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Afternoon Entertainment - Ian Silvester ARPS

Our judge for this month Justin Cliffe ARPS commented:

"This image works really well - my eye around the image from the well-positioned girl on the left across to the boat on the bank of the river, up to the steam train nicely positioned on the bridge and then back to the girl again. I did wonder about the red shoes at the corner of the picture, but then felt that this added to the story here. Nice, soft, colour palette - a lovely image  - all in all a very worthy winner this month."

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Myanmar Commuters - Steve Jones

Our judge for this month, Richard Lewis ARPS commented, 

"This was an especially difficult month to judge. From a large selection of images, there were several worthy candidates, all fitting the brief very well, and technically all were good. I did feel that a few others had real strength and more mileage in them but were hampered by being cropped too tightly, so that the context of their location was lost."

"However, I've chosen Myanmar Commuters as this month's winner."

"This image has impact and captures the sense of place not just in what we see of the local environment but in what the subjects are doing - taking a regular journey by heavily laden improvised local transport with another similar vehicle ahead. Nicely composed and plenty of human interest."

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Evening worship at the Varanasi ghats - George Pearson

Our judge for this month - Justin Cliffe ARPS commented. 

This is a great example of travel photography in that it really provides the ‘sense of place (and time)’. I  like the positioning of the two women nearest to the camera, the fact that the photo has been taken from low down, near the water’s edge and the general feeling that I’m sitting there, watching the scene with the photographer.

The more that I look at, and around, the image, the more I see, as I look - the boat, and the background on the left-hand side, nicely setting the scene and the story going on with the people of the right of the image - all in all a really lovely photograph anda very worthy winner.

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Lisbon Night Tram - Jane Tearle 

Our judge for this month, Richard Lewis ARPS commented:

"This embraces the key requirement of travel photography, in that it strongly conveys a sense of place.  The image really captures old Lisbon by night emphasised by the foreshortening  – the iconic Tram 28 on the hilly cobbled street with its embedded shining rails, crowded by the typical buildings each side.  The street lights have given the tram and the street just right amount of lighting to create a very moody atmosphere, enhanced by the lighting within the tram, and emphasising the lovely textures of the street surface."

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A Norwegian Summer: Lofoten : Dan Bronish

Our judge for this month, Richard Lewis ARPS commented,

This is a satisfying composition that captures its location within its elements – the stark rocky mountain, the forested shores with colourful buildings in typical Nordic architecture, the waterside and the golden timbered boat in the foreground to give depth and interest.  It paints a complete picture of its place.

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Classroom, Loikaw : Dennis Anguige

Our judge this month, Justin Cliffe commented,

"I love this image - which is really made by the little boy, with the doleful expression, in the foreground looking directly at the camera. He is complemented by the two boys in the background, dressed in their maroon-coloured robes, who set the scene well and tell us where we are - Myanmar -  and the boy next to him, looking at something going on behind him."

"I have also enjoyed the expressions on the faces, and the differing activities of the other three boys - a most enjoyable image."

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Isfahan Art Class - Neil Harris

Our judge for this month, Justin Cliffe commented:

"I really like this image, which is made by the light being reflected back from the book onto the faces of the two women to the right of the picture. It is then complemented by the two women in the bottom left (and, yes, I know that we ‘should’ have had either 1 or 3 people here for compositional purposes!), with the far left one looking into the picture and up at the two readers - perfect! Finally, we have a good idea as to where we are here, with the dome of the mosque in the background setting the scene. All in all, a lovely, and restful, image.

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Ibra Horse Race - Sanjoy Sengupta

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Drinking at the waterhole, Botswana - Bob Chiu.
"Little doubt as to where we are with this image, somewhere in Southern Africa, as evidenced by the title. We have some beautiful light which really draws us to this photograph and then, when we get there, the lovely diagonal line of zebras - and their reflections, leading us through the scene. A really nice image."

Walking To The Mine, Beiquan - Ian Silvester

Our judge for this month, Justin Cliffe ARPS, commented;

"Lovely pastel colours here, the railway track leading us nicely into the picture and on to the steam of the train in the background (without which the photo would lose some of its impact). 
I do like the inclusion of the two individuals pushing their bicycles along the path into the picture and the signpost gives us an indication as to where we might be - but it’s not distracting. All in all a very pleasing image."

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