A big round of applause to all the photographers who entered – your creativity, effort and passion were clearly reflected in every image. Without your support, there wouldn’t be a competition, and once again the standard was exceptional!
We’re delighted to share the final results, which are now available on the L&CPU Portal.
Just a reminder that selections are also made from this competition for the L&CPU entry to the PAGB Inter Federation Competition, inclusion in the L&CPU Exhibition, and the Folio boxes. Please note, therefore, that you may not receive your prints back for at least a year.
Finally, thank you once again to everyone who helped behind the scenes – without your dedication and hard work, events like this simply would not be possible.
Many thanks to our judges, who scored a fantastic 2,816 PDI’s and prints over the two days of the competition.
A big round of applause and thank you to our judges for the weekend:
- Mike Sharples MPAGB ARPS EFIAP FBPR
- Richard Spurdens EFIAP/p DPAGB BPE4
- Ralph Duckett MPAGB EFIAP/p APAGB
The Results
The sections and categories were:
| Category | Number of Images |
|---|---|
| Print Colour | 319 |
| Nature | 249 |
| Mono | 275 |
| PDI Nature | 574 |
| Open | 1399 |
Photographer of the Year
1st Richard O’Meara (Poulton le Fylde)
2nd Gordon Watson (Lytham St Annes)
3rd Lynda Haney (Southport PS)
Print Photographer of the Year
· 1st Adrian Lines (Chorley PS)
· = Richard O’Meara (Poulton le Fylde)
· 3rd Gordon Watson (Lytham St Annes)
· = Aamir Sabzwari (Oldham PS)
Digital Photographer of the Year
· 1st Gillian Moon (Chorley PS)
· 2nd Richard O’Meara (Poulton le Fylde PS)
· 3rd Lynda Haney (Southport PS)
Print Nature Photographer of the Year
· 1st Steven Hoyle (Bury PS)
· 2nd Tony North (South Manchester CC)
· = Sue Critchlow (Southport PS)
· = Gill O’Meara (Poulton le Fylde)
Print Monochrome Photographer of the Year
· 1st Richard O’Meara (Poulton le Fylde)
· 2nd Adrian Lines (Chorley PS)
· 3rd Gill O’Meara (Poulton le Fylde)
· = Wendy Stowell (Chorley PS)
· = Christine Wood (Southport PS)
Print Open Photographer of the Year
· 1st Adrian Lines (Chorley PS)
· = Steve Proctor (Chorley PS)
· = Gordon Watson (Lytham St Annes)
PDI Nature Photographer of the Year
· 1st Gillian Moon (Chorley PS)
· 2nd Andrea Wilson (Oldham PS)
· 3rd Munier Hossain (South Manchester CC)
· = Ian Whiston (Crewe PS)
· = Stephen Moon (Chorley PS)
PDI Open Photographer of the Year
· 1st Kathryn Scorah (Southport PS)
· 2nd Gillian Moon (Chorley PS)
· 3rd Lynda Haney (Southport PS)
Judges’ Choice
Nature Print
· Gold – Steven Hoyle with Hoopoe Courtship
· Silver – Steven Hoyle with European Bee Eaters
· Bronze – Alan Storey with Oleander Hawk Moths
Monochrome Print
· Gold – Geoff Ball with The Flappers Repose
· Silver – Richard O’Meara with Tackling the Big Fella
· Bronze – Adrian Lines with Troll
Open Print
· Gold – Carol Watson with Fading Floral Dance
· Silver – Graham Dean with Coloured Cloaks
· Bronze – Keith Richardson with On a Distant Shoreline
Nature PDI
· Gold – Munier Hossain with Cabbage White Butterfly on Grass
· Silver – Garry Hayes with Killer Bee Royal Python
· Bronze – Gillian Moon with Reddish Egret Preening
Open PDI
· Gold – Gillian Moon with Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
· Silver – Susan Champion with Black Dahlia
· Bronze – Kathryn Scorah with Isolation
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