ROSS Photo Club recently held its first competition of the 2026/27 Season which was an open themed competition allowing the members to submit digital photos on a subject of their choice.

K is for Kestrel as photographed by Paul Dowgill, winner of the colour section.
MOMENT IN TIME: K is for Kestrel as photographed by Paul Dowgill, winner of the colour section. (Submitted/Paul Dowgill)

Submissions were taken on digital cameras and smartphones and, with over 70 entries. The competition judge, Bob Train, had a difficult task to undertake. Bob, who is a well know amateur photographer and competition judge, gave constructive feedback on all entries both for the colour section and the mono section.

John Crowland’s image of a woman holding a rose.
ENGLISH ROSE: John Crowland’s image of a woman holding a rose. (Submitted / John Crowland)

The winner of the coloured photographic entries was Paul Dowgill with his image of a kestrel. Runner up was John Crowland for his photograph of four horsemen, and the photographer was also placed third for his image an English rose.

Highly commended in the coloured section were Jennie O’Brien and Allan Ockenden while Mike Webb and Tanya Carrington were commended for their efforts.

Barbara Nash’s atmospheric photograph takes top place in the mono section.
CRY FOR HELP: Barbara Nash’s atmospheric photograph takes top place in the mono section. (Submitted / Barbara Nash)

Barbara Nash was the winner of the mono section with her atmospheric image entitled Help. The runner up was Tanya Carrington with her image of fragments of identity.

Barbara Nash was also obtained third place with her image of seed heads.

Tanya Carrington’s image of fragments of Identity is the runner up in the mono section.
MOODY: Tanya Carrington’s image of fragments of Identity is the runner up in the mono section. (Submitted/ Tanya Carrington)

Highly Commended in the black and white section was John Crowland and Gareth Nutt while Gordon Hay and Mike Hepden were commended.

Ross Photo Club meets on Wednesday evenings at Walford Village Hall, between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.

There are free tester sessions for new members. Beginners and accomplished photographers are all welcome to attend the meetings.

The club enjoys seeing what members have created using their cameras and learning about new technics from experts.

There are also a monthly zoom meetings to share photographs. Just go to the website rossphotoclub.org for more information.

Barbara Nash photograph of seed heads was placed third in the monochrome section.
FLOWER: Barbara Nash photograph of seed heads was placed third in the monochrome section. (Submitted/Barbara Nash)