Facebook most ‘liked’ images
WPS Images of the month
The most ‘liked’ images of the month from the WPS Members’ Facebook group
In the gallery below, click on a thumbnail to open an image. Click on the down arrow below for more information about earlier months’ winner(s).
All images © their respective authors.
Note: When a post contains multiple images, Facebook maintains separate counts of likes for the post and for each of the images in the post.
If you imbed an image or an album from another source on facebook such as your own account, this won’t count towards the WPS “most liked” competition as likes may have come from outside WPS .
We calculate the score for such a post by combining the list of members who liked the post with the name of those who liked any of the images and then eliminating duplicates. This gives the number of separate members who liked the post and/or one of its images. We use the COUNTA(UNIQUE()) spreadsheet formula.
A clear winner this month – Trevor Morecraft out in front with 33 likes for his monochrome image of Moraine Lake in the Banff National Park in Alberta. Simon Merryman and Eric Blake’s images of St John’s, Farley Chamberlayne on the night of the aurora made it into the top five. Eric had a second image in the top five.
As usual, there were some excellent and much-liked images which didn’t make it into the top five. The images which placed 15th or better are listed in the table below. The top five are displayed in the gallery further down this page.
| Position | Author | Title | Total Likes | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Morecraft | Moraine Lake, Alberta | 33 | Sun 6 Oct |
| 2 | Simon Merryman | Farley Church with aurora | 27 | Fri 11 Oct |
| 3 | Eric Blake | Weekend in London | 23 | Thu 10 Oct |
| 3 | Glyn Paton | Balloons over the volcano | 23 | Sun 13 Oct |
| 5 | Eric Blake | Aurora Borealis over St John’s Farley Chamberlayne | 22 | Fri 11 Oct |
| 6 | Peter Orr | Red grouse on Wheeldale Moor | 19 | Thu 17 Oct |
| 7 | Glyn Paton | Lady in red with balloons | 17 | Fri 11 Oct |
| 7 | Tony Large | Sunday Morning in the sea | 17 | Sun 27 Oct |
| 9 | Adrian Binney | Sunny day at Hillier’s | 15 | Fri 25 Oct |
| 9 | Mike Lane | Certificate from Sri Lanka | 15 | Mon 21 Oct |
| 9 | Sarah Townley | Dog shadow on the stairs | 15 | Mon 7 Oct |
| 9 | Tony Smith | Last evening in Kathmandu | 15 | Fri 11 Oct |
| 13 | James West | Porcelain fungus with hoverfly | 14 | Wed 9 Oct |
| 13 | Phil George | St. Leonard’s, Hartley Mauditt | 14 | Sun 20 Oct |
| 15 | Corinne Kozok | Hopeful Fisherman’s catch | 13 | Wed 9 Oct |
| 15 | Gavin Bowyer | Aurora Borealis from my own home | 13 | Thu 10 Oct |
| 15 | Sarah Townley | A tale of two tails | 13 | Sun 20 Oct |
Detailed results of the top six are as follows:
- 1st= Trevor Morecraft‘s monochrome image of Moraine Lake in the Banff National Park in Alberta, with 33 likes, posted on 6 October.
- Trevor wrote:
- I’m feeling a bit Ansel Adams out here. Moraine Lake, Alberta
- Trevor wrote:
- 2nd Simon Merryman’s Farley Church with aurora with 27 likes, posted on Friday 11 October.
- Simon wrote:
- I was at Farley Church last night, with Eric Blake, photographing the aurora. I thought that the clouds would hamper our efforts, but I quite like it with them there. Taken at 10pm.
- Simon wrote:
- 3rd= Eric Blake’s Weekend in London. His post, from Sunday 10th October, which included 10 images, was liked by 23 members.
- Eric’s trip to London included a visit to the V&A to see Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection, an early morning shoot and a real Santa in a promotional taxi.
- 3rd= Glyn Paton’s image from Cappadocia, Balloons over the volcano, with 23 likes, posted on Sunday 13 October.
- Glyn wrote
- Leaving one of my favourites till last. Balloons over the volcano
- Glyn wrote
- 5th Eric Blake’s image of “Aurora Borealis over St John’s Farley Chamberlayne“, posted on Friday 11 October, received 22 likes.
- Eric wrote:
- Taken last night at 21.10 at St Johns Church, it was a real pleasure to witness the Aurora Borealis.
- Eric wrote:
Several ties this month. At the top end of the table Robin Shaw and Tony Cowburn tied for first place, Jill North and Tony Cowburn tied for 4th place.
In the top 15 shown below, Tony Cowburn had three entries and Simon Merryman four. Simon’s stunning drone shots of Lofoten were clustered near the lower end of the top 15, while his simpler “Abstract Reflections” taken nearer home scored much higher.
Jill North’s front cover image from PAGB e-news was only posted in the last few hours of September. It is still gathering votes so may end up with a higher score than the 22 likes shown in the table below.
With 27 likes each, two posts tied for first place in September 2024:
- Robin Shaw’s Goodwood Revival 2024 and
- Tony Cowburn’s Bridges of London
Pending confirmation by Katie, the fifteen most liked posts for September 2024 are listed here.
The top 5 most liked images are featured in the gallery below.
| Position | Author | Title | Total Likes | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Shaw | Goodwood revival 2024 | 27 | Tue 10 Sep |
| 1 | Tony Cowburn | Bridges of London | 27 | Wed 18 Sep |
| 3 | Simon Merryman | Abstract reflection | 26 | Sat 7 Sep |
| 4 | Jill North | PAGB e-news cover | 22 | Mon 30 Sep |
| 4 | Tony Cowburn | Making a Splash in the Dorset Magazine | 22 | Sun 1 Sep |
| 6 | Jill North | Images from Malaysia | 19 | Sat 21 Sep |
| 6 | Steve Bailey | Round 8 of the British GT Championship | 19 | Tue 10 Sep |
| 8 | Tony Cowburn | Folk Group at the Swanage Folk Festival | 17 | Mon 9 Sep |
| 9 | Linda Gates | From a trip to London | 16 | Sun 29 Sep |
| 10 | Bob Allen | Guernsey break | 14 | Sat 14 Sep |
| 10 | Simon Merryman | Lofoten Islands drone shot | 14 | Thu 12 Sep |
| 10 | Simon Merryman | Lofoten drone panorama | 14 | Thu 12 Sep |
| 13 | Simon Merryman | More droning in Lofoten | 13 | Tue 10 Sep |
| 14 | Adrian Binney | PSA Showcase success | 12 | Tue 17 Sep |
| 14 | Philip George | Dog Walkers on West Wittering beach | 12 | Thu 5 Sep |
Detailed results of the top six are as follows:
- 1st= Robin Shaw’s post of a gallery of images from the Goodwood Revival, posted Tuesday 10 September with 27 likes.
- Robin wrote:
- Goodwood Revival 2024 I will remember as wet. good racing, good views, plenty time in the bar. Perfect.
- Robin wrote:
- 1st= Tony Cowburn’s Bridges of London with 27 likes, posted on Wednesday 18 September.
- Tony wrote:
- I was happy to get second place (in Print Round 1) with ‘Bridges of London’. The judge wasn’t sure if the image was real, or if the bridges had been photoshopped in? I’m not that good at photoshop, it was real! Taken with a telephoto lens from an elevated position to compress the 7 bridges into one shot. A handheld 5-image HDR taken at dusk.
- Tony wrote:
- 3rd Simon Merryman’s Abstract Reflection with 26 likes, posted on Saturday 7 September..
- Simon wrote simply::
- In abstract reflection from today
- Simon wrote simply::
- 4th= Jill North’s PAGB e-news cover , with 22 likes, posted on Monday 30 September.
- Jill wrote
- Ooh! my pic is on the front cover of the PAGB news!
I thought the PAGB had forgotten all about the awards day back in April: - An image I made during the pandemic when I had too much time to spare!
- Ooh! my pic is on the front cover of the PAGB news!
- The image was “Snap” which won a Certificate of Merit in the Creative class in the 2022 Annual Print Exhibition.
- Jill wrote
- 4th= Tony Cowburn’s image “Making a Splash” as featured in the Dorset Magazine, posted on Sunday 1 September, with 22 likes.
- Tony wrote:
- Nice to get a Swanage Folk Festival image printed in the September issue of Dorset Magazine. The Folk Festival takes place again next weekend, 7/8th September, with performances all over the town and along the sea front. My image features Basingclog Morris performing ‘after lunch’ on the Sunday!
- Tony wrote:
I thought the PAGB had forgotten all about the awards day back in April:This was a generally low-scoring month, presumably because it’s holiday time.
With 20 likes each, two posts tied for first place in August 2024:
- Adrian Binney’s 5 Amazing Days in Greenland and
- Diane Gollowitzer’s International Pet Photography Awards submission
Pending confirmation by Katie, the eleven most liked posts for August 2024 are listed here.
You’ll note that sixth place, with 11 likes was a six-way tie. A further seven posts tied for twelfth place with 10 likes.
The top 5 most liked images are featured in the gallery below.
| Position | Author | Title | Total Likes | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Binney | 5 amazing days in Greenland | 20 | Mon 12 Aug |
| 1 | Diane Gollowitzer | IPPA submission | 20 | Sat 17 Aug |
| 3 | Diane Gollowitzer | Unleashed Education – Highly Commended Portfolio | 15 | Fri 30 Aug |
| 4 | Bob Allen | My favourite beach | 13 | Sun 25 Aug |
| 5 | Trevor Morecraft | You don’t need to travel far.. | 12 | Sun 25 Aug |
| 6 | Danny Cowen | Goodbye Andy | 11 | Fri 2 Aug |
| 6 | James West | Busker and Dancer | 11 | Mon 5 Aug |
| 6 | James West | Dog Walker, Northumberland | 11 | Tue 27 Aug |
| 6 | Steve Pullen | Red Arrows at RAF Odiham | 11 | Fri 9 Aug |
| 6 | Tim Lever | Holiday Snap | 11 | Fri 30 Aug |
| 6 | Tony Cowburn | 58 years apart | 11 | Thu 29 Aug |
Detailed results of the top six are as follows:
- 1st= Adrian Binney’s post of a gallery of Greenland images, posted Monday 12 August, received 20 likes.
- Adrian wrote:
- Now in Reykjavik, having had 5 amazing days in Greenland, where these are a sample from.
- Adrian wrote:
- 1st= Diane Gollowitzer’s IPPA submission with 20 likes, posted on Saturday 17 August.
- Diane wrote:
- Submissions for the International Pet Photography Awards are closing at the end of the month, so I’m busy editing my favs 🥰
- I have 11 entries so that’s my WPS entries sorted for this year
- Diane wrote:
- 3rd Diane Gollowitzer’s Highly Commended portfolio in the Unleashed Education challenge with 15 likes, posted on Friday 30 August.
- Diane wrote:
- In the last 6th months I took part in a series of challenges run by Unleashed Education . The challenge briefs were very versatile, from documentary to commercial style images. Around 35 pet photographers participated from all over the world and 26 submitted a full portfolio. So receiving a Highly Commended Award for my portfolio is a big deal for me 🥰
- Diane wrote:
- 4th Bob Allen’s Drone image of my favourite beach , with 13 likes, posted on Sunday 25 August.
- 5th Trevor Morecraft’s macro shots of a Rufous Grasshopper. 12 likes, posted on Sunday 25 August.
- Trevor wrote:
- You don’t need to travel far for macro shots. 5 metres from my back door.
- Trevor wrote:
Peter Orr’s portrait of a dragonfly in reflected light, with 26 likes, was July 2024’s most liked post in the WPS Members’ Facebook group.
Pending confirmation by Katie, the ten most liked posts for July 2024 are listed here.
The top 5 most liked images are featured in the gallery below.
| Position | Author | Title | Total likes | Dated Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Orr | Dragonfly in reflected light | 26 | Tue 30 Jul |
| 2 | Tony Large | Flax field near Avington | 20 | Sat 13 Jul |
| 3 | Adrian Binney | Dolphins at play | 19 | Mon 22 Jul |
| 3 | Philip George | Poppies at Barton Farm, 17th June 2016 | 19 | Tue 16 Jul |
| 3 | Steve Pullen | Self Portrait with a difference | 19 | Mon 8 Jul |
| 6 | Linda Gates | Damselfly on a grass seed head | 18 | Sat 13 Jul |
| 6 | Steve Bailey | Essex v Hampshire – made the Guardian! | 18 | Mon 22 Jul |
| 8 | Diane Gollowitzer | Three spaniels | 17 | Tue 2 Jul |
| 8 | Martin Farrow | The PLAY button | 17 | Thu 18 Jul |
| 8 | Philip George | Langstone Mill and the Royal Oak | 17 | Sat 27 Jul |
Detailed results of the top six are as follows:
- 1st Peter Orr’s dragonfly with 26 likes, posted Tuesday 30 July
- Peter wrote:
- This dragonfly was darting about on my pond all day in the sun just above the water surface (looking for small insects), but the light was too contrasty for a successful record shot.
- So I used the bright reflected light from pond plants and flowering lilies to add more colour
- Peter wrote:
- 2nd Tony Large’s drone short of a Flax field near Avington with 20 likes, posted on Saturday 13 July.
- Tony wrote:
- After trying to find these fields of flax, (I think), to photograph with my R5 I found they were tucked away on the private land of Avington Estate.
- Fortunately there was a Public Footpath a couple of fields away so nothing for it but to launch the drone.
- Tony wrote:
- 3rd= Adrian Binney’s Dolphins at play, with 19 likes, posted on Mon 22 July.
- Adrian wrote:
- Had a very smooth first part of our Atlantic crossing, with a large number of whale and dolphin sightings. Great atmosphere with many wildlife photographers and a good number of guests with better eyesight than I. Dolphins are always fun to take.
- Adrian wrote:
- 3rd= Philip George’s shot showing Poppies at Barton Farm, 17th June 2016 , with 19 likes, posted on Tue 16 July
- Philip wrote
- Poppies at Barton Farm, 17th June 2016, just before they starting clearing the land for building.
- Philip wrote
- 3rd= Steve Pullen’s Self Portrait with a Difference, 19 likes, posted on Mon 8 July.
- Steve wrote:
- On this damp and dreary day I thought I’d work on the WPS Project Group challenge of ‘Self Portrait’. I used Photoshop to combine several images on different layers and erased redundant detail – just trial and error – just need to write down the order of tasks so I can replicate this approach again.
- Steve wrote:
Tony Cowburn’s restful self-portrait at Studland Bay, with 33 likes, was June 2024’s most liked post in the WPS Members’ Facebook group.
Pending confirmation by Katie, the most liked posts for June 2024 are listed here.
16 points separated the top 11 images. The next 11 images were separated by just one point – there were 4 with 16 likes and 7 with 15 likes.
The six images which received 20 likes or more are featured in the gallery below.
| Position | Author | Title | Total Likes | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Cowburn | Cooling my heels at Studland Bay today | 33 | Mon 3 Jun |
| 2 | Sarah Townley | Cyanotypes washed and ironed | 26 | Thu 27 Jun |
| 3 | Glyn Paton | Another hill! It’s stunning here | 25 | Mon 17 Jun |
| 4 | Tony Smith | Happy Solstice 2024 | 22 | Fri 21 Jun |
| 5 | Peter Orr | Musk Orchid | 21 | Thu 13 Jun |
| 6 | Sarah Townley | Too hot to garden | 20 | Sun 2 Jun |
| 7 | Sarah Townley | Howling gale – sand in the wine | 18 | Fri 21 Jun |
| 8 | Glyn Paton | Dolomites again | 17 | Fri 14 Jun |
| 8 | James West | Sunrise over Stonehenge | 17 | Sat 15 Jun |
| 8 | Tony Cowburn | August Bank Holiday – Public vote winner | 17 | Mon 10 Jun |
| 8 | Trevor Morecraft | You don’t need a macro lens | 17 | Sun 23 Jun |
| 12 | Peter Orr | Sand martin picking up nest materials | 16 | Tue 18 Jun |
| 12 | Peter Orr | Magical Colours of the High Arctic | 16 | Mon 3 Jun |
| 12 | Tim Lever | Centenary square, Birmingham | 16 | Sun 16 Jun |
| 12 | Tim Lever | Seaside bathing boxes – Lyme Regis | 16 | Sat 1 Jun |
| 16 | Bob Allen | Catching the sun | 15 | Sun 2 Jun |
| 16 | Glyn Paton | Cloud Busting | 15 | Sat 15 Jun |
| 16 | Glyn Paton | Dolomitic Church | 15 | Fri 14 Jun |
| 16 | Peter Orr | Polar bear mother and cubs | 15 | Mon 24 Jun |
| 16 | Robin Shaw | Leveret fending for himself | 15 | Thu 13 Jun |
| 16 | Sarah Townley | Cyanotypes hanging out to dry | 15 | Wed 26 Jun |
| 16 | Sarah Townley | Cyanotypes developing in the sun | 15 | Tue 25 Jun |
Detailed results of the top six are as follows:
- 1st Tony Cowburn’s Cooling my heels at Studland Bay today with 33 likes, posted Mon 3 June
- Tony wrote:
- I’d been doing minimalist B&W seascapes, with a foreground interest, but then found they also worked quite well in colour. Couldn’t resist a self portrait at the end of the session 🙂
- Tony wrote:
- 2nd Sarah Townley’s Cyanotypes washed and ironed with 26 likes, posted on Thu 27 June.
- Sarah wrote:
- Now washed and ironed. Three out of eight acceptable
- Sarah wrote:
- 3rd Glyn Paton’s view of the Dolomites Another hill! It’s stunning here , with 25 likes, posted on Mon 17 June
- 4th Tony Smith’s Happy Solstice 2024, with 22 likes, posted on Fri 21 June.
- Editor’s note: Facebook is showing 48 likes for the image itself – but it was shared outside our group. The count of 22 shows the members of the WPS group who had liked the post.
- 5th Peter Orr’s Musk Orchid. 21 likes, posted Thu 13 June.
- Peter has a year-long photography commission from Natural England for project “Mend the Gap” (reducing environmental impact of railway power lines), documenting rare flora between Reading & Wallingford, incl Goring Gap (AONB). Includes orchids unique to the area. Researching monkey orchid & musk orchid (nationally scarce, found near his village in Wiltshire in some years). Finding musk orchid amongst chalk downland flora can be challenging.
- 6th Sarah Townley‘s Too hot to garden, 20 likes, posted on Sun 2 June.
- Sarah wrote:
- Too hot to garden so whipped out the infrared
- Sarah wrote:
- Editor’s note: Trevor’s announcement, on Monday 10 June, that Tony Cowburn’s August Bank Holiday had won the public vote at this year’s Annual Exhibition picked up 17 likes.
Simon Merryman’s post of Aurora images , with 30 likes, was May 2024’s most liked post in the WPS Members’ Facebook group.
The five images which received 20 likes or more are featured in the gallery below.
Pending confirmation by Katie, the most liked posts for May 2024 are listed here.
| Position | Author | Title | Total likes | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Merryman | Aurora from our back garden | 30 | Sat 11 May |
| 2 | James West | Downy Emerald Dragonfly in flight, New Forest | 23 | Wed 29 May |
| 3 | Carey Wall | First photos with new camera | 20 | Fri 24 May |
| 3 | Robin Shaw | Big surprise to see red | 20 | Sat 11 May |
| 3 | Simon Merryman | Images from an evening drone flight | 20 | Sun 19 May |
| 6 | James West | Female Azure damselfly | 17 | Mon 13 May |
| 7 | Peter Orr | View from icebreaker crow’s nest | 16 | Mon 27 May |
| 8 | David Moorman | Tunnels of Fort Nelson, Portsdown Hill | 15 | Sun 12 May |
| 8 | James West | More Aurora shots from my garden | 15 | Sat 11 May |
| 10 | Joanna Grimes | Aurora Borealis from my garden | 13 | Sat 11 May |
| 10 | Tim Lever | A golden evening brightens | 13 | Thu 23 May |
| 10 | Trevor Morecraft | New plants in the garden | 13 | Sat 11 May |
Detailed results of the top five are as follows:
- 1st Simon Merryman’s Aurora from our back garden with 30 likes, posted Sat 11 May
- Simon wrote:
- Some of my many pictures taken tonight from our back garden in Kings Worthy. The northern lights didn’t look this good on our recent trip to Finland!!!
2:30am now, so off to bed! X
- Some of my many pictures taken tonight from our back garden in Kings Worthy. The northern lights didn’t look this good on our recent trip to Finland!!!
- Simon wrote:
- 2nd James West’s Downy Emerald Dragonfly in flight, New Forest with 23 likes, posted on Wed 29 May
- James wrote:
- it’s not quite sharp enough on the face to consider using in a competition, … but I’ll go back on a sunny day and try again with more depth of field.
- James wrote:
- 3rd= Carey Wall’s First photos with new camera, 20 likes, posted Fri 24 May
- Carey wrote:
- First photos taken with new camera. Room for improvement but a good place to start. Nikon Z611
- Carey wrote:
- 3rd= Robin Shaw’s Big surprise to see red, 20 likes, posted Sat 11 May
- Robin wrote
- I have never seen anything other than green so a big surprise to see red.
- Robin wrote
- 3rd= Simon Merryman’s Images from an evening drone flight, 20 likes, posted Sun 19 May
- Simon simply wrote
- A few images from a recent evening drone flight.
- Simon simply wrote
John Rose’s LRPS panel, with 34 likes, was April 2024’s most liked post in the WPS Members’ Facebook group.
The five images which received 20 likes or more are featured in the gallery below.
Pending confirmation by Carey, the most liked posts for April 2024 are listed here, with a remarkable seven-way tie for 8th place.
| Position | Author | Title | Total likes | Date posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Rose | LRPS Panel | 32 | Sun 21 Apr |
| 2 | Lilian Hobbs | Total Eclipse in Texas | 30 | Tue 9 Apr |
| 3 | Corinne Kozok | Skylark on Sunday | 26 | Mon 22 Apr |
| 4 | Trevor Morecraft | Print Exhibition Framing | 22 | Sat 20 Apr |
| 5 | Tony Large | V&A, Dundee | 20 | Tue 23 Apr |
| 6 | Corinne Kozok | Skylark on Magdalen Hill Down | 19 | Sun 21 Apr |
| 6 | Tony Cowburn | Barney on Swanage Beach | 19 | Fri 12 Apr |
| 8 | Corinne Kozok | Robin with breakfast | 17 | Sat 6 Apr |
| 8 | Linda Gates | Abandoned Vehicle at Marders Yard | 17 | Sat 20 Apr |
| 8 | Linda Gates | A paper curl | 17 | Sun 7 Apr |
| 8 | Peter Orr | Grebes at Lakeside | 17 | Sun 21 Apr |
| 8 | Philip George | Friday Night WPS Social | 17 | Sat 13 Apr |
| 8 | Tony Cowburn | Caught it! | 17 | Thu 4 Apr |
| 8 | Trevor Morecraft | Exhibition up and running | 17 | Sun 28 Apr |
Detailed results of the top five are as follows:
- 1st John Rose’s LRPS panel, with 32 likes, posted by Carey on 21 April
- Carey wrote:
- Congratulations to John Rose, LRPS! What an achievement
- Carey wrote:
- 2nd Total Eclipse in Texas by Lilian Hobbs with 30 likes, posted on 9 April
- Another impressive astronomical image from Lilian. She wrote
- Total Eclipse in Texas today. It was very cloudy and then just before totality the clouds disappeared thank you 🙏 Olympus Om-1 mkii with 150-400
- Another impressive astronomical image from Lilian. She wrote
- 3rd Corinne Kozok’s Skylark on Sunday with 26 likes, posted on 22 April.
- One of three bird images by Corinne in the top fifteen, she wrote:
- An action shot from my trip to see the skylarks on Sunday morning. They are little and fast, so it’s a good place to practise one’s fieldcraft skills..
- One of three bird images by Corinne in the top fifteen, she wrote:
- 4th Trevor Morecraft’s Print Exhibition Framing with 22 likes, posted on 20 April
- Trevor wrote:
- Print exhibition framing in full flow
- Trevor wrote:
- 5th Tony Large’s V&A, Dundee, posted on 23 April with 20 likes.
- Tony wrote:
- The shot you want, and I didn’t add the seagull!
- Tony wrote:
Tony Cowburn’s wet August Bank Holiday image, with 34 likes, was March 2024’s most liked post in the WPS Members’ Facebook group.
The six images which received 20 likes or more are featured in the gallery below.
Confirmed by Carey, the top most eight liked posts for March 2024 are listed here:
| Position | Member | Title | Total likes | Date posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Cowburn | August Bank Holiday | 34 | Tue 12 Mar |
| 2 | Tony Large | St Catherine’s Hill | 32 | Sun 3 Mar |
| 3 | Deborah Gordon | Early morning walk | 28 | Sat 16 Mar |
| 4 | Simon Merryman | Saariselkä, northern Finland | 26 | Sat 16 Mar |
| 5 | James West | Daily Echo Romsey Abbey | 24 | Fri 8 Mar |
| 6 | Simon Merryman | Aurora | 23 | Mon 11 Mar |
| 7 | Martin Farrow | Biker on the sand | 17 | Thu 28 Mar |
| 7 | Tony Cowburn | Barney | 17 | Sat 30 Mar |
Detailed results of the top eight are as follows:
- 1st Tony Cowburn’s August Bank Holiday, with 34 likes, posted on 12 March
- Tony wrote:
- Delighted to have an image included in the Sony World Photography Awards again this year. ‘August bank holiday’ has been shortlisted in the Open competition, Lifestyle category, and will be included in the exhibition at Somerset House from 19-April to 6-May.
- This year there were over 395,000 images entered in the competition, so I’m very happy to have one shortlisted.
- Tony wrote:
- 2nd Tony Large’s St Catherine’s Hill with 32 likes, posted on 3 March
- Another excellent drone image from Tony. He wrote simply
- St Catherines Hill this morning.
- Another excellent drone image from Tony. He wrote simply
- 3rd Deborah Gordon’s Early Morning Mist (9 images) with 28 unique likes, 16 March
- Deborah wrote
- Glorious sunny early walk this morning iPhone. Do check forecast night before if sunshine forecast for next morning try and get near rivers by 6.30 and there should be magical mist for at least an hour with terrific light at this time of year.
- Deborah wrote
- 4th Simon Merryman’s image from Saariselkä, northern Finland with 26 likes, posted on 16 March
- The most liked of several images posted on the same day. Simon wrote:
- The fruits of my labours a couple of nights ago. Saariselkä, northern Finland.
- The most liked of several images posted on the same day. Simon wrote:
- 5th James West’s image of Romsey Abbey, as reproduced in the Southern Daily Echo, posted on 8 March, attracted 24 likes.
- James wrote:
- Not the prestige of The Times, but my drone shot of Romsey Abbey is in today’s Echo!
- James wrote:
- 6th Simon Merryman’s Aurora (set of four images) with 23 likes, was posted on 11 March
Trevor Morecraft’s striking vertical panorama, with 30 likes, was February 2024’s most liked post in the WPS Members’ Facebook group.
There were eight images which received 20 likes or more, including three of the Festival of the Moon. These eight are featured in the gallery below.
Subject to confirmation by Carey, the top fifteen most liked posts for February 2024 are shown here:
| Position | Name | Image title | Likes | Date posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Morecraft | The Moon in Winchester Cathedral | 30 | 08 Feb |
| 2 | Terry Shipp | Beach day at Studland | 27 | 18 Feb |
| 3 | Sarah Townley | My significant other | 26 | 25 Feb |
| 4 | Tony Large | Moon in the Cathedral | 24 | 17 Feb |
| 4 | Terry Shipp | Bailey, Lily and Rodney (the Yorkie) | 24 | 10 Feb |
| 6 | John Rose | Winchester Cathedral Crypt | 22 | 14 Feb |
| 7 | Bob Hart | Festival of the Moon | 21 | 15 Feb |
| 8 | Mike Lane | Ezo fox versus Steller’s Eagle | 20 | 10 Feb |
| 9 | Mike Lane | A small selection from Hokkaido, Japan | 19 | 08 Feb |
| 10 | Mike Lane | Mt Fuji last night | 18 | 14 Feb |
| 11 | Diane Gollowitzer | Running dog silhouettes | 17 | 05 Feb |
| 11 | Lilian Hobbs | Timelapse of Mt. Fuji | 17 | 15 Feb |
| 11 | Peter Orr | Short-eared owl | 17 | 05 Feb |
| 14 | Mike Lane | Little ones trying to keep warm | 16 | 13 Feb |
| 14 | Tony Large | Winchester City Mill from above | 16 | 18 Feb |
Detailed results of the top eight are as follows:
- 1st Trevor Morecraft’s Moon in Winchester Cathedral, with 30 likes, posted on 8 February
- Trevor wrote:
- The Moon in Winchester Cathedral. A vertical panorama with my phone. I have no idea how I’d do this with my camera.
- Trevor wrote:
- 2nd Terry Shipp’s Beach day at Studland (set of four) with 27 likes, posted on 18 February
- Terry wrote:
- Had a beach day at Studland. Rained a bit but had the occasional interesting break in the sky. The rowers are colourful though. The dunes are good for ICM. The dogs had fun too
- Terry wrote:
- 3rd Sarah Townley’s portrait of “My Significant Other” (set of three), 26 likes, posted on 25 February
- Sarah wrote
- On another wet and miserable morning I resorted to taking photos of my significant other.
- Sarah wrote
- 4th= Tony Large’s Moon in the Cathedral with 24 likes, posted on 17 February
- Tony wrote:
- It had to be done…….
- Tony wrote:
- 4th= Terry Shipp’s Bailey, Lily and Rodney (the Yorkie) (set of eight) with 24 likes, posted on 10 February
- Terry wrote:
- Bailey, Lily and Rodney (the Yorkie). Good fun taking photos of these guys! Always got my camera on me when I take them out for a walk.
- Terry wrote:
- 6th John Rose Winchester Cathedral Crypt with 22 likes, posted on 14 February
- 7th Bob Hart’s Festival of the Moon, 21 likes, posted on 15 February
- Bob wrote:
- Another visit to Winchester Cathedral. This is my take on the “Festival of the Moon”.
- Bob wrote:
- 8th Mike Lane’s Ezo fox versus Steller’s Eagle, 20 likes, posted on 10 February
- Mike wrote
- Ezo fox versus Steller’s Sea Eagle, Hokkaido this morning
- Mike wrote
The clear winner for January 2024 was Mike Lane’s FIAP Gold Medal with 31 likes.
One mark separated the next four images
The top eight most liked posts for January 2024 are listed below
| Position | Member | Title | Likes | Date posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Lane | FIAP gold medal | 31 | 2 Jan 24 |
| 2 | James West | Waxwing at Romsey | 24 | 26 Jan 24 |
| 2 | Peter Orr | Short-eared owl | 24 | 20 Jan 24 |
| 4 | Lilian Hobbs | Mt Fuji | 23 | 26 Jan 24 |
| 4 | Trevor Morecraft | Sheer Delight for enthusiasts | 23 | 1 Jan 24 |
| 6 | David Moorman | Stonehenge | 19 | 19 Jan 24 |
| 7 | Corinne Kozok | Royal Oak Passage, Winchester | 18 | 1 Jan 24 |
| 8 | Steve Bailey | tifa award | 17 | 6 Jan 24 |
Detailed results of the top five as follows:
- 1st Mike Lane’s report of his FIAP Gold Medal success, with 31 likes, posted on 2 January.
- Mike wrote:
- New Year started with a great club outing yesterday on New year’s day. Then this morning this dropped through the post.
- A FIAP Gold medal. These are nearly as rare as hen’s teeth!
- Mike wrote:
- 2nd= James West’s Waxwing at Romsey, with 24 likes, posted on 26 January
- 2nd= Peter Orr’s short-eared owl, 24 likes, posted on 20 January
- Peter wrote
- A short-eared owl hunting in the last light of the day.
- Nikon Z9, Nikon 800mm S, x1.4 converter, f9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400
- Peter wrote
- 4th= Lilian Hobbs’ Mount Fuji with 23 likes, posted on 26 January
- 4th= Trevor Morecraft’s Sheer Delight for Enthusiasts with 23 likes, posted on 1 January
- Trevor wrote:
- You can see the sheer delight on the faces of the enthusiasts as they ride the King Arthur vintage buses today.
- Trevor wrote:
- 6th David Moorman’s Stonehenge with 19 likes, posted on 19 January
- 7th Corinne Kozok’s Royal Oak Passage, Winchester, 18 likes, posted on 1 January
- Corinne wrote:
- It was good to see such a big group of WPS members out together today. It was a really nice start to the new year. I didn’t take too many pics, but I rather liked this one.
- Corinne wrote:
- 8th Steve Bailey’s tifa Honourable Mention award, 17 likes, posted on 6 January
- Steve wrote
- Pleased to receive an ‘Honourable Mention’ in the 2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards
- Steve wrote
The top two most liked posts for December 2023 were drone shots by Trevor Morecraft and Tony Large.
Four of the top ten were from the late afternoon/night photoshoot at Marchwood on 28 December.
Two other “most liked” posts were recent winners of internal competitions. Trevor had two in the top ten, while Diane Gollowitzer and Deborah Gordon each had three in the top fourteen.
| Placing | Likes | Member | Posted on | Subject |
| 1 | 32 | TrevorMorecraft | 30-Dec-2023 | Southampton Container Port from 400ft. |
| 2 | 28 | Tony Large | 17-Dec-2023 | Winchester Christmas Market |
| 3 | 26 | Diane Gollowitzer | 19-Dec-2023 | Friday Feeling (Winner of the Christmas Knockout) |
| 4 | 25 | Deborah Gordon | 18-Dec-2023 | Late afternoon fog tetraptych |
| 4 | 25 | Deborah Gordon | 02-Dec-2023 | Game Keepers Bond iPhone 12 |
| 6 | 23 | James West | 29-Dec-2023 | 7 images from the Marchwood photooshoot |
| 6 | 23 | Philip George | 29-Dec-2023 | 2 images from the Marchwood photooshoot |
| 8 | 22 | Chrissi Travell | 06-Dec-2023 | University Challenge – Winchester. Chrissi Travell’s winning Set of Three (posted by Carey Wall) |
| 9 | 21 | Sarah Townley | 22-Dec-2023 | Dreaming of a Wine Christmas |
| 9 | 21 | Trevor Morecraft | 29-Dec-2023 | Night photography. Thanks all for coming along. We got lucky. Sunset, a rainbow and even a late arrival. |
| 11 | 20 | Diane Gollowitzer | 07-Dec-2023 | Dog and man silhouette: I haven’t seen any silhouettes posted in the group, submitted to any of the competitions (I’ve only attended 3), or published in the handbook 🤔 Any idea why? I love them |
| 12 | 19 | Deborah Gordon | 24-Dec-2023 | Merry Christmas frosty morning |
| 13 | 18 | Diane Gollowitzer | 01-Dec-2023 | Evee |
| 13 | 18 | Gavin Bowyer | 17-Dec-2023 | Monochromes from New York: Some superb opportunities in New York – enjoyed the Guggenheim Museum and the Rockefeller Centre. As well as photo opportunities when wandering the streets! What a number plate! |
Detailed results of the top five as follows:
- 1st Trevor Morecraft’s Southampton Container Port from 400ft with 32 likes, posted on 30 December.
- Trevor wrote:
- Southampton Container Port from 400ft last night. 9 shot panorama.
- Trevor wrote:
- 2nd Tony Large’s Winchester Christmas Market with 28 likes, posted on 17 December2023
- Tony wrote:
- Finally managed to get back to the Christmas Market with lots of people in the shot after dusk tonight. Shot at 200′, to get the best view of the Market IMO.
- Tony wrote:
- 3rd Diane Gollowitzer’s Friday Feeling with 26 likes, posted on 19 December 2023
- Diane wrote
- I got a few questions about how I created the silhouette that (won the Christmas Knockout and) was shortlisted for the @britishphotographyawards in Pets and Domestic Animals category, so here it is
- Diane wrote
- 4th Deborah Gordon’s Late Afternoon Fog tetraptych with 25 likes, posted on 18 December 2023
- Deborah wrote wrote:
- Late afternoon fog iPhone 12.
- Deborah wrote wrote:
- 4th Deborah Gordon’s Game Keepers Bond with 25 likes, posted on 2 December 2023
- Deborah wrote wrote:
- Game Keepers Bond iPhone 12.
- Deborah wrote wrote:
The clear winner for the second successive month was Lilian Hobbs. Her ARPS panel received 45 likes.
Second with 35 likes was Diane Gollowitzer’s “Reggie in his Elements”, Highly Commended in PDI R2, a new edit of an image which had won a 2023 International Pet Photographer of the Year silver award.
Third was Trevor Morecraft’s aerial image of the BAC 1-11 fuselage being towed through the streets of Southampton on its way to the Solent Sky Museum, where it will be turned into a café. As well as being reproduced in several national and local newspapers and many other sites on the internet, this image had received 27 likes in our facebook group by the end of November. More likes are still coming in at the time of writing.
| Placing | Likes | Member | Posted on | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | Lilian Hobbs | 08-Nov-2023 | ARPS panel |
| 2 | 35 | Diane Gollowitzer | 22-Nov-2023 | Reggie in his Elements |
| 3 | 27 | Trevor Morecraft | 29-Nov-2023 | BAC-1-11 in Southampton |
| 4 | 25 | Adrian Walmsley | 04-Nov-2023 | Rainy Thursday in Winchester |
| 5 | 24 | Trevor Morecraft | 03-Nov-2023 | Queen Elizabeth leaving Portsmouth |
| 6 | 23 | Philip George | 06-Nov-2023 | View from Blackwater bridge at Rhinefield |
| 7 | 22 | Philip George | 08-Nov-2023 | Red van in the rape |
| 8 | 20 | Peter Orr | 11-Nov-2023 | Savernake Forest |
| 9 | 19 | Sarah Townley | 08-Nov-2023 | Hilliers Infrared |
Detailed results of the top five as follows:
- 1st Lilian Hobbs’ ARPS Panel with 45 likes, posted on 8 November2023
- Lilian wrote:
- I am very pleased to report that today I was successful in gaining an ARPS in applied with a sun and moon panel.
- Huge thanks goes to Vanessa Slawson and Anne Dean Ruffell for their help and advice
- Lilian wrote:
- 2nd Diane Gollowitzer’s Reggie in his Elements with 35 likes, posted on 22 November 2023
- Diane wrote:
- I’m pretty chuffed how my first ever submission did on the competition yesterday 🥰
- (This is a previous edit, I cleaned up the dog’s face based on the feedback I got from one of the judges at the International Pet Photographer of the Year)
- Diane wrote:
- 3rd Trevor Morecraft’s BAC 1-11 on the move in Southampton with 27 likes and counting, posted on 29 November 2023
- Trevor wrote
- I’ve always wanted to get one of my pictures in the national newspapers. Today, a 1/3 page in the Telegraph (page21). Great stuff.
- Also 5 pictures in the Mail online , and in the Times Online Pictures (behind a paywall)
- Feeling very happy. It was worth the 0530 start last Saturday.
- Trevor wrote
- 4th Adrian Walmsley’s Rainy Thursday in Winchester with 25 likes, posted on 4 November 2023
- Adrian wrote:
- Rainy Thursday in Winchester – couldn’t resist two black and white umbrellas for the price of one.
- Adrian wrote:
- 5th Trevor Morecraft’s Queen Elizabeth leaving Portsmouth with 24 likes, posted on 3 November 2023
- Trevor wrote:
- A very fortunate drone shot today. One ticked off my bucket list. A drone shot of HMS Queen Elizabeth leaving Portsmouth. And along came a rainbow at exactly the right time. No photoshop here……
- Trevor wrote:
A few excellent and high-scoring images were posted towards the end of October and dominate the top positions.
The clear winner was Lilian Hobbs with 56 likes for her stunning image of zebras drinking at night.
Second was Tony Cowburn’s Corfe Castle Station at night with 44 likes, then Helen Otton’s Hells Angel with 33 likes.
Helen’s Hells Angel, and Geoff Sharman’s 4th placed Natural Network had been Highly Commended by judge Andrew Mills Print Round 2 on 24 October.
| Position | Likes | Author | Posted on | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 56 | Lilian Hobbs | 28-Oct-2023 | Zebras drinking |
| 2 | 44 | Tony Cowburn | 25-Oct-2023 | Corfe Castle Station after the last train – LPOTY commended |
| 3 | 33 | Helen Otton | 25-Oct-2023 | Hells Angel |
| 4 | 27 | Geoff Sharman | 25-Oct-2023 | Natural Network |
| 5 | 22 | Adrian Binney | 14-Oct-2023 | Quebec at night from the St Lawrence |
| 6 | 21 | Sarah Townley | 27-Oct-2023 | Garden fox |
| 6 | 21 | Adrian Binney | 28-Oct-2023 | Bird catching a flying fish |
| 6 | 21 | Tony Smith | 03-Oct-2023 | Harry Borden’s lecture |
Detailed results of the top five as follows:
- 1st Lilian Hobbs’ Zebras drinking with 56 likes, posted on 28 October 2023
- Lilian simply wrote:
- Taken with my iphone 14 max
- Lilian simply wrote:
- 2nd Tony Cowburn’s Corfe Castle Station after the last train with 44 likes, posted on 25 October 2023
- Tony wrote:
- Delighted to have an image included in the Landscape Photographer of the Year book again this year. ‘Corfe Castle station’ has been commended in the LPOTY ‘My railway adventure’ category.
- “Corfe Castle station, on the Swanage Railway with the floodlit Castle ruins as a backdrop. Taken on a winter’s evening, long after the day’s last steam train had departed”.
- Tony wrote:
- 3rd Helen Otton’s Hells Angel with 33 likes, posted on 25 October 2023
- Helen wrote
- driving though Carmarthen following a motorcyclist I thought he had one of those nodding dogs in his back box before I realised it was a real dog with a helmet on! He turned off for petrol and I turned in to Morrisons still smiling, it then hit me I would unlikely see anything like that again and I had my Fuji XT5 in the van so I did an about turn and managed to catch up with the motorcyclist before he left the petrol station. He was pleased to let me take some photos of ‘Ted’ aka Hells Angel – I still smile when I look at him
- Helen wrote
- 4th Geoff Sharman’s Natural Network with 27 likes, posted on 25 October 2023
- Geoff wrote:
- taken because I wanted to do “something different”! I hope most of you realised that it’s a cobweb, seen one morning in Hillier Gardens. I was struck by the amzingly intricate detail and lack of regularity (nothing like the classic Halloween web). The dew drops added a jewel-like quality. No people, no animals, and no landscape!
- Editor’s note: Geoff’s image bears a striking resemblance to this year’s Youth winner (and overall runner up) of the Intimate View section of the 2023 Landscape Photographer of the Year
- Geoff wrote:
- 5th Adrian Binney’s Quebec at night from the St Lawrence with 22 likes, posted on 14 October 2023
- Adrian wrote:
- Sailed back east along St Laurence river, passing Quebec late. Lightroom newish noise control does good job on these high ISO shots.
- Adrian wrote:
Another stunning Milky Way image by Tony Cowburn wins this month’s competition. It’s interesting to see that two of the other top posts this month were recording members’ successes in international exhibitions. Interesting for two reasons – to hear about the successes, and to see that so many members support their fellow members’ achievements.
Results as follows:
- 1st Tony Cowburn’s Milky Way over Man o’ War bay with 29 likes, posted on 16 September 2023
- Tony wrote:
- Took a trip to Man O’War bay last night for a last look at the Milky Way for this ‘season’. Conditions were far from ideal with some cloud on the horizon and some light pollution from Weymouth & Portland, so I climbed down to the beach and hid most of the horizon and Weymouth nightlife behind the Durdle Door rocks.
- Tony wrote:
- 2nd Adrian Binney’s account of his PSA successes with 27 likes, posted on 5 September 2023
- Adrian wrote
- As many of you know, I have been entering PSA International Exhibitions for a few years, since my first distinction of LRPS through the help of Louise Brown in 2018. I now have over 200 images which have been Accepted at these Exhibitions, the vast majority in the Travel and Nature classes, where the image’s story is more important than its ‘beauty’ – a portrait of a stunning bird is no good.
- I have recently started entering more Open events (same as our Competitions) and it was pleasing yesterday to receive Awards from a USA based two judging Exhibition for 2 images – A Highly Commended for a Cuban image and 3rd place plus HC for an American landscape. Both images are here and will be familiar to many of you.
- Adrian wrote
- 3rd Mike Lane’s FIAP medals with 25 likes, posted on 9 September 2023
- Mike wrote:
- A very pleasant surprise in the post this morning and a great start to the new season of WPS tonight. One FIAP Gold medal for nature, three Silver medals and one Honourable Mention.
- Mike wrote:
- 4th= Peter Orr’s View towards Huish in the Vale of Pewsey with 21 likes, posted on 9 September 2023
- Peter wrote:
- The view at 7am from Workway Drove looking towards Huish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire.
- Despite this week’s hot weather, the humidity has been high enough to produce early morning mists. Tiny sand particles from Africa carried on the air currents have given a slightly orange hue to the morning and evening light.
- Peter wrote:
- 4th= Deborah Gordon’s Morning Walk images with 21 likes, posted on 14 September 2023
- Deborah wrote:
- More from this morning’s walk (iPhone)
- Deborah wrote:
Another close run competition this month. Peter Orr’s Hare takes first place this month with 20 likes, closely followed by Robin Shaw’s Leverets and Lilian Hobbs’ Polar Bear with 19 each (subject to confirmation by the Comms Sec)
Results as follows:
- 1st Peter Orr’s Hare with 20 likes, posted on 28 August 2023
- Peter wrote:
- Now that the harvest is largely over it’s easier to see hares. This one was grazing on winter wheat shoots early in the morning. We exchanged glances then a leveret bounced up to her and they hopped over the brow of the hill together.
- Z9 Z800mm x1.4 converter
- Peter wrote:
- 2nd= Lilian Hobbs’ Polar Bear with 19 likes, posted on 23 August 2023
- Lilian wrote Polar Bear taken with the om1 150-400 and teleconverter and digital teleconverter giving equiv of 2000mm as recommended by Andy Rouse
- 2nd= Robin Shaw’s cute Leverets with 19 likes, posted on 23 August 2023
- Robin wrote:
- Railway Run interrupted by wildlife.
- Yesterday’s run worked well but with some wildlife interference. Dragonfies we can cope with, newly hatched grass snakes a bit of a worry, but when pair of leverets rocked up the trains were abandoned. I nicknamed these two Lucky 1 and Lucky 2, they will need it as survival to next year is not easy.
- Robin wrote:
A close run competition this month. Congratulations to all who contributed, especially to Steve Bailey who so nearly came top with his first post in the group and to Ian Porter for his first place and for his Gold Digger which won the Irving Cup in the Winchester National Exhibition.
Results as follows:
- 1st Ian Porter‘s Black Eagles with 22 likes, posted on 3 July 2023
- Ian wrote: head in the clouds again today! Black Eagle display team
- 2nd Steve Bailey‘s T20 Semi Final with 21 likes, posted on 6 July 2023
- Steve wrote First post here, so forgive me…. Hampshire Hawks beat Gloucestershire on Sunday to advance to semi-finals of T20 Vitality Blast
- Editor’s note: Steve’s post had four images attached. When you tot up the Likes, 21 separate members liked one or more of the post itself and its attached images. The Count(Unique())spreadsheet function is your friend here.
- 3rd= Trevor Morecraft’s Puffins on Coquet Island with 20 likes, posted on 6 July 2023
- Trevor wrote: Tricky little suckers. Puffins in flight is not easy….. Coquet Island today. Olympus OM-1 and 100-400mm lens. From a boat….
Good practice for the airshow next week.
- Editor’s note:Trevor’s post had three images attached. By the same logic used above, counting the likes for the post itself and the three images, there were likes from 20 separate members.
- Trevor wrote: Tricky little suckers. Puffins in flight is not easy….. Coquet Island today. Olympus OM-1 and 100-400mm lens. From a boat….
- 3rd= Tony Large with Mirror, Mirror, posted on 18 July 2023, with 20 likes
- Tony wrote: Mirror, mirror on the …………
- 5th Ian Porter’s Gold Digger posted on 28 July 2023 with 17 likes
- Ian wrote: this has just won the Irving cup for best of the Winchester entries (in the WNE Pictorial Colour class). I enjoy doing them and honestly am not worried if they win or not, they are fun
- 6th= James West with Small Red Eyed Damselfly, posted on 18 July 2023 with 15 likes.
- James simply wrote: A Small Red Eyed Damselfly, Chandlers Ford, 18 July 2023
- 6th= Mike Roe’s Hotel Corridor, posted on 27 July 2023 with 15 likes.
Way out in front this month with 38 likes was Ray Hems’ image “Salisbury Plain South Georgia”.
The three most liked by their peers this month were all posts celebrating success in external exhibitions.
Results as follows:
- 1st Ray Hems with 38 likes, posted on 2 June 2023
- Ray wrote: ‘The RPS Travel Group has announced the winners of their Travel Image of the year, and I was delighted to be awarded the Gold Medal for this image of Salisbury Plain South Georgia.‘
See https://rps.org/groups/travel/travel-image-of-the-year-2023-1/
- Ray wrote: ‘The RPS Travel Group has announced the winners of their Travel Image of the year, and I was delighted to be awarded the Gold Medal for this image of Salisbury Plain South Georgia.‘
- 2nd Corinne Kozok with 29 likes, posted on 21 June 2023
- Corinne wrote: I am very pleased to share with my fellow club members that one of my images has been awarded a gold medal.
- 21 June update: I am very pleased say that Mike and I have just been notified that we have achieved, and awarded, the FIAP Gold level distinction.
- Corinne’s gold-winning image was Eaten to the Bone – Kenya which had achieved a Held Back in this season’s Print Round 5
- 3rd Linda Gates with 26 likes, posted on 4 June
- Linda wrote: I recently entered 8 A4 prints into the BAWS small print circuit in India, hoping to get my first FIAP print acceptance. Results are back and I am really pleased with 11 acceptances for 6 different images across the 3 Salons. Honesty in Old Bottles was awarded a Federation of Indian Photography gold medal to add to its FIAP silver as a PDI. Thank you all for your comments. I guess this will cover the 4 different prints needed for AFIAP.
- Linda’s gold-medal image, Honesty in Old Bottles had been placed first in the 2021-22 season Advanced Section Print Round 5
- 4th Peter Orr‘s Sea Eagle, posted on 3 June 2023, with 22 likes
- Peter said: A white-tailed sea eagle, Britain’s largest native raptor, about to catch a fish on the Hebridean Isle of Mull.
- 5th Jill North’s Damselfly, posted on 26 June 2023, with 21 likes
- Jill wrote: Sorry folks – another damsel fly! I’m hoping some other insects will visit my little pond soon.
- 6th Adrian Binney‘s Polar Bear, posted on 9 June 2023 with 19 likes.
- Adrian wrote: We were told there was a less than 2% chance of seeing a Polar Bear in the part of Svalbard we were – then this perfect sighting on ice in front of a huge glacier. It was as close as we were allowed to get, but still needed 1,300mm equivalent for this shot with a minor crop in pp.
This month’s most liked image in the WPS Members’ facebook group was Lilian Hobbs
Results as follows:
- 1st Lilian Hobbs posted on 5 May Solar Aurora 28 likes
- Lilian wrote: ‘The sun is very active at the moment which is why the aurora was visible recently. The eruptions off the limb are called prominences and some of them are larger than the earth. Image taken with a Hydrogen Alpha telescope which reveals the details and my special astro camera.‘
- 2nd Peter Orr posted on 14 May Ancient Beech Tree 22 likes
- Peter wrote: There is a line of exposed ancient pollarded beech trees running along the course of the iron-age hill fort at Martinsell Hill near Marlborough.
At nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, the wind, rain and cold winters have stunted their growth and forced their gnarled trunks and branches into twisted, contorted forms.
This morning’s fog refused to burn off before the sun was very high, so the misty landscape shot across the vale towards Savernake was not going to materialise.
However, the recession of the fog was picked up in the line of trees on the hilltop and here’s my take on this view.
Nikon Z9 with 24-70 mm f/2.8
- Peter wrote: There is a line of exposed ancient pollarded beech trees running along the course of the iron-age hill fort at Martinsell Hill near Marlborough.
- 3rd = Sarah Townley posted on 13 May Owl at Hawk Conservancy 21 likes
- Sarah wrote: The Hawk Conservancy is wonderful for their flying displays. I went on a freezing cold day with my grandchildren at the end of March and was nearly bipped in the face by this owl. Only a minute bit of cropping to centre the owl’s face.
- 3rd = Peter Orr posted on 26 May Puffin with Bluebells 21 likes
- Peter said: Lucky to get late bluebells with the thrift and grass to provide foreground interest in good light.
This was taken on the small uninhabited island of Lunga, part of the Treshnish Islands west of Mull.
Nikon Z9 + Z800mm f/7.1 ISO 500 handheld
- Peter said: Lucky to get late bluebells with the thrift and grass to provide foreground interest in good light.
This month’s most liked image in the WPS Members’ facebook group was by Tony Cowburn.
Results as follows:
- First: posted on 1 April – Tony Cowburn’s photograph of Bat’s Head / Durdle Door beach on the cover of Dorset Life Magazine (36 likes)
- Second: posted on 5 April – Tony Cowburn’s handheld 3 image panorama of the Temperate House at Kew Gardens, shortlisted in the architectural category of the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards (32 likes)
- Third: posted on 29 April – Corinne Kozok’s Rolling Stripes which won a gold medal from FIAF (Federazione Italiana Associazioni Fotografiche)(29 likes)
- Fourth: posted on 28 April – Corinne Kozok’s FIAP gold medal winning Fish Fight Dalmation Pelicans (27 likes)
- Fifth: posted on 3 April –Terry Shipp’s Spot of light in Micheldever Woods (26 likes)
Note: When a post contains multiple images, Facebook maintains separate counts of likes for the post and for each of the images in the post. The score for Corinne’s Rolling Stripes image was calculated by merging the list of members who liked the post (26) with the list of those who liked the Rolling Stripes image (7) and eliminating duplicates. This gave 29 unique likes.
This month’s most liked image in the WPS Members’ facebook group was by Sue Birtwistle.
Results as follows:
- First: posted on 15 March – Sue Birtwistle’s post with eight images of a Glorious sunrise in Swaledale (38 likes)
- Second: posted on 7 March – Trevor Morecraft’s focus-stacked macro shot of a Cape Sundew (34 likes)
- Third: posted on 28 March – Phil George’s Astonishing sky over Farley Chamberlayne church (25 likes)
- Fourth: posted on 11 March – Anne Ruffell’s composite image of Amazing colours in the Cathedral for the Light and Sound Show (23 likes)
This month’s most liked image in the WPS Members’ facebook group was Terry Shipp‘s Cracking Sky
Results as follows:
- First: posted on 5 Feb – Terry Shipp‘s Cracking Sky Today (image got 26 likes)
- Second: posted on 9 Feb – Peter Orr’s Ghostly image – 22 likes
- Third: posted on 24 Jan Tony Cowburn‘s two Taking the Plunge images used in from Dorset Life. Tony’s post received 21 likes
Peter says: I was at an early Neolithic long barrow on the downs above the Vale of Pewsey near Marlborough, when the low sun was about to be obliterated by a sudden blanket of fog moving across the vale from the direction of Picked Hill.
After glancing behind me I quickly took this iPhone shot of what is known as the Brocken Spectre effect – my magnified ghostly shadow forming in mid air, not on the ground but on the tiny fog particles.
The halo-like rings of rainbow coloured light are formed at the anti-solar point by refraction centred on my head. The effect disappeared as quickly as it formed as the whole area was engulfed in freezing fog.
I descended slowly with 5 meters visibility but by the time I reached my car the fog had completely cleared. Weather dynamics in rural Wiltshire!
Tony says:Very pleased that Dorset Life magazine has used three of my images to illustrate an article on ‘cold water swimming’ in the March issue, out now.
The lead image, printed as a double page spread, was taken on Swanage beach, at dawn, in December. Yes it was cold!
The next page has two images of Swanage swimmers taken in January. It was even colder. The one I’ve included here has a swimmer wearing a bikini, with hat and gloves! No, of course that doesn’t look silly, but it does help to make a distinctive image
Thank you all for your kind comments. The editor asked me if I had the swimmers permission to publish the images? I told her I didn’t, but I pointed out they were taken in a public space. (And who is going to sign a release form when wearing wet gloves, and little else?) Clearly a good enough answer for Dorset Life!
This month’s most liked image in the WPS Members’ facebook group was Terry Shipp‘s Walk in the Woods
Results as follows:
- First: posted on 11 Jan – Terry Shipp‘s Walk in the Woods (image got 29 likes; one of three images in a post which got 36 likes)
- Second: posted on 26 Jan – Tony Cowburn‘s Durston Castle on cover of Dorset Life – 24 likes
- Third: posted on 24 Jan Peter Orr‘s Misty dawn over Horton Down from Oldbury Castle – 23 Likes
- Fourth: 20 Jan – Linda Gates Flooded bench, Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury – 21 likes
Honourable mention to Tony Smith’s striking Distressed Image, posted on 29 January. Tony had posted this on his personal Facebook page and then shared it in the WPS group.
Overall, the image had received 38 likes at the time of writing. Only 11 likes were from the WPS group and count towards this competition.
This month’s most liked image in the WPS Members’ facebook group was Mike Lane’s Lion takedown in Kenya
Results as follows:
First, Mike Lane‘s Lion takedown in Kenya (posted on 20 December, 30 likes)
Second equal, Peter Orr Mallard drake flyby (posted on 20 December, 25 likes)
Second equal, Peter Orr Frosty Morning, Vale of Pewsey (posted on 11 December 25 likes)
Honourable mentions to:
- Adrian Binney‘s Grand Tetons (11 December, 20 likes)
- Peter Orr’s Early morning, Picked Hill (17 December, 20 likes)
After a VAR review (necessary because Tony Cowburn’s Supermoon image only received a single heart, while the post containing it had received 34 likes)
This month’s most liked image in the WPS Members’ facebook group was Tony Cowburn’s Blood Supermoon over Swanage.
Results as follows:
First, Tony Cowburn’s Blood Supermoon over Swanage (posted on 30 November, post received 34 likes)
Second, Peter Orr Winter mists across the Vale of Pewsey from Walker’s Hill (posted on 22 November, 25 likes)
Third equal, Tony Smith Stonehenge – Arrivals for the 2022 Solstice (posted on 22 November, 23 likes)
Third equal, Peter Orr Red Kites squabbling over a carcass on Marlborough downs (posted on 22 November 23 likes)
Honourable mentions to:
- Adrian Binney‘s view of Bukhara (posted on 5 November, 20 likes)
- Glyn Paton’s view of Savernake Forest (13 November, 20 likes)
- Peter Orr’s Palace of the Winds, Jaipur (posted 22 November, 20 likes)
- Trevor Morecraft’s record of the Innovative President’s evening on 15 November (posted 17 November, 22 likes)
This month’s winner was Trevor Morecraft’s image of a red squirrel with chestnut, taken on the WPS outing to Brownsea Island..
Results as follows:
- First, Trevor Morecraft: Squirrel with chestnut (posted on 14 October, 25 likes)
- Second equal, Geoff Sharman‘s Reflections at Hilliers (posted on 21 October, 23 likes)
- Second equal, Plane transiting the eclipsing sun, by Lilian Hobbs (posted on 26 October, 23 likes)
The image here is a screen grab from the short movie which Lilian posted, assembled from multiple individual images
Honourable mentions to:
- Peter Orr’s Pre dawn in the Vale of Pewsey (posted 3 October, 21 likes)
- John Barton‘s Brighton Band Stand (posted on 28 October, 20 likes)
Not eligible:
Tony Cowburn’s post reporting that his ‘Greenwich foot tunnel entrance building’ image achieved a ‘Commended’ award in this year’s Landscape Photographer of the Year (LPOTY), in the ‘Your View’ category. (posted 23 October, 37 likes)
See http://www.lpoty.co.uk/gallery/2022/your-view
This image has already won the Most Liked monthly competition. Scroll down to see it featured as the winner in April 2020 with the title “Domes at Greenwich“
This month’s deserving winner was Tony Large’s image of the first Tuesday evening of the new WPS season.
Tony (and the volunteers who helped him) deserve our thanks for the well-received revamp of the opening night.
Results as follows:
- First, Tony Large: First meeting of the season (posted on 6 September, 27 likes)
- Second, Peter Orr’s Misty September Sunrise (posted on 19 September, 23 likes)
- Third, Peter Orr’s A bird not on two sticks (posted on 12 September, 20 likes)
Honourable mentions to:
- Geoff Sharman’s Close hauled in the Needles (19 likes)
- Martin Farrow’s Splattered Pigeon (18 likes)
- Trevor Morecraft’s Common sandpipers over Titchfield Haven (18 likes)
- Peter Orr’s Vale of Pewsey early morning mist (18 likes)
Images by Trevor Morecraft’s son-in-law (18 likes) and Danny Cowen’s daughter (20 likes) were considered ineligible for this competition.
A group of high scoring images took the lead early in the month.
Two contrasting images came 1st equal:
- Geoff Sharman’s Gatekeeper Butterfly (posted on 7 August, 26 likes)
- Lilian Hobbs’ Tracking the sun with SolarCam (posted on 6 August, 26 likes) – the result of a pinhole camera tracking the path the sun takes over a year
Just behind
- Peter Orr’s image of a male common blue (posted on 6 August, 24 likes)
- Peter Orr’s image of common chicory in flower (posted on 4 August, 23 likes) (not shown)
Great to see, now that we can get out and about in groups, that our Facebook group for July has lots of images taken on WPS outings (Winchester, London, Test Valley) as well as the Hat Fair.
Many of the images would have been worthy winners, but in terms of Facebook “likes”, two came out on top:
- Helen Otton‘s Palm Pit Viper in Rain Forest (posted on 10 July, 32 likes)
- Trevor Morecraft‘s Emperor Dragonfly (posted on 7 July, 32 likes)
Just behind
- Peter Orr’s image of Bamburgh Castle (posted on 2 July, 26 likes)
Helen’s Palm Pit Viper won a PAGB Gold Medal in the Nature category at the Midland Salon of International Photography and the Best WPS image in the Nature Class at this year’s Winchester National Exhibition.
Again, lots of lovely members’ images this month, but two were out in front.
The joint winners were
- Sarah Townley’s Fox and shadow (posted on 22 June, with 26 likes)
- Peter Orr’s Two Puffins on collision course (29 June, 26 likes)
Sarah Townley’s Fox and shadow (posted on 22 June, with 26 likes) 
Peter Orr’s Two Puffins on collision course (29 June, 26 likes)
Honorable mentions to
- Peter Orr’s ICM sweep (23 likes, 27 May)
- Geoff Sharman’s Three Toed Sloth (23 likes, 26 May)
- Chrissi Travell’s Magical Morning (22 likes, posted by Eric Blake on 24 May)
- Peter Orr’s Territorial Greenfinch (24 likes, 4 May)
But way out in front and this month’s winner was Glyn Paton’s ARPS panel posted on 27 May with 44 likes
Lots of lovely images in our Facebook group in April, including Jill North’s Barton Meadows presentation (25 Likes, 6 April) Roger Clark’s Fanal Forest in Madeira (20 Likes, 8 April), Sarah Townley’s Magpie (10 April, 20 likes) and Corinne Kozok’s Afternoon Delight (19 Likes, 5 April)
But there was a clear winner again this month
33 Likes: Sarah Townley “Christmas Puppy is growing up!”, posted on 21 April.
Lots of lovely images in our Facebook group this month, including Lilian’s shots of the moon and the ISS, an early morning view of the Vale of Pewsey by Peter Orr, and Adrian Binney’s Humming Bird and Heron with Alligator images from Costa Rica.
But two members were clear winners this month
- 30 Likes: Sarah Townley “From the Kitchen Window”, posted on 9 March.
- 29 Likes: Sarah Townley’s “White Fritillary” posted on 31 March.
- 28 Likes: Corinne Kozok’s “The Waiting Game”, also posted on 9 March. This image was awarded an ICS HM Monochrome by the Swedish International Exhibition of Photography.
- 31 Likes: Ray Hems‘ Kite Flyer image from the RPS DIG print competition, taken in the back streets of Trinidad in Cuba. Posted on 21 February.
- 21 Likes: Stephen Govan’s composite of 2 photos taken at Rooksbury Mill in Andover, posted on 11 February
- 49 Likes: Corinne Kozok set the bar very high early in the month with her post on 5th January announcing that her Robin taking a “Breath of Fresh Air” had been published in the Daily Telegraph. It had been placed fourth in the South Downs National Park 2021-22 competition on this year’s theme “Nature Makes Me Happy”. This image is reminiscent of Corinne’s Highly Commended entry “Birdsong caught in the Cold Air” in this year’s PDI Round 3 (Gold class)
- 26 Likes: equal second
- on 18 January, almost immediately after Ken Scott’s inspirational talk on Photography with Mindfulness, Anne Ruffell was the first to post a collage of 20 images
- on 27 January, James West posted “Went to Farlington Marsh for some bird inflight photography. Lots of pintail.”
- 23 Likes: Fourth was Peter Orr’s “Buzzards Fighting”, posted on 7 January. Peter wrote “Two common buzzards on the Marlborough Downs this morning scrapping over pheasant carrion.“
- 22 Likes: Linda Gates came fifth equal with herself. Two of her lovely still life images of dying flowers in glass bottles received 22 likes: Honesty in an old bottle, posted on 9 January and Old bottles, dead flowers posted on 28 January. [Not shown here, but members can find them in the WPS Facebook group]
A tricky decision this month.
I’m not sure whether the rules for our monthly “most liked” competition have been formalised.
- 43 likes: Sarah Townley’s Fieldfare, posted on 11 December, is the single most liked image.
- We are blessed every year with large flocks of fieldfares and redwings feeding on the cotoneasters which I especially planted for them. Berries will be quickly gone. (This is a fieldfare)
- 33 likes (as at about 7:30pm 31 Dec 2021): in second place, the image of the front cover of the January 2022 issue of Dorset
- I always enjoy seeing one of my images on a magazine cover in my local corner shop! I took this one at Kimmeridge in early December and it is the cover for the January issue of Dorset magazine.
- 30 likes: Tony Cowburn’s photo of Kimmeridge posted on 9 December is third.
- We came to Dorset for the weekend a week ago, and just stayed on! So glad I was here for such a lovely dawn at Kimmeridge this morning.
You can tell from the wave patterns that the image used as the Dorset cover photo is the same image as Tony posted on 9 December, with a different crop.
If you combine the votes for the two versions of the same image and eliminate duplicates, Tony’s picture of Kimmeridge was liked by 45 different members.
First, with 26 likes, on 13 November 2021, was “Backdoor Fox” by Sarah Townley
Sarah wrote “Backdoor fox this evening” – no further comment needed for such a lovely image.
First, with 34 likes, on 22 October 2021, was “First Frost” by Deborah Gordon, which also featured on South Today
Deborah said “First Frost this morning, frozen fingers”……
First, with 32 Likes, was Lilian Hobbs on 21 September Jupiter taken through my 7″ Refractor :
Lilian said:
Managed to catch a quick shot of Jupiter last night , this is 1600 frames from about 5000 video frames, stacked in AutoStakkert, processed in Registax and finished off in Topaz DeNoise taken through my 7″ Refractor
First, with 41 likes, is Tony Cowburn, on 28 August 2021:
Tony says:
Nice surprise this morning to find this image had won this week’s Sunday Times Big Shot travel photo competition, and was published in the Travel section of the paper.
Taken a year ago in when cruise ships were laid up and anchored off Swanage bay. They’ve gone ‘back to work’ now, and we quite miss them!
Jill North posted a fascinating image on 28 August – with 30 likes, entitled ‘Trying something Different’
Jill says:
‘First I looked at similar photos by others to decide what subject and composition might work.
Then I set up the base arrangement and took a photo (several in fact – it was difficult to work out which lens and what lighting to use).
Then Photoshop – layers – lots and lots and lots of them! Oh, and the subject is my first digital camera – less than 1mp.’
July 2021 WPS Facebook Image of the Month is Trevor Morecraft’s image of a Variable Hawk (originally titled Variable Falcon), posted on 16 July, which earned 31 likes.
Trevor said taken at the Hawk Conservancy today….
and I wish I had gone to Peter’s Birds in Flight workshop.
June 2021 WPS Facebook Image of the Month is Sarah Townley’s image of juvenile starlings, posted on 2nd June, which earned 35 likes.
Sarah said Juvenile starling are a dull brown colour so I have done them in black and white to make them more interesting (I think)!
Close behind was In second place was Corinne Kozok’s image of a skylark, posted on 15 June, with 32 likes.
Corinne took this image “on a Nikon D500 with a 500mm f/5.6 lens. This was taken early morning – 6.30 am – when the light was very soft against a clear grey sky. F6.3 at 1/4000 ISO 500. I was sitting on the ground – sunlight behind me, slightly elevated – and the skylark flew past, just above my eye level so I got nice clean shots”.
May 2021 WPS Facebook Image of the Month is Sarah Townley’s “Woodpecker Rising” – a clear winner with 37 likes.
Sarah says, This is a great spotted woodpecker and is a male as it has a red nape. The female does not and the babies have a beautiful red cap on their head.
Roger says: Congratulations on yet another stunning image of birds in your garden. Well done Sarah
April 2021 WPS Facebook Image of the Month is Linda Gate’s fabulous capture of a Water Vole, posted on our Facebook group on 11 April…..
Linda wrote:
‘A Water vole on the bank eating the weed it had just dived for. Resident of my local nature reserve 5 min walk from home. I love the way it has positioned itself in the triangle of twigs.’
Linda’s Water Vole received 28 ‘Likes’ in April and is a clear winner.
The WPS Facebook Image of the Month for March was Angela Cook’s beautiful image from 15th March with a near record-breaking 43 WPS ‘likes’.
Angela wrote: ‘Lovely sunset this evening’.
Angela further explained the shot:
It’s the beach along Titchfield Haven. It was actually taken with my iPhone, hence why it looks somewhat stretched. As the famous photographer Chase Jarvis once said “the best camera is the one that’s with you”… though I wish I had taken my camera and wide lens with me instead.
February’s WPS Facebook Image of the Month is Roger Dixey’s ‘Life in Lockdown’ from February 3rd with 51 ‘Likes’.
Roger wrote:
I know that many of you have seen this before but yesterday Life in Lockdown was awarded the gold medal in the RPS Creative Eye Exhibition. And since I am still in my lockdown bottle, it seemed a good excuse to post it again.
WPS President Trevor Morecraft says
Congratulations on your Gold Medal Roger. It’s a cracking image.
A clear winner of WPS Facebook Image of the month for January.
On 14th January Lilian Hobbs posted her picture of the Orion Nebula. With 44 ‘likes’ we were clearly impressed.
Lilian wrote:
This is the Orion Nebula taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mkiii and the 300mm f4 x2 teleconverter. Took 36 exposures of 30 secs at ISO 1000. It was mounted on top of my telescope. Pretty pleased with the result.
Well done Lilian.
A tricky one for December, with some fantastic images.
Purely by the numbers the most popular is Trevor Morecraft’s picture of Winchester Cathedral in the cold mist of new years eve with 34 ‘Likes’.
Trevor wrote: “A very Happy New Year to all at WPS. Let’s hope we can all meet up before the end of the season. Stay safe, keep taking pictures. Winchester Cathedral this evening, cold but worth it.“
But as a few of the ‘likes’ were added after month end, perhaps the winner should be Sarah Townley’s spectacular Robin image from 19th December with 32 ‘likes.
Sarah wrote: “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all at WPS and I so look forward to seeing everyone again sometime next year. Keep well until then.“
The WPS Facebook with 30 likes was Peter Orr’s stunning landscape from 4th November.
“A dramatic late afternoon hailstorm blows through Wastwater towards Scafell Pike in the Lake District.”
1st place from 6th October with 33 ‘likes’. Geoff Sharman’s fabulous moody beach shot.
Geoff said: ‘Well, it is very nice when the judge likes something you’ve done! From my favourite beach location – Watergate Bay in Cornwall’.
And also this month, an Honourable mention from 20th October with 29 ‘likes’, Steven Cooper ‘s dog shot.
“A photo of my brother’s dog, Freddie, taken in his back field on a sunny day … Photoshop can do remarkable things!”
The WPS Facebook image of the month in September was Tony Cowburn’s superb night sky from 20 September, which received 32 likes.
Radar beam! The Milky Way over The Radar Memorial on a starry starry night at St.Aldhelm’s Head.
Sony A7r3 & 16mm lens
15 images at ISO 6400, f/4, & 25secs
3 ‘dark frames’
Single foreground image: ISO 1600, f/4, 5 minutes
Merged using ‘starry landscape stacker’ and PS
A slightly different month, as we have 2 winners, or a single winner.
Phil George’s lovely windmill images from 3 August received 31 ‘likes’ and was the most popular facebook post of the month.
Phil wrote: “Finally, after many visits over the last few years, I got the skies I wanted over Chesterton Windmill, Warwickshire”.
However as he posted 3 images, lovely as they are, we cannot give Phil the single image accolade.
That goes to ex-President Glyn Paton for his image on 13th August of his newly awarded FIAP Medal with 30 ‘likes’. Well done Glyn, and congratulations on the award.
Glyn wrote: “I was very proud when my FIAP silver medal arrived today, for my entry into the Midlands International Salon. Trumpet blowing over!”
For July 2020 we had a tie for the WPS Facebook Image of the Month.
Bijen Gurung from 17 July ‘”Returning home”. Mustang, Nepal.’
and also
Peter Orr from 21 July – My ‘peregrine/buzzard scrap’ was published in The Times newspaper and digital editions today.
News in pictures: Tuesday July 21, 2020′
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/news-in-pictures-tuesday-july-21-2020-0s3ndzvll
Both had 38 ‘Likes’ on the WPS Facebook Members Only Group. Two fabulous images.
