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Travel Image of the Month: March 2020 - Ox Cart Racing The Train - Ian Silvester ARPS

It has been a record breaking month for entries to our monthly competition, where 41 members of the Travel Group submitted shots. The quality, diversity and subject matter of the images that were submitted were genuinely jaw dropping, and it reflects well on the group that even in the darkest of times, some light can be brought by viewing the images you have sent in. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you have put in to your contributions.

In assessing the shots our judge, Richard Lewis ARPS, mentioned several contenders that could have won, especially picking out Gareth Hughes image 'Laughing Monk' as a shot to lighten up these strange times. 

 'Laughing Monk' by Gareth Hughes

However, there can only be one winner and the selection of the winning shot fell to our judge Richard Lewis ARPS, decided that overall it was Ian Silvester's photograph "Ox Cart Racing The Train" that should get the nod as this month's winner. 

March Winning Shot: Ox Cart Racing the Train - Ian Silvester 

Ian Silvester's ' Ox Cart Racing the Train'

Richard commented:

"I’ve gone for Ox Cart Racing the Train.

This image creates a sense of place and of occasion.  It is well composed with the elements all interlocking nicely.  It also engaged me, with the interaction of the approaching train and the ox cart in its path.  The worker looking on from the field behind, and the smoke from the train add to the atmosphere."

Congratulations to Ian, and his winning shot will be added to the Travel Image of the Month page on the website, with the overall monthly winners competing to be the Group’s best travel photograph of the year.

Click here to see winning images from previous years or here to see 2019 winners, or here to 2020 winners to date.

OX CART RACING THE TRAIN
CREDIT: March Winner : Ian Silvester
Ox Cart Racing the Train
My Doll
CREDIT: Bob Chiu
My Doll
Yoruba Tribe Of Nigeria Prostate When They Greet The King
CREDIT: Fela Sanu
Yoruba tribe of Nigeria - prostrate when they greet the king
Lantern World, Hoi An
CREDIT: Alistair Cowan
Lantern World, Hoi An
Food Street Xian
CREDIT: Rob Morgan
Food Street, Xian
Hampi Sunset
CREDIT: David Pollard
Hampi Sunset
Receding Tide Seychelles
CREDIT: Stephen McDonald
Receding Tide - Seychelles
Watch Out Dad!
CREDIT: Glyn Paton
Watch Out Dad!
Chickens For Sale Kolkata
CREDIT: Brian Houghton
Chickens For Sale, Kolkata
Carnival Boys Copy
CREDIT: Tom Lloyd
Carnival Boys, Funchal
Dawn On The Ganges River
CREDIT: David Robinson
Dawn on the Ganges River
Calatrava, Valencia
CREDIT: Dennis Anguige
Calatrava, Valencia
Old Kent Road By Steve Jones
CREDIT: Steve Jones
Old Kent Road
Hair Style And Healthy Lifestyle
CREDIT: Boulos Issac
Hair Style and Healthy Lifestyle
What To Do?
CREDIT: Antony Beane
What to do?
Outdoor Work
CREDIT: Kinda Golightly
Outdoor Work
Lunchtime
CREDIT: Liz Bugg
Lunchtime
Celebrating Purim In Stamford Hill
CREDIT: Julian Cook
Celebrating Purim in Stamford Hill
The Knife Sharpener, Tangier
CREDIT: Sue Hutton
The Knife Sharpener, Tangier
Candle Worship In Yalta
CREDIT: Chris Rogers
Candle Worship in Yalta
Olton Owl Carved Out Of An Old Tree Nav Kukadia
CREDIT: Nav Kakadia
Olton Owl, Carved Out An an Old Tree
Grand Canyon From Desert View Tower
CREDIT: Andy Kumaria
Grand Canyon From Desert View Tower
CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
CREDIT: Peter Spring
Closed For Christmas
Marrakesh After School
CREDIT: Andrew Flannigan
Marrakesh After School
Durham Cathedral
CREDIT: Derek Robertshaw
Durham Cathedral
Uzbeck View
CREDIT: Roger Cookson
Uzbeck View
On The Way To Abydos, Egypt
CREDIT: Sandra Mason
On The Way To Abydos, Egypt
Kolkata Fish Market
CREDIT: Jeremy Richards
Kolkata Fish Market
Singapore's Gardens By The Bay
CREDIT: Justin Cliffe
Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay
Kyrgyzstan Eagle Hunter
CREDIT: Michael Bamford
Kyrgyz Eagle Hunter with Golden Eagle
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CREDIT: Gareth Hughes
Laughing Monk
Saltfield Worker, Vietnam
CREDIT: Tony Smith
Salt Field Worker, Vietnam
Travel Ethiopia
CREDIT: George Pearson
Travel Ethiopia
The Flying Man
CREDIT: Chris Page
The Flying Man
Swan In The Morning Mist
CREDIT: Diana Chan
Swan In The Morning Mist
Paddling Penguin
CREDIT: Neil Harris
Paddling Penguin
Lotus Weaver
CREDIT: Mairi Macaulay
Lotus Weaver
The Day Before Lockdown
CREDIT: Valerie Mather
The Day Before Lockdown
Shoeing The Hardworking Mule At The Berber Market
CREDIT: Sue Lambert
Shoeing The Hardworking Mule at the Berber Market, Morocco
Varanasi At Dawn
CREDIT: David Kennedy
Varanasi at Dawn
Snapshot, Havana
CREDIT: Stephen woo bun Hui
Snapshot, Havana Cuba 2016