IN the first monthly competition of the new season, the judge was Keith Barber, of Swinton Photographic Society, whose job it was to award, in his opinion, five winning digital images and five winning prints in a high standard of entries.

Points awarded accumulate during the year towards the awards of Photographer of the Year.

The results are shown below, together with a copy of the digital winner: PDI results: 1. Roger Hume Acer Leaves; 2. Gordon Spruce Springer Springing; 3.Gordon Spruce Smiling Beauty; 4. Keith Mallion Lathkill Dale; 5. Bill McCaig Aerial Route.

Print results: 1. Margaret Lawless Sunrise on the River Loon; 2. Gwyndaf Roberts Grey Heron on evening watch; 3. John Patterson River Wye at Chee Dale; 4. Bill McCaig Morning Mist, Lake Windermere; 5. Tim Banks Shotover River, Otago.