Past Competition Winners
November 2024 winner and Highly Commended: Ken White's "Trees before the sea"
June 2024 3rd: "Double take" by Alan Wales
Photographers of the Year 2024:
1st and winner of the Dennis Harvey award:
Carol Russell (41 points)
An outstanding year with 5 wins, 2 2nds, 1 3rd and 3 Highly Commended awards.
2nd
Andy Bebbington (20 points)
2 wins, 2 2nds, 1 3rd and 1 Highly Commended award.
3rd
Alan Wales (16 points)
1 win, 2 3rds and 3 Highly Commended awards.
Congratulations to all three photographers for some outstanding entries. Well done all!
2024 Photographer of the Year, Carol Russell, receiving the Dennis Harvey Award (see page above) at our January meeting. Carol, who moved to Lincolnshire four years ago, continues her membership activities via the internet.
Photo ©2025 Andy Bebbington
Monthly Competition Winners 2025 (scroll down for 2024 winners)
January: Light trails
Winner: Andy Bebbington: "DeLorean accelerates to 88 mph" 2nd: Alan Wales: "Tramway" Joint 3rd: Phill Clay: "Tram away" and Andy Bebbington: "Christmas decorations"
Highly Commended: Andy Bebbington: "Christmas decorations"
February: Industrial
Winner: Malcolm Yates: "The Campaign" 2nd: Malcolm Yates: "The welder" 3rd: Carol Russell: "Water recycling plant"
Highly Commended: John Smith: "Waterfall Cromford Mills"
March: Winter
Winner: Colin Nock: "Wet robin" 2nd: Carol Russell: "Naked tree in winter" 3rd: Malcolm Yates: "Snowy light"
Highly Commended: Ken White: "Rose 'n' snow"
April 2024 winner and Highly Commended: "Flower bookmark" by Carol Russell (winner of the 2024 Dennis Harvey Award)
Monthly Competition Winners 2024
January: Buildings / architecture
Winner: Andy Bebbington: "Looking up" 2nd: Carol Russel: "North Sea Observatory 1" 3rd: Carol Russell: "Heckington windmill"
Highly Commended: Carol Russel: "North Sea Observatory 1"
February: A photo to edit
Winner: Carol Russell: "Approaching storm" 2nd: Brian Smith: "Vintage car" 3rd: Heather Robinson: "Oradour 2"
Highly Commended: Carol Russell: "Approaching storm"
March: Mechanical parts
Winner: Carol Russell: "Vintage pear drop press" 2nd: Andy Townsend: "Arkwright's loom" 3rd: Ken White: "Adjusting screw"
Highly Commended: Alan Wales: "Gear chain"
April: Everyday objects / Still life
Winner: Carol Russell: "Flower bookmark" 2nd: Phill Clay: "Strawberry Fayre" 3rd: Alan Wales: "Pebbles"
Highly Commended: Carol Russel: "Flower bookmark"
May: Leading lines
Winner: Carol Russell: "The train now waiting...." 2nd: Phill Clay: "What a grey day" 3rd: Andy Bebbington: "Aoraki Mount Cook"
Highly Commended: Andy Bebbington: "Vienna parliament"
June: Multiple images/collage
Winner: Ken White: "Petals full of flowers" 2nd: Chris Kennedy: "June garden" Joint 3rd: Alan Wales "Double take" and John Smith: "How much further?"
Highly Commended: Alan Wales: "Double take"
July: Rufford visit - no competition
August: Rufford Park
1 Individual shots
Winner: Heather Robinson: "A walk in Rufford" 2nd: Malcolm Yates: "Rufford" 3rd: Andy Townsend: "Through the arches"
Highly Commended: Phill Clay: "Drip, drip....."
2 Collage
Winner: Andy Bebbington: "Fountain/Geese/Flower/Swan"
September: Selective colour
Winner: Carol Russell: "Beach huts on a misty day" 2nd: Colin Nock: "The eyes have it" 3rd: Tony Wardell: "Red squirrel"
Highly Commended: Heather Robinson: "Lindisfarne Castle"
October: Dramatic skies/skylines
Winner: Colin Nock: "Rain forecast" 2nd: Andy Bebbington: "Omarama clay cliffs" 3rd: Heather Robinson: "Passing storm"
Highly Commended: Judy Roulstone: "Magpie Mine"
November: Silhouettes
Winner: Ken White: "Trees before the sea" 2nd: Phill Clay: "The power generation" 3rd: Heather Robinson: "Into the light"
Highly Commended: Heather Robinson: "Into the light"
December: Collage of best shots 2024
Winner: Alan Wales: "Best shots - nature" Joint 2nd: Carol Russell: "Collage" and Andy Bebbington: "Botswana birds" 3rd: Ken White: "Flowers upon flowers"
Highly Commended: Alan Wales: "Best shots - nature"