In January, WPS had their second cumulative printed image competition, judged by Dom Byrne ARPS, and these are the top 2 images from the night.

In Tier 1, the winner was Anthony Cooves with his titled ‘Blue Shutter'. The judge liked the simplicity of the image, making it almost abstract, with the strong colours of the shutter standing out from the grey shadow and white walls. A very ‘well-seen’ image that was one of 2 images to score a perfect 10.

In Tier 2, Gavin Bickerton-Jones was the winner with his shot of an Elephant in Africa, ‘Gentle Giant’. The judge liked the use of a wide-angle lens to show the environment and to get the scale of the large elephant walking past, with a nice position of the tree framing everything perfectly. This was one of four images to get the perfect 10, in what was according to the judge a very high level of photography from both tiers.

February saw an equally high standard from the contestants. This month, the competition was judged by Simon JG Ciaparra FRPS.

In Tier 1, two images scored a maximum of 10 in Tier 1, with the judge’s favourite being Tony Palmer’s ‘Urban Bench’. He liked this for its ‘low key’ simplicity, with only the bench top visible out of the shadow. He liked the nice balance between the bench and the round objects, and said this wouldn’t look out of place hung in a high-end hotel.

In Tier 2, four images scored 10, with the low-key image of a swan by Richard Howes the judge's favourite. As there were only a few splashes of colour when the morning light hit the swan, the judge felt it was brave to enter the image, but he really liked the simplicity of it, showing a familiar sight on our rivers in a new way. He said it was very creative and commended Richard for seeing this shot.

Wymondham Photographic Society meets on Tuesday evenings at the Dell Bowls Club. Click here for more information on how you can join.