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The Print Theme competition at Edmonton CC comprises four rounds on four different themes with two prints in each round. At the end of the four rounds the six best scores are added together to decide on the winner. I got top marks for three of my images - both of the 'By water' theme and the snowy scene for 'A season of the year'. I did try to think outside-of-the-box a little with 'Dereliction of duty' for the kitchen scene; 'Just washed' for the 'By water' theme and 'The rainy season' for 'A season of the year'. My eight entries are below. Each year the themes change so new challenges await.

Wonderful news today, when I learned I had got the Rachael Talibart Selector's Award in the Royal Photographic Society's Digital Imaging Group annual digital competition this year with my image below, 'Beneath the Surface'.
This year entrants could enter two images into three sections - I entered the Colour and Mono sections only.
As well as the award, I also got both of my mono entries accepted. (Scroll down to see.)
For a full set of the RPS DIG digital competition results click here.

There were 48 top images that competed for the title Print of the Year at Harlow PS. I got second place with 'Tree and tracks' and a Highly Commended with 'Bubbles over backstroke'.

Possibly the most coveted trophy in the club as it is a print competition over four rounds with four different judges. Prints not only need to be a good image but also need to be well printed. I didn't start the season well but by round three I was two points in the lead and held onto that position in the fourth and final round.
The images I won the league with are below.

I haven't entered many international salons recently so it was wonderful to get so many acceptances in this one, the French Digital Tour. I also got awarded a FIAP ribbon for the image below.

Click on the image to go to my Exhibition Acceptances Gallery.

This year I came =3rd in the Harlow PS print league competition. This was pretty good considering I got no top marks of 20 at all. What I did get were marks between 19 and 17. The images I got those marks with are below -

I received a Highly Commended ribbon for my image of 'Trees in the Snow' in the 2016 Beyond Group British Photographic Exhibition.


Others images accepted in that exhibition were 'Two Kids' and 'Speed Merchant'.

Today I received my ribbon and certificate for BPE4* - meaning I have had over 200 acceptances in British Photo Exhibitions. Quite a milestone as from BPE3* to BPE4* is 100 acceptances.
View my exhibition photos here.

I got four images accepted into the Basingstoke BPE with one of them, 'Two Kids' getting the Paul Keene Selector's Award for the Portrait section. I was so pleased as getting acceptances isn't easy but to get an award too made me feel great.



The other accepted images were:

A bizarre outcome of the Harlow PS print league with three members in =1st place and three members in =4th place with just one point between us all. I share 1st place with Heather and Paul. There were four rounds with eight images in total.
The photos that got me that placing are here below -

This photo was an 'On The Go Tours - feel good' Finalists in February 2016. Thank you if you voted for me. I did not win but was thrilled to be a finalist.

The panel of three photos below came 3rd out of 21 panels at my club yesterday. The images were all taken at the 2015 Appleby Horse Fair where the horses were being washed in the river before being sold or raced.

I was awarded a highly commended ribbon for my image 'Indian Swamp Deer Grazing' in the 2015 Beyond Group British Photographic Exhibition Salon. The exhibition was in September 2015 near Ipswich.



I also got 'Not Quite Symmetrical' accepted too.

I got confirmation today of my new distinction - the EFIAP/b (b = bronze).
The Federation Internationale de L'Art Photographique (FIAP) is an organisation which promotes exhibitions/competitions across the world. Acceptances into those exhibitions are accumulated along with awards and their distinctions awarded when certain criteria have been met.
The three awards I needed for this distinction, can be seen below. They were achieved in Germany (DVF), England (Smethwick) and Canada (Toronto).
Click on one of the images to go to my exhibition acceptances gallery.

The image below came 2nd in my camera club's Portrait Cup on 21st May 2015. It was a projected digital image competition.
The image was taken in an Indian village in Rajasthan. The kid goat is just 3 days old and the young boy was proudly showing off the newborn.

Just three points separated the top three places in Harlow PS's print league. There were four rounds with eight prints in total. I scored 147 out of a possible 160, with four of them gaining a top mark of 20. I seem to be getting third place in everything! My prints were these -

The panel competition is for panels of either 3 or 4 images that sit together well as a collection. I put in two panels - my white-capped 'Albatross' were awarded 3rd place and my 'Snow along the river bank' got a highly commended. The albatross were in deep water off Stewart Island which itself if off the south of the South Island, New Zealand. The snowy banks are those of the River Elbe in Germany.

I got third place in Harlow's Natural History cup. I took my image of a 'Swamp deer, grazing' in India's Kanha national park. Swamp deer only live in India. The image was taken at 6.40am, the early morning mist can be seen in the background.

My image of a 'Juvenile dark chanting goshawk' has just won me a FIAP gold medal in the nature section of Toronto CC international salon of photography. I was absolutely thrilled to get the award. To give an idea of the size of the salon, there were 608 photographers who took part from 59 countries, though not all would have entered nature.

Click on the image below to go to my Exhibition acceptances gallery

It's been quite amazing. I entered the Swansea Salon of Photography and the Danube Rtanji Circuit a couple of weeks ago and all of their results came out in the past few days. I got 7 acceptances from Swansea (from a possible 16) and 27 from the circuit of five salons in Danube Rtanji (from a possible 12 x 5 = 60). A circuit takes the same images which are seen and assessed by different sets of judges for each club in that circuit. Getting so many acceptances together definitely gives you a 'feel good factor'.

Here are all of the images that were accepted in Danube-Rtanji 2014, all but one were accepted in several salons in the circuit. 'Backstroke Break Through' and 'Red Limestone Tsingy' were accepted in all 5 salons of the circuit.

Click on any image below to go to my Exhibition acceptances gallery