PDI Competition 2025/26 – Round 1 (Judge: Simon Shore)

The new season is off to a perfect start! In the first of four competition rounds, members presented outstanding work across landscapes, wildlife, and portraits. The quality of images was truly impressive and a credit to everyone who took part.

This gallery showcases some of the highlights — a great beginning to what promises to be an exciting year of photography.

Thank you to all members who entered their images in both the PDI and Print competitions this year.  We have some excellent photographers at the club and we should all be very proud of the high standard of images produced this season

Top 5 results for the Beginner and Open categories and overall final results are now available here.

Beginners

A Dahlia, a rose and a lily…. – Lynn Saunders
Hatfield Forest Lake – Nigel Otter
Little Owl Eyes in the Back of my Head – Suze Cousins
Path through the Bluebells – Ian Randall
Twins in Time – Liz Nicholson
Bee- eater – Andy Cousins
Fast Bus To Stratford – Neil Burman
Ground Squirrel – Suze Cousins
Hoopoe – Andy Cousins
Under the bridge – Peter Allen

Open

Tranquility- Helen Hooker
Portrait of a Fox – Carol Green
Nutcrackers Going Nuts – Colin Brister
Mallard – Robin Lee
Looking for Dinner – Carol Green
Kestrel with Lunch – Trevor Partridge
Jay – Brian Duffy
Hoi An, Vietnam – Paul Manley
Hanging On The Telephone – Brian Duffy
Golden Hour Buck – Trevor Partridge
Exit Stage Right – Matthew Bickham
Eilean Donan storm light – Heather Clarke
Edge of Stillness – Robin Lee
Dog fox and cub – Claire Norman
Cisterns of Istanbul – Lynne Fletcher
Brown Hare -Diane Le Count
Waiting by the Window – David Stevens
Snow patterns Iceland – John Willson
Rose Collins – Milliner | Hatter | David Stevens
Return to Bates motel – Tony Perryman
Orfordness Beacon – Dave Syer
MYSTIQUE – John Smith
Ghost Glass Frog, Costa Rica -Sophia Spurgin
Freston Tower – Dave Syer
Brutal view of BT Tower – John Wilson
Bangkok Skytrain – Paul Weaver
Autumn fox – Sophia Spurgin
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