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2025 Awards Night

John Deller receives his award for Photographer of the Year from club chair, Trevor Patchett
Stuart Knight receives his award for Photograph of the Year from club chair, Trevor Patchett

John also received awards for 1st Printed Colour, 2nd and 3rd Projected Mono, and 3rd Printed Mono

Stuart also received awards for 2nd place in Photographer of the Year, 1st Printed Mono, and 3rd Projected Colour

Nick Tranter, 3rd place in Photographer of the Year
Roger Penwell, Newcomer of the Year
Brian Dean, 1st Colour Projected Image, and 2nd Colour Printed
Peter Lomas, 2nd Colour Projected Image
Tony Cox, 1st Mono Projected Image, and 2nd Mono Printed
Trevor Patchett, 3rd Colour Projected

Photograph of the Year 2025

Overall Winner: Beyond the Rooftops,

Stuart Knight

Photograph of the Year 2025 - Projected Colour

1st Place: A Slight Distagreement, Brian Dean
2nd Place: A Bit of a Stretch, Peter Lomas
3rd Place: A Crisp Morning, Stuart Knight

Photograph of the Year 2025 - Projected Mono

1st Place: The Open Window, Tony Cox
2nd Place: Shapes & Shadows, John Deller
3rd Place: Walk on By, John Deller

Photograph of the Year 2025 - Printed Colour

1st Place: The Vortex, John Deller
2nd Place: Happy Mother's Day, Brian Dean
3rd Place: But I Want To Go In, Trevor Patchett

Photograph of the Year 2025 - Printed Mono

1st Place: Beyond the Rooftops, Stuart Knight
2nd Place: La Curva, Tony Cox
3rd Place: Skyline, John Deller

Photo Meet - Orleton Firework Display - November 2025

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Photo Meet - Liverpool - October 2025

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Photo Meet - St Giles Church, Ludford - December 2025

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Competition - Street - October 2025 Top Scoring Photos

Admiring the view
Organ Grinder and Audience, The
Legs and dogs
Go on - you know you want to
Curva, La
But I want to go in
Vortex, The
When Time Stood Still
Happy Mothers Day

Photo Meet - Puzzlewood - September 2025

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Photo Meet - Raglan Castle - September 2025

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Competition - Red - September 2025
Top scoring Images

Little Red Riding Hood
Flaming Acer
Red on the Street
Despair
Citroen Rouge
Isolating the anthocyanin
Beetroot
Grab Life by the Horns.
Warning
Kolmanskuppe Hospital Namibia

Photo Meet - Acton Scott Heritage Farm & Vintage Car Rally - August 2025

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Photo Meet - Welland Steam Rally - July 2025

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Photo Meet - Croome Court - July 2025

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Exhibition - St Laurence's Church Ludlow - June 7th- 22nd 2025

Having a Disagreement by Brian Dean

This photo of two starlings arguing over food proved to be the most popular in the public vote at the Exhibition. With 1192 votes cast this was a clear outright winner and is testament to the perseverance Brian put in, taking over 3600 shots to capture the precise moment when both wings were raised in heightened dispute.

Other photos in the top ten are shown below, (Click to enlarge and scroll through).

Competition - Open - May 2025
Top scoring Images

Bit of a Stretch, A
Crisp Morning
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Frozen Forest, The
Grazing above the Clouds
He's strutting his stuff, she's been hunting. Typical
Interlocking Diagonals, Langdale
Just Hanging
Just made it
Morning has broken
Out in the open
Plough, the Aurora and the Mill, The
Portrait in petals
Queen of the afterglow
Quiet Moment, A
Shapes and Shadows
Slight Disagreement, A
Where'd it go

Photo Meet - Dunraven Bay - May 2025

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Photo Meet - Slimbridge & Purton Hulks - April 2025

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Competition - Music - March 2025
Top Scoring Images

Clarinet & Score
Guitar Man
Mic meets Mike
Record Shot
Rhapsody in Blue
Walk on By 1

Photo Meet - Edinburgh - March 2025

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Photo Meet - Gloucester - Feb 2025

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Competition - Black and White - February 2025
Top Scoring Images

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Thirsty Old Bear
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Defences Destroyed
Derelict
Gants Hill

Photo Meet - Birmingham - January 2025

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Haul of Memory
John in position
Lone walker
Means of transport, Centenary Square
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Steps
At Centenary Square
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Photograph of the Year 2024 - Printed Mono

2024 1st place printed mono
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Photograph of the Year 2024 - Printed Colour

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Photograph of the Year 2024 - Projected Monochrome

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Photograph of the Year 2024 - Projected Colour

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Photograph of the Year 2024

Hunting in the snow - White-tailed eagle