

Tatton Deer — by Karen Jackman — Score: 14 pts

Ynys Llanddwyn — by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slaters Bridge — by Steve Jackman — Score: 13 pts

Three Houses On The Hill — by Karen Morris — Score: 13 pts

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

Bird Land — by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 13 pts

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

Chinese Blossom — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 15 pts

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

A View From The Pier — by Peter Cotton — Score: 13 pts

Show Time — by Eric Craven — Score: 13 pts

Autumn Reflections — by Mary Woodland — Score: 14 pts

Flying Display — by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts

Fast Ride — by Pete Dugan — Score: 16 pts

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

Ashleigh — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

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

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

Liberty — by Peter Flegg — Score: 14 pts

Red Panda — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Galleon — by Janet Parker — Score: 14 pts

Lake Inle — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 19 pts

Sand Grass — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts

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

Oak Tree — by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts

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

Autumn Leaves — by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts

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

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

Wave Curl — by John Walmsley — Score: 16 pts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winch Recovery — by Chris Taylor — Score: 15 pts

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

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

Natural Formations — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts

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

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

Last Light — by Eric Craven — Score: 14 pts

Preston Arrival — by Peter Parnell — Score: 17 pts

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

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

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

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

The Artist — by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts

Push Off — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Salford Skyline — by John Walmsley — Score: 18 pts

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

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

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

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

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

Pollinator — by Mike Stanley — Score: 16 pts

Busking — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 16 pts

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

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

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