The second Set Subject Competition – a Triptych Print competition  – was held on 15th Feb, judged by John Riley from Tyldesley, Manchester. John is a semi-retired freelance photographer who provided quite short, but entertaining comments on the entries. One particular theme was that he was looking at how the images fitted together and even small details like the alignment of the images is important. With a Triptych, a set of individually weaker but matching images is often better than a set of individually strong but unmatched images.

The top scoring images are listed below.

The featured image for this competition is Houseproud by Clive McDonald which was John’s favourite on the night.

Houseproud by Clive McDonald

2nd Set Subject Image Gallery – Triptych

Please click on an image to launch the slideshow.

Aircraft Repair — by Andy Dickson — Score: 15 pts

Morning Noon And Night — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

Portrait Of A Sea Eagle — by Alex Early — Score: 17 pts

Dancing Sifaka Lemurs — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 17 pts

Students Manchester 1974 — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 17 pts

Bald Threagle — by Clive McDonald — Score: 16 pts

Three Poppies, Two For The Ukraine One For Remembrance — by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts

Chrysler — by Mike Williamson — Score: 17 pts

Lancaster Landmarks — by John Walmsley — Score: 16 pts

Taking The Lead — by Brian Cackett — Score: 18 pts

Car Mascots — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 18 pts

Do Not Forget To Say When — by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts

Sleepy Bashful And Grumpy — by Brian Clark — Score: 17 pts

A Host Of Daffodils — by Susan Wood — Score: 16 pts

Talking To Mama — by Peter Cotton — Score: 17 pts

Owls — by Daryl Giles — Score: 18 pts

A Blue Tit And A Nest Box — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

The Need For Speed — by Andy Dickson — Score: 15 pts

Forties Trio — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 18 pts

The Dancer — by Carol Watson — Score: 18 pts

Waterdrop Triptych — by Keith Orr — Score: 16 pts

Under The Boardwalk — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 18 pts

Red Eyed Tree Frogs — by Sheila Giles — Score: 20 pts

Harvest Mice Foraging — by Sheila Giles — Score: 20 pts

The Bridgewater Canal At Worsley — by Alan Yardley — Score: 17 pts

Houseproud — by Clive McDonald — Score: 20 pts

Ebb And Flow — by Elaine Cook — Score: 19 pts

Deansgate Towers - Manchester — by Mike Williamson — Score: 16 pts

City Of Refections — by John Scott — Score: 17 pts

Craft Of The Farrier — by Elaine Cook — Score: 18 pts

Oil On Water — by Keith Orr — Score: 18 pts

Faded Pulsatilla Flowers — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

Fountains Abbey — by Simon Ray — Score: 19 pts

Cleaners Manchester 1974 — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 15 pts

A New Hat — by Peter Cotton — Score: 17 pts

Crash Sequence Rider OK — by Mike Halstead — Score: 17 pts

Seasons — by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts

Drink Coffee And Eat Cake — by Chris Taylor — Score: 18 pts

Views At Seven Sisters — by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts

Keukenhof Castle Gardens In Spring — by John Scott — Score: 16 pts

Viva Italia — by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts

Kestrel Feeding — by Peter Darby — Score: 19 pts

Moving Tulips — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 17 pts

Seaweed — by Karen Morris — Score: 17 pts

Misty Dawn — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 18 pts

Three Wise Daves — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 18 pts

The Catch — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Eyes On The Prize — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts

Taking The Plunge — by Brian Cackett — Score: 15 pts

Generations - Father Son And Holy Terror — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 17 pts

Mantis — by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

A Piece Of Belgian Chocolate — by Alan Yardley — Score: 18 pts

Attitude — by Mike Halstead — Score: 19 pts

Time Reflecting In Brussels — by Anne Young — Score: 16 pts

Abstract Autumn — by Alex Early — Score: 17 pts

Canalside Grafitti — by John Walmsley — Score: 17 pts

<

>

Prev Pause Play Exit Next

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.

The second Open Print competition of the season was judged on 21st December by Ian Whiston (DPAGB, EFIAP/p, FBPE, EPSA, Hon LCPU) from Crewe Photographic Society. Ian provided a brief and concise critique of each image, often commenting on the sharpness and point of focus. As it was close to Christmas, he was also rather generous with his scoring, holding back a large number of images.

The top scoring images are listed below.

The featured image for this competition is appropriate for the time of year – Merry Christmas by Bill Breckenridge, which scored 20pts in the Advanced Group.

Merry Christmas by Bill Breckenridge

2nd Open Print Competition Image Gallery

Please click on an image to launch the slideshow.

We Will Remember Them — by Laura MacKnight — Score: 17 pts

A Beautiful Mythical Creature — by Laura MacKnight — Score: 17 pts

Ready For The Ball — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

The White House — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 19 pts

The Car Yard Belle — by Gordon Watson — Score: 18 pts

Ready For The Catch — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Keswick Motor Boats — by Chris Taylor — Score: 17 pts

Common Blue Damselfly — by Simon Ray — Score: 20 pts

New Forest Ponies — by Sheila Giles — Score: 17 pts

Solitary Thoughts — by Anthony Hull — Score: 17 pts

Just Me And My Dog — by Brian Clark — Score: 19 pts

Red Squirrel — by Margaret Keane — Score: 19 pts

Past Their Best — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 18 pts

Windmill Detail — by Tim Amphlett — Score: 16 pts

The Shepherd's Watch — by Clive McDonald — Score: 19 pts

Old Man Of Storr — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 20 pts

Caerlaverock Castle — by Laura MacKnight — Score: 17 pts

The Nave — by Graham Barker — Score: 16 pts

The Waiting Game — by Susan Wood — Score: 17 pts

Blea Moss And The Langdale Pikes — by Graham Barker — Score: 18 pts

Autumn Squash — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 18 pts

Pillarbox Red — by Janet Parker — Score: 19 pts

A Traveller's Rest — by John Scott — Score: 15 pts

Fast Fish And Chips — by Dave Biggs — Score: 18 pts

The Lady On The Bicycle — by Keith Orr — Score: 18 pts

Monument Valley Utah Usa — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Halloween Graveyard Angel — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

Autumn Light — by Alex Early — Score: 16 pts

Table A Deux — by Martin Christensen — Score: 16 pts

Harvest Mice On Oak — by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Across Doubtful Sound — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts

Softly Falls The Winter Snow — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 19 pts

Puffin - Fratercula Arctica — by Anthony Hull — Score: 16 pts

Beech Arch — by Daryl Giles — Score: 18 pts

Mantling — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 19 pts

Beach Ball Rock — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 16 pts

Clinging On For Dear Life — by Elaine Cook — Score: 17 pts

Empties — by Keith Orr — Score: 17 pts

Mansion Views — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 17 pts

Frosty Morning Borrowdale — by Mike Halstead — Score: 19 pts

Kestrel Eating A Mouse — by Peter Darby — Score: 18 pts

Meadow Pipit In A Thicket — by Clive McDonald — Score: 16 pts

Morning Mist In The Forest — by Mike Williamson — Score: 20 pts

Maghera Beach — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 19 pts

Derwentwater Viewed From Crow Park — by Elaine Cook — Score: 17 pts

Cooking Up A Feast — by Alan Yardley — Score: 17 pts

Andalusian Street — by John Scott — Score: 20 pts

Over The Top — by Brian Clark — Score: 20 pts

Contemplation — by Mike Williamson — Score: 18 pts

Clocking Off — by Susan Wood — Score: 14 pts

Trio Of Labrador Puppies — by Chris Taylor — Score: 18 pts

Green Heron — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 16 pts

Great Crested Grebe — by Mike Williamson — Score: 20 pts

3 Ways — by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts

Merry Christmas — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 20 pts

The Fox And The Bath — by Karen Morris — Score: 16 pts

Shortcut Through The Wall — by Alex Early — Score: 17 pts

Canoodling Gannets — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 18 pts

Stepping Out At Brimham Rocks — by Simon Ray — Score: 18 pts

Window Shopping — by Peter Cotton — Score: 18 pts

A Winter's Day — by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

Sunflower And Bees — by Mike Stanley — Score: 18 pts

Low Tide At Glasson Dock — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Sun Sea Sand And Steps — by Alan Yardley — Score: 18 pts

San Tribe Matriarch — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 18 pts

Simply Lytham — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts

Salford Quays Shapes — by Daryl Giles — Score: 16 pts

Cuban Solitaire — by Tim Amphlett — Score: 16 pts

Misty Morning - Curemonte — by Martin Christensen — Score: 15 pts

Thornham Sunrise — by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts

Coastguard Cottages — by Karen Morris — Score: 18 pts

Sailing To The Sunset — by Alan Yardley — Score: 17 pts

Orchid Display — by Mike Stanley — Score: 17 pts

An Icy Stare — by Peter Cotton — Score: 16 pts

Queens Mill Cotton — by Janet Parker — Score: 16 pts

Perky Penguin — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 17 pts

Starling Preparing To Land — by Clive McDonald — Score: 18 pts

<

>

Prev Pause Play Exit Next

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.

The first Set Subject competition of the season was judged on 16th Nov by Martin Pickles of North Cheshire Photographic Society. The competition was in the form of a Knock-Out and Martin gradually whittled down the entry in a series of rounds, explaining why each image was eliminated. By the last round, with only 5 images remaining, Martin then chose his winning image.  

The final round images are listed below. Congratulations to Mary Kirkby, whose image Alpha Male Gelada Baboon was the overall winner. Congratulations also to Stuart Cahill who was the top placed photographer on the evening, winning out in a tie-break with Carol Watson and Mike Williamson.

The top scoring images are listed below.

No results found.

The featured image for this competition is Alpha Male Gelada Baboon by Mary Kirkby, which was the overall winning image on the evening.

No featured image found for this competition.

1st Set Subject Image Gallery

Please click on an image to launch the slideshow.

No images found.

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.

The first Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 19th Oct by Keith Barber (FIScT, CPAGB, LRPS) of Swinton & District PS. There was quite a large entry of 99 images to get through on the night.

The top scoring images are listed below.

The featured image for this competition is Late Afternoon Perch Rock by Margaret Keane, which scored 20pts in the Intermediate Group.

Late Afternoon Perch Rock by Margaret Keane

1st Open Digital Image Gallery

Please click on an image to launch the slideshow.

Solitary Lookout — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 18 pts

Made In Broadheath — by Graham Barker — Score: 15 pts

Take Off — by Pete Dugan — Score: 18 pts

Kestrel Taking Off — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts

St Mary Magdalene Church At Sandringham — by Graham Barker — Score: 17 pts

St Annes Beach Funfair — by John Walmsley — Score: 16 pts

Hofn Bridge Of Light — by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts

The Final Approach — by Clive McDonald — Score: 19 pts

Through The Red Room — by Andy Dickson — Score: 17 pts

Long Male Hoverfly — by Mike Stanley — Score: 18 pts

Whittling The Day Away — by Susan Wood — Score: 18 pts

Eat Dirt — by Grant Douse — Score: 17 pts

Griffon Vulture Take Off — by Brian Clark — Score: 18 pts

Golden Wreck — by Brian Cackett — Score: 17 pts

Pasta Spoons — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 17 pts

India's Entry To Firework Championship — by David Foreman — Score: 19 pts

The Kiss — by Peter Darby — Score: 18 pts

After The Rain — by Peter Parnell — Score: 19 pts

Hoverfly On Dandelion — by Simon Ray — Score: 20 pts

Desolation At Dungeness — by Karen Morris — Score: 16 pts

Lombardy Poppies — by David Broughton — Score: 17 pts

A Close Shave — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 19 pts

Lighthouse At Skinburness - Cumbria — by John Scott — Score: 18 pts

After The Pearl Earring — by Alan Yardley — Score: 20 pts

The Morning After — by Alan Yardley — Score: 16 pts

Evening Sun On Yellow Loosestrife — by Clive McDonald — Score: 16 pts

The Church Of The Parish — by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 16 pts

Lancaster Lady — by Eric Craven — Score: 16 pts

Sealion — by Alex Early — Score: 19 pts

Enough Wind For A Kite — by Peter Cotton — Score: 15 pts

Late Evening — by Roger Oldroyd — Score: 17 pts

Living The Dream — by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Into The Grater — by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts

Black Eagles Big Arrow Display — by Anthony Hull — Score: 17 pts

Sand Action — by Brian Clark — Score: 17 pts

Ceramic Daffodil Display — by Mary Woodland — Score: 17 pts

Down By The Knott End Boardwalk — by Susan Wood — Score: 16 pts

South Bank Sunset — by Tim Amphlett — Score: 17 pts

Impossible — by Eric Craven — Score: 17 pts

Charity Walk Reflections — by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Too Much Power — by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Male Peacock — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 18 pts

The Magic Compass — by Carol Watson — Score: 18 pts

Dicentra — by Carol Watson — Score: 18 pts

Bees On A Sunflower — by Anne Young — Score: 15 pts

Not So Happy Lynn — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 16 pts

Old Man In The Distance — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 17 pts

Golden Hour On Dalmore Beach — by Elaine Cook — Score: 20 pts

Leaving — by Daryl Giles — Score: 17 pts

Small Tortoiseshell On Dahlia — by Peter Parnell — Score: 20 pts

Rank And File — by Janet Parker — Score: 17 pts

Dinner Tonight — by Grant Douse — Score: 19 pts

Corn Flower Seed Heads — by David Foreman — Score: 17 pts

Angled Building — by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

Spotted Fritillary — by David Broughton — Score: 17 pts

Coniston Water After The Storm — by John Scott — Score: 17 pts

BBC At Night — by Dave Biggs — Score: 18 pts

Sculpture In The Forest — by Mike Halstead — Score: 20 pts

Northumberland Beach View — by Daryl Giles — Score: 17 pts

The Strid - Getting The Shot — by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts

Spanish Eyes — by Gordon Watson — Score: 18 pts

Loch Maree — by Elaine Cook — Score: 16 pts

Late Afternoon Perch Rock — by Margaret Keane — Score: 20 pts

Fading But Fabulous — by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 19 pts

Reflections — by Keith Orr — Score: 18 pts

Evening Light At Red Point — by Mike Williamson — Score: 17 pts

Remembrance — by Janet Parker — Score: 16 pts

Lioness — by Alex Early — Score: 19 pts

The Young Man And The Sea — by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts

Loch Duich Salmon Trap — by Mike Williamson — Score: 19 pts

Leighton Moss Male Bearded Reedling — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 18 pts

The Old Workbench — by John Walmsley — Score: 15 pts

Waves St Annes — by John O'Donoghue — Score: 17 pts

White Storks Flight Over Lions — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 17 pts

Jesus - The White Church — by John O'Donoghue — Score: 18 pts

Fading Fireworks — by Anne Young — Score: 17 pts

Sunset At Ravenglass — by Chris Taylor — Score: 17 pts

Jaguar E-Type Time Trial — by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts

Coventry Cathedral Stained Glass Wall — by Andy Dickson — Score: 16 pts

Little Egret Hunting — by Tim Amphlett — Score: 16 pts

At The End Of The Day — by Mary Kirkby — Score: 17 pts

Krakow Castle — by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts

Feathered - Not Friends — by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 18 pts

Here's Looking At You — by Brian Cackett — Score: 19 pts

Best Friends — by Stuart Cahill — Score: 17 pts

Fairy Pools — by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 17 pts

Herdwicks On Lambrigg Fell — by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Hollyhock Alcea Detail — by Mike Stanley — Score: 19 pts

Inside A Kelpie — by Mary Woodland — Score: 15 pts

Lockdown — by Keith Orr — Score: 15 pts

Water Fountain Fun — by Karen Morris — Score: 17 pts

Male Stonechat — by Anthony Hull — Score: 19 pts

Thirsty Work — by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts

It's Not Enough — by Sheila Giles — Score: 17 pts

Ely Cathedral Altar — by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

Victoria Arcade — by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 18 pts

Damsel Pair — by Pete Dugan — Score: 19 pts

Orange — by Peter Cotton — Score: 15 pts

Waiting Boats — by Roger Oldroyd — Score: 15 pts

<

>

Prev Pause Play Exit Next

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.