Photos 2025-Photo Competition Results

2024-Photo Competition Results < PhotoCompetitionResults > Photo Competition Results results of the 2025 TTC Photo Competition, held 20th August, judged by Alan Knowles

17 club members entered 90 photographs in the 2025 photo competition judged by professional photographer Alan Knowles

Above Bushline (no human element) ABN

Photographer	Description	Award
James Gilbert-Milne	A cold morning	Champion
Susi Lang	Mountain Grandeur	Honours
James Gilbert-Milne	Mountains Basking	Merit
Jenny Mason	Descent at Sunset	Merit

A cold morning

Photo: James Gilbert-Milne

Mountain Grandeur
Photo: Susi Lang

AboveBushline (with human element) ABW

Description	Photographer	Award
Jim Gibbons	Merinos in the Awatere	Champion
James Gilbert-Milne	Fine day for a walk	Honours
Geoff Marshall	A welcome rest on Lewis Tops	Merit
Geoff Marshall	Descending from Lewis Tops	Merit
James Gilbert-Milne	an easy summit	Merit
James Gilbert-Milne	Retrieving the Abseil Rope	Merit
James Gilbert-Milne	There's people, but you have to look hard	Merit

Fine day for a walk

Photo: James Gilbert-Milne

Merinos in the Awatere
Photo: Jim Gibbons

Below Bushline (no human element) BBN

Description	Photographer	Award
Kobus Boshoff	Morning sun	Champion
Jim Gibbons	Gollans Stream	Honours
Colin Cook	Escarpment Cloudscape	Merit
Jenny Mason	Rocks	Merit
Jenny Mason	Tidal Pool	Merit
John Dement	Kawatiri Coastal Trail	Merit
Judy Alexander	Red rocks	Merit
Susi Lang	Wedged In	Merit

Gollans Stream

Photo: Jim Gibbons

Morning sun
Photo: Kobus Boshoff

Below Bushline (with human element) BBW

Description	Photographer	Award
Sue Mahon	Reflections at the end of a tramp	Champion
Jim Gibbons	Escarpment Track Paekakariki	Honours
Janette Roberts	Warren departing from Douglas Rock hut, Copland Valley	Merit
Jim Gibbons	McKerrow track, TTC grandparents tramp	Merit
Judy Alexander	Makara	Merit

Escarpment Track Paekakariki

Photo: Jim Gibbons

Reflections at the end of a tramp
Photo: Sue Mahon

Historic HIS

Description	Photographer	Award
Colin Silva de Simas	Arriving at Routeburn Flats	Champion
Stu Hutson	Tasman Saddle After A Storm	Honours

Arriving at Routeburn Flats 1961

Photo: Colin Silva De Simas

Tasman Saddle after a storm
Photo: Stu Hutson

Humour HUM

Description	Photographer	Award
Judy Alexander	The Sun Shines Out Of ……	Champion
Sue Mahon	Different views of lunch	Honours

The Sun Shines Out Of

Photo: Judy Alexander

Different views of lunch
Photo: Sue Mahon

Long Exposure LEX

As per the FMC photo competition, the long exposure category is intended for highly technical images of shots taken at night (including star trails), or in extremely low light situations such as caves or canyons

Description	Photographer	Award
Jim Gibbons	A Comet, some satelites, some stars, and Pencarrow lighthouse lit by a passing interisland ferry. Single 8 second image	Champion
Jim Gibbons	Pencarrow Lighthouse with Aurora. single 4 second image	Honours

A Comet some satelites some stars and Pencarrow lighthouse lit by a passing interisland ferry Single 8 second image

Photo: Jim Gibbons

Pencarrow Lighthouse with Aurora single 4 second image
Photo: Jim Gibbons

Native Flora or Fauna NFF

Description	Photographer	Award
Susi Lang	I spy with my little eye	Champion
Jenny Mason	Fluff Time	Honours
John Dement	Buckland Peaks track	Merit
John Dement	Lake Kohangatera	Merit
Sue Mahon	Wolly mullein	Merit
Susi Lang	Powelliphanta on the move	Merit

Fluff Time

Photo: Jenny Mason

I spy with my little eye
Photo: Susi Lang

Photographs and details as supplied by the Photo Competition organisers

Category: Photo Competition 2025

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