2024-Photo Competition Results < PhotoCompetitionResults > 2026-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 |
Photo: James Gilbert-Milne
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 |
Photo: James Gilbert-Milne
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 |
Photo: Jim Gibbons
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 Paekākāriki | Honours |
| Janette Roberts | Warren departing from Douglas Rock hut, Copland Valley | Merit |
| Jim Gibbons | McKerrow track, TTC grandparents tramp | Merit |
| Judy Alexander | Makara | Merit |
Photo: Jim Gibbons
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 |
Photo: Colin Silva De Simas
Photo: Stu Hutson
Humour HUM
| Description | Photographer | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Judy Alexander | The Sun Shines Out Of …… | Champion |
| Sue Mahon | Different views of lunch | Honours |
Photo: Judy Alexander
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 |
Photo: Jim Gibbons
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 |
Photo: Jenny Mason
Photo: Susi Lang
Photographs and details as supplied by the Photo Competition organisers
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