Photography Competition winners for October
We really struggled to pick just one image this month - the entry standard was incredible, eventually
we picked two photos Val Gall's red stag just nudged Olivia Massi's seal into
second place. Both have won a six month
subscription to CJS and Val has taken the main prize this month of a robin nest
box from Wildlife and Countryside Services.
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| Red stag by Val Gall |
The red stag is a beautifully balanced, perfectly composed
and in focus image. Every hair is
visible, the texture of the antlers and the spikiness of the gorse, even the water running down the lifted stepping
foreleg which together with the disrupted reflection in the water below all
come together to create a sense of movement in what is a quite serene image.
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| Here to Help by Olivia Masi |
Here to Help is the caption Olivia gave her photo of the
seal, it's quite easy to believe that is what the BDLMR medic is saying to the
seal whose head tilt gives the impression that they're deep in conversation.
This is another perfectly focused, nicely composed image with both medic and
seal centre stage but neither overshadowing the other.
It seems fitting that flora should follow fauna so the
suggested theme for November is Plants and Botany and the prize is membership
of Prize: membership to Botanical Society of
Britain and Ireland