Congratulations to Ian Whiston for becoming our ‘Photographer of the Year’ for the 2021-22 season. He achieved 284 points beating Stephen Coyne, who won it last year by a single point and Paul Hill came third with 279 points. Ian won the trophy on the strength of his excellent nature images in the Lockdown and Projected Digital Image League competitions. Ian won the nature section of all three rounds of the PDI league and came second in two of them. In the Lockdown League he won one nature section and scored three 19s in all three rounds. He also won the Colour Nature section of the Jim Harrison Trophy (PDI Annual) competition with his ‘Lion cub pursuing Tommie Lamb’, came second with ‘Cheetah carrying Tommie Lamb’ and third with ‘Lion cub climbing on Mum’. Ian has been awarded an EFIAP GOLD ( Excellence International Federation of Photographic Art). The slideshow above shows Ian’s images that scored 18 and over in our league competitions.
Latest News Update: Ian Whiston has just had 4 images accepted into the prestigious exhibition organised by the the international federation of photo societies, FIAP Nature Only 2022. The images were ‘Cheetah and Playful Cub’, ‘Hippo Dispute’, ‘Hyena Bonding with Cub’ and ‘Lion Cub Pursuing Tommie Lamb’. Well done Ian!