25 Feb 2026 Meeting: February Competitions

Last night’s meeting was our February competition. The theme was ‘Weather’ and, as always, the Open section. Our judge for the evening was Rose Atkinson.

Starting with the themed images Rose explained that when she was judging she liked to see a strong representation of the theme and whilst a few of the entries had a weather element to them, and were very good images, the ‘story’ spoke of something other than the weather as their focus. All weather elements had been included – Sunshine & showers, snow & ice and wind & rain

The open section was as usual very varied with portraits, lanscapes, still lifes and nature all on offer.

The results are as follows:

Themed

1st Chris Mowthorpe – Passing Storm Buttermere

2nd Martin Barber – Somerset After the Storm

3rd Lynne Thomas – Storm on its Way

HC Rachel Carter – Blowing a Gale in the Southern Ocean

HC Wendy Jennings – Blustery Day

HC Diane Rowe – Just another Shower

HC Graham Treharne – Rough Weather

HC Gail Cropper – Snow Dog

TT Martin Cumper – Misty Morning at Kerkini

TT Graham Treharne – Oncoming Storm

Open

1st Nick Farnham – About Face

2nd Polly Knowles – Green Vase with Crocosmia Seed Head

3rd Graham Treharne – Mum Time

HC Lynn Thomas – If You go Down to the Woods Today

HC Rachel Carter – Karate Crane

HC Rachel Carter – On the Limit

HC Nick Farnham – Seriously

HC Huw Thomas – Un Apartement Ancien Aix en Provence

TT Peter Elliston – Past Times Present Times

TT Chris Mowthorpe – Spirit of Laycock

Some wonderful pictures from everyone but in particular congratulations to Graham Treharne (his three images achieving 3rd place, Highly Commended and a top Ten), Rachel Carter (all three of her entries achieving Highly Commended), Nick Farnham(a First place and a Highly Commended), Chris Mowthorpe a First place and a top ten and) and Lynne Thomas  (a 3rd and a Highly Commended) .

Sadly we had to say goodbye to our Programme secretary, Sarah, last night. She is moving away and so last night was her last meeting with us (though she promises to visit once in a while). She will be greatly missed and we all wish her well for the future. Good luck Sarah.

Next Weeks meeting is at the Rugby Club and is a talk by Stephen Spraggon – ‘Four Seasons’

Message from Polly: It's time to start thinking about our March Competition on 25 March with final date for entries on 11 March. The Themed is 'An Urban Mono Scene' with the description  'An urban setting, could include people etc in the scene, in mono (black and white or toned in one colour)'. Also as usual an open section and this is a DPI competition. The judge is Simon Caplan who has spoken to the club on a couple of occasions.

Please make sure that you enter your images correctly on the website. A maximum of 3 entries per person, which can be spread over themed and open section how you want, please check that you have entered the images  into the section that you intended!