24th November

Judging Nature

24th November 2022 Nature Competition

With an intrepid audience who battled to St Florence through gales, floods and storms , Jenny Hibbert, MPAGB, EFIAP/g ,AWPF, was tasked with judging 10 prints and 18 digital entries . A lovely range of nature subjects from fungi to birds to insects, which was enjoyed by members.

In the Print Section John Whitehurst won the Gold Award with “ Snakeskin Grisette” . Silver was taken by Jan Sullivan with “The Fly By” and Bronze went to Cheryl Hewitt and “Leaf Cutting Bee & Redtailed Bee” .





In the Digital Section, Gold was taken by Charlie Kidd with “Pine Martin with rat” and he also gained the Silver Award with “Woodpeckers Battle” . The Bronze Award was given to Liz Wallis with “ Gullemots” . There were 4 Highly Commended images by Dave Bolton, Liz Wallis, Cheryl Hewitt and Andy Watkin . Three commended images were given to John Whitehurst, Jan Sullivan and Cheryl Hewitt .







Thanks was given to Jenny for sharing her thoughts and critique and for also enduring an unpleasant journey to get to us .