Winner

The winner will receive an individual engraved glass award, a £50 cash prize and a copy of the Portfolio Yearbook 2025.

The winner will be featured in the Portfolio Yearbook 2025 and the Touring Exhibition in 2026.

RON McCOMBE WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER is sponsoring a Woodland Bird Hide session near Hawick in the Scottish Borders.

The hide seats four people, and plates are fitted to take tripod heads or beanbags are available if required. The wheelchair accessible hide is heated and toilet facilities are available.

The birds are 12 – 16 feet from the camera on multiple setups including a reflection pool. Some of the birds visiting include the great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, Eurasian jay, treecreeper, common redpoll, blue tit, great tit, coal tit, long-tailed tit (in winter), dunnock, goldfinch, robin, pheasant, collared dove, occasionally sparrowhawk, occasionally spotted flycatcher, blackbird, tree sparrow, the house sparrow, brambling and grey wagtail.

We will be looking at exposure and exposure compensation, the use of shutter speed and ISO setting in relation to shutter speeds and aperture settings along with white balance setting and the use of Kelvin.

The birds are very close and exceptionally good images can be expected with great backgrounds.

The prize is valid from April 2026 to March 2027.

www.wildlife-photography.uk.com

Photech Print & Frame is sponsoring a 20" x 16" C-Type print of the winning image, in a choice of Fuji lustre or Fuji gloss finish.

We have been providing top quality professional photo printing, giclee fine art printing and professional wall art for over 35 years. As a professional photo lab, we provide high quality c-type photo prints, photographic c-type enlargements in any bespoke size up to 90x30 inch (sometimes called poster prints), image and negative scanning and a full photo restoration service.

In addition to online digital photo printing we specialise in producing a range of top quality hand-made wall art from one piece to hundreds for commercial wall art installations. Our services for artists include artwork copying, limited edition print runs, canvas reproduction and mounting options. Our team offer a full photo exhibition printing and mounting service and extensive commercial interior wall art options.

www.photech.co.uk

Runners-up

2nd place runner-up will receive a £30 National Book Token, kindly sponsored by BERYL McKENZIE.

2nd & 3rd place runners-up will receive a Prize Certificate and a copy of the Portfolio Yearbook 2025.
2nd & 3rd place runners-up will be featured in the Portfolio Yearbook 2025 and the Touring Exhibition in 2026.

Images in the final shortlist will be included in the Portfolio Yearbook 2025.


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