The fourth and final round of the Annual Image Competition was judged by Neil McGoldrick, from Hatton, who was very complimentary about the high standard of images submitted by members. It was, as usual, an open competition with a wide range of subject matter and the winning images can be seen below and in the Galleries section. Division 2 winner was Gordon Law with 'Barn Owl'. In second place, Division 2 was 'Cold Night at the Carvery' by Gordon Milne. Division 2, third plac

To start of the New Year we had another exciting Knockout Competition, following Charlie's Facebook Review, part 2. This time there was a theme, Abstract, which was interpreted in a variety of interesting and imaginative ways. Thirty-two images were entered by 15 members then those of us attending the Zoom meeting viewed them in pairs and voted to eliminate one each time until two were left standing. The winner was Ben Freeman's 'Abstract 9' oil and peacock feathers, shown be

Some society members are now contributing to the 60th Facebook Challenge. These started in March 2020 at the beginning of the first lockdown, weekly at first, now fortnightly. The winner of each challenge sets the subject for members to interpret using new or archive images which they upload to an album on our private BPS Facebook pages. At the end of the fortnight the challenge winner is chosen by the last winner and they then set the next topic. This fun competition has giv