February’s Reflections print competition saw lots of intriguing images, with more than normal that needed a look or two to know which way up they went!
First place went to David Barnett’s confused ice.
Dave Rodgers came second with a beautiful image of a flower and its reflection in water.
IMAGE TO COME
Third place went to Darren Worthy’s Pacman inspired image.
February’s Reflections print competition saw lots of intriguing images, with more than normal that needed a look or two to know which way up they went!
First place went to Dave Jones calming shot of a bridge.
Martin Satur’s magical candles came second.
Darren Worthy continued his series of egg shots, and took third place.
As always, we began the year with our AGW Open projected image competition.
First place went to Don Jacklin’s colourful mountain valley.
Second place was shared by an image of a crisp apple by Dave Jones and Pam Fisher’s quaint corner shop at Christmas.
In November, our competition theme was Urban Jungle – looking for images that capture how plant and animal life shares the built environment with us.
First place went to Nick Wheat’s intriguing image. We’d love to know how the car ended up there!
Second place was shared by an image of a seaside resort resort that’s seen better days by Nick Wheat (again!) and Derek Vintin’s shot from Sheffield General Cemetery.
As usual, October’s Earthscapes monochrome print competition had less entries than the colour competition. However, the judging was still tough for our club members, with all of the images being strong entries.
First place went to Darren Worthy’s shot of Whitby Abbey taken on a recent work visit to the town.
Nick Wheat took second place (image still to come).
2 images shared third place – Darren Worthy’s North Yorkshire seascape (also taken on his recent work trip!) and Martin Satur’s long exposure at Padley Gorge.
October’s ‘Earthscapes’ print competition was an opportunity for club members to display the photos that have been taken on their travels. And everyone certainly did!
First place went to Allyson Evans’ photo of the New York skyline.
Second place was taken by an image by Elaine Jackline (image to come).
Ian Smith’s seascape took third place.
Our September competition saw members trying their hand at Minimalist photography – creating images with the smallest number of colours and subjects.
First place went to Darren Worthy’s optical illusion of an egg on a precipice – it’s actually an egg and three pieces of coloured card!
Allyson’s Evans monochrome shot from a UK beach came second.
Third place was taken by Nick Wheat’s image from the black sands of Vik in Iceland.
June’s ‘Fauna and Flora’ print competition, as always, saw some amazing images entered.
First place went to Allyson Evans’ photo of a Hercules beetle.
Second place was shared between Neil Frith’s photo of a hedgehog and Mike Hawkin’s Halloween Pennant Dragonfly.
June’s Fauna and Flora print competition, as always, saw some wonderful images entered.
First place went to Martin Satur’s macro shot of a bee.
It was a good month for Martin, as his shot of pine cones took second place!
Allyson Evan’s photo of purple poppies came third.
We had a wide variety of images entered into our Shapes and Patterns projected image competition in May.
First place went to Pam Fisher’s hotel corridor.
Three images scored the same to share second place! Darren Worthy’s photo of oil bubbles on water, Paul Beckett’s vertigo inducing staircase and Ian Smith’s minimalist restaurant seating.
