Rosie
By
Claire Lassiter
(Entry)
PDI
Entry
First Red Kite – Mark Lawson
Second Up to the Stars – Joie Honner
Third Riding the Wave – Trevor Stokes
Intermediate
Joint First Sunset Over Budge Bay – Steve Littler
Spinnaker Tower – Suzy Courtnage
Third Biting the Hand that Feeds – Suzy Courtnage
Advanced
First The Escarpment – Grant Dawkins
Second Is it All in Focus – Sheila Orford
Third Sweet Pea – Brian Bond / Oops – John Price
Siskin Males Bickering – Mike Young
President Kathleen Bird LRPS CPAGB presented Suzy Courtnage with the Best PDI of the Year Trophy awarded for “Spinnaker Tower”.
Entry
First Juvenile Song Thrush by Colin Smith
Second Lemurs on the Lookout – Sue Erler
Third Times Like These – Claire Lassiter
Intermediate
First Misty Morning – Stuart Northedge
Second Stairwell – Suzy Courtnage
Third Brown Rat – Suzy Courtnage
Best Foot Forward – Suzy Courtnage
Advanced
First A Slow Morning in the Market – Sheila Orford
Second Wallflowers – Kathleen Bird
Third Sparrowhawk Visiting – Lillian King
Burj Kalifa – Grant Dawkins
Goldfinch in Winter – Mike Young
President Kathleen Bird LRPS CPAGB presented Sheila Orford with the Best Print of the Year Trophy awarded for “A Quiet Day at The Market”.
PDI
Entry
First Surprise by Suzy Courtnage
Second Caught in The Act by Stuart Northedge
Third Shy Girl by Suzy Courtnage
Intermediate
First Nice Patina by Colin Whitbourn
Second Poppy Head with Bees by Steve Littler
Third Steve by Geoff Sargent
Advanced
First Shall We Swim by Lillian King
Second Sunrise at Llyn Padarn
Third Snow Cloud and Mist by Ian Rae
President Kathleen Bird LRPS CPAGB presented Suzy Courtnage with the Best PDI of the Year Trophy awarded for “Surprise”.
Entry
First Footlights by Suzy Courtnage
Second Convergence by Stuart Northedge
Third Orchid Cascade by Stuart Northedge
Intermediate
First Nightmares by John Wilson
Second Autumn Colours by Steve Littler
Second Global Warming by John Wilson
Advanced
First Buoys on The Beach by Mike Young ARPS
Second Back Street Stairs by Lillian King
Third Horse Play by Lillian King
British Museum Great Court by John Price
President Kathleen Bird LRPS CPAGB presented Suzy Courtnage with the Best Print of the Year Trophy awarded for “Footlights”.
Congratulations to Brian Marjoram LRPS who won the Best PDI of the Year 2020/21 Trophy, awarded for “Cwmorthin” and presented by Harold Russell.
The results of the annual Best of Year images, as voted by you,
are below.
Entry
1st Amboseli Grey Crowned Cranes – Steve Littler
2nd Fluffy Young Robin – Chris Ray
3rd Homeward Bound – Colin Whitbourn
Intermediate
1st Otter In Sunlight – Stuart Frohmaier
2nd Wet and Dry – Alan Rawlings
3rd My Sand Castle Has Been Washed Away – Brian Dowdall
Advanced
1st= Friends – Andy Mayson LRPS
1st= Cwmorthin – Brian Marjoram LRPS
1st= Three Feathers – Grant Dawkins
Congratulations to Stuart Frohmaier, who won the Robbie Morgan Trophy for the most improved beginner of 2019/20
The results of the annual Best of Year images, as voted by you,
are below.
BEST PDI OF THE YEAR 2019/20
Entry
1st Bubbles over Canary Wharf Ann Wright
2nd Red Arrows Jack Crook
3rd Daydreaming Jonathan Plummer
Intermediate
1st Is Anybody there? Sheila Orford
2nd The Hat and the Cat John Wilson
3rd Shock wave Keith Mumford
Advanced
1st Robin feeding Juveniles Mike Young ARPS
2nd= Kingfisher ejecting pellet Mike Young ARPS
2nd= Goldfinch on Cherry Blossom Mike Young ARPS
Best PDI of the Year 2019/20 Trophy winner –
Congratulations to Mike Young ARPS who won the Best PDI of the Year Trophy awarded for “Robin feeding Juveniles”.
Entry
1st Eagle Owl Eyed Stuart Frohmaier
2nd Carry that weight Stuart Frohmaier
3rd Someone like Me Jonathan Plummer
Intermediate
1st The three Amigos Bob Cole
2nd Goldcrest taking flight Keith Mumford
3rd Egrets caught in the surf Keith Mumford
Advanced
1st Cuckoo landing Mike Young ARPS
2nd= Nuthatch Mike Young ARPS
2nd= Waterloo arrival Paul Crook LRPS
Congratulations to Mike Young ARPS who won the Best Print of the Year Trophy awarded for “Cuckoo Landing”.
Sadly we could not present the trophies this year because COVID 19 forced us to have a virtual meeting. 35 members signed in to the meeting on their computers to attend the AGM and hear these results.
Entry
First “Here’s one I did earlier” by Sheila Orford
Second “Indian Eyes are Smiling” by Ann Wright
Third = “Spotted flycatcher, Sardinia” by Keith Mumford
“Steam Punk Lady” by Stuart Frohmaier
Intermediate
First “Do you Love me?” by Bruce Gardner
Second “Sunbeams” by Doris Marjoram
Third = “She said Yes!” by Bruce Gardner
“Omani Mosque” by Doris Marjoram
Advanced
First “Shadowing the Boat” by Mike Young ARPS
Second = “Great Spotted Woodpecker”
“Cloudburst Droplets shed from the Shard”
both by John Wichall ARPS DPAGB
Congratulations to Mike Young ARPS who won the Best PDI of the Year Trophy awarded for “Shadowing the Boat”. Unfortunately Mike was not present to receive the trophy.,
Entry
First “Nuthatch at Witley Common” by Keith Mumford
Second “Do I have to” by Sheila Orford
Third “Honeybee on Thyme” by Keith Mumford
Intermediate
First “I know I’m slurping” by Bruce Gardner
Second “Juvenile Barn Owl” by Yvonne Lindup
Third “Look into my eyes” by Bruce Gardner
Advanced
First “Gently down the stream” by Andy Mayson
Second = “Grey Heron” by John Wichall ARPS DPAGB
“Japanese ‘Raku’ fired pot” by Grant Dawkins
“Goldfinches on teasel” by Mike Young ARPS
“Macque impersonating the President of the USA” by Ian Rae
President Phil Peddy ARPS APAGB presented Andy Mayson with the Best Print of the Year Trophy awarded for “Gently down the stream”.
Entry
First = Spinnaker Tower by Sheila Orford
First = Frosted Umbelifas by Sharon Young
Second = Cayman by Yvonne Lindup
Second = Textural Diversity by Sharon Young
Intermediate
First Beach Activity by Brian Dowdall
Second Osborne House by Doris Marjoram
Third Spring Flowers by Brian Dowdall
Advanced
First Pair Bonding by Mike Young ARPS
Second = Dewy Fritillary by Mike Young ARPS
Second = Where have all the Young Men gone?
by Gordon Rae LRPS CPAGB
President Phil Peddy ARPS APAGB presented Mike Young ARPS with the Best PDI of the Year Trophy awarded for “Pair Bonding”.
Entry
First Cheetah by Yvonne Lindup
Second Bean Feast by Simon Fraser
Third Coveting the Gauntlet by Sharon Young
Intermediate
First Working on the Scaffolding by Cindy Huntingford
Second = Shrouded in Mist by Cindy Huntingford
Second = Can you see my spots? by Bruce Gardner
Advanced
First Goldfinch with Fledgling by Mike Young ARPS
Second White Rose by David Bird
Third Wren near nest by John Price ARPS
President Phil Peddy ARPS APAGB presented Mike Young ARPS with the Best Print of the Year Trophy awarded for “Goldfinch with fledgling”.
Beginners
First Serval Cat by Yvonne Lindup
Second That’s a Big One by Sheila Orford
Third Follow my Leader by Davida Cole
Intermediate
First Where did all the years go? by Andy Mason
Second = Hippo by Grant Dawkins
Second = La Sagrada Familia by Ian Rae
Third Lady in Waiting Common Blue by Ruth Green
Advanced
First Where’s the coach? by John Price
Second The Proposal by John Wichall ARPS DPAGB
Third = Do I know you? by Angus McKay
Third = Old Chapel in Arizona by Brian Marjoram LRPS
Third = Angie by Brian Thomas
Third = Nuthatc h by John Price ARPS
Beginners
First Rush Hour by Andy Mason
Second Yukon River Rapids by Bob Cole
Third Deja Vu by Andy Mayson
Intermediate
First Cutty Sark at Greenwich by Ian Rae
Second = Sky Points by Ian Rae
Second = African Darter by Andy Mayson
Advanced
First Short Eared Owl by John Wichall ARPS DPAGB
Second Temptress by Brian Thomas
Third = Midhurst before the storm by Paul Crook
Thied = At the rut by John Wichall ARPS DPAGB
Beginners
First Sheila Orford Worthing Pier
Second Grant Dawkins Dragonfly
Third Bruce Gardner Fast Track
Intermediate
First Ken Lindup Cruising Down the River
Second Ken Lindup Majorelle Blue
Third Ruth Greenfield Looking up on the Ferry
Advanced
First John Wichall Short Eared Owl Hunting
Second Gordon Rae Mating Marbled Whites
Third = Brian Marjoram St. Wolfgang
Third = Brian Marjoram Transported over the Crest of the Waves
Beginners
First Grant Dawkins Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
Second Yvonne Lindup Barn Owl
Third Davida Cole The Tide is Out
Intermediate
First Ken Lindup Is Anybody There?
Second Ken Lindup Alersund
Advanced
First Brian Bond Muddy Bottom
Second = John Wichall Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Second = David Bird Cactus (Echinocereus apachensis)
First Brian Bond Muddy Bottom
Second Grant Dawkins Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
Third Ken Lindup Is Anybody There?
Beginners
First Neil Baker Hindhead Winter Sunrise
Second Jeff de Mesquita Pujara caught Watling
Third Barry Andrew Rush Hour
Intermediate
First Diana Grant Swan Preening
Second Angus McKay The Great Conservatory at Syon
Third Angus McKay The Superhuman
Advanced
First = John Gamble LRPS Avocet in the early morning mist
= John Wichall ARPS CPAGB Sandwich terns heading home Third John Wichall ARPS CPAGB Mist on the Thames
President Phil Peddy ARPS APAGB presented John Gamble LRPS and John Wichall ARPS CPAGB with the Best PDI of the Year award.
Beginners
First Sheila Orford Say a little prayer
Second Joan Sims Amaryllis
Third Jeff de Mesquita Apple Blossom
Intermediate
First Diana Grant Cute Goslings
Second Brian Thomas Artifacts
Third = Diana Grant Spring is in the air
= Brian Thomas Orange Hair
Advanced
First = Gordon Rae LRPS The Face of Wisdom
= Brian Bond Magnolia Flower
Third John Wichall ARPS CPAGB Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Unfortunately Jeff was not present to receive his trophy.
