11th December 2025

Nature Competition

Tenby & District Camera Club held the judging of their annual Nature Competition. The event was judged by Julie Morgan from Gwent. It was the first time the club has used Zoom for a judging evening. The members watched Julie on the large screen critiquing 18 prints and 45 digital images. An impressive collection of images featuring all manner of species of nature.
The results are as follows :-
Prints
The Gold Medal was won by Jan Sullivan, for “Drink on the Wing”
The Silver Medal was won by Charlie Kidd with “Nature’s Intimacy Lesser Kestrels”
The Bronze Medal was won by John Whitehurst for “Painted Lady on Sea Holly”

There were 3 Highly Commended Print Awards,
Ali Rees with “The Beach Fight”
David Bolton with “Barn Swallow hunting in the Shadows”
Cheryl Hewitt with “In the Talons”

There were 6 Commended prints
John Slater for “three mouths one mission”
John Whitehurst for “Dash with the Catch”
Cheryl Hewitt for “Loaded for Landing”
Jan Sullivan for “Ready to drop the mussel to open it”
Rob Cox for “Cormorant with large Dab” and “Dipper with Food”

Digitals
The Gold Medal was won by John Slater for “The Sovereign Silence”
The Silver Medal was won by John Powell for “Harbinger of Spring “
The Bronze Medal was won by Charlie Kidd for “Fox, Griffon Vulture Confrontation”

There were 7 Highly Commended Digital Awards,
Charlie Kidd for “Feeding Bond Bee-eaters”
Neil Thomas for “Osprey One Legged Catch”
Cheryl Hewitt for “Tiddler in the Beak”
Roy Peters for “Clouded Yellow on Wild Scabious”
Liz Wallis for “Puffin at Sunset”
Rob Cox for “Emperor Dragonfly”
Ali Rees for “The Blackbird, The Berry and The Dew Drops”

There were 6 images winning a Commended Award,
John Powell “Imperial Stag”
Jayne Crocker “Summer Vibe”
Neil Thomas “Eurasian Hoopoe”
Dave Bolton “Frolicking Pair of Speckled Woods”
Jan Sullivan “Aerial Tug Of War”
Rob Cox “Buff Ermine Moth”

Well done everyone who entered our Nature Competition, and congratulations to those winners.




Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,

We will be back on January 8th 2026 !