PHOTO COMPETITION #16 - JANUARY 2021

Jonathangus

1st - @Winny_Pooh

2nd - @menamestom ;

3rd - @Shrews ;

(Also an honourable mention to @westford for capturing reflections in more ways than one.)

Shrews

1st - @skullfunkerry ;
2nd - @Jonathangus ;
3rd - @Kittyfrisk ;

A really excellent crop of reflections! As somebody who is slowly learning how to make pics interesting with a mobile, I will lean towards creativity and 'a shot I wouldn't have taken because I didn't see it'. I love winter reflections too. 

SUNBATHER

1 @Winnie_Pooh - I love the warm minimalism. Wet beaches are a great place to photograph. 

2 @menamestom - Nice use of foreground to add depth to the landscape

3 @Cj73 - I love the detail in this but brightening of the centre with something like a radial filter would have helped. I'm not sure what the thing in the middle is, a stone? A log? And otter's face? 

Also I want to mention @Jimbro66 - if the framing was just a little further down to capture the full swan above and below then it would be perfect! 

westford

1. @Winny_Pooh ;
2. @menamestom ;
3. @skullfunkerry ;

Jimbro66

This month I could easily have voted four 1sts, four 2nds and four 3rds!  So I’m going just by personal preference:

1. @Jonathangus ;
2. @Shrews ;
3. @SUNBATHER ;

menamestom

1. @Winny_Pooh ;
2. @SUNBATHER ;
3. @skullfunkerry ;

skullfunkerry

*** VOTING IS NOW CLOSED ***

cj73

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skullfunkerry

There was a really good spread of votes this month, and personally speaking this has been one of my favourite themes for a while, too. There was a clear winner though:

*drum roll*

Take a bow, @Winny_Pooh!

Congratulations! Have a think about what you'd like February's theme to be and then drop me a PM

As ever, thank you to everyone who entered. I could quite happily have declared this month a draw with everyone in first place if it was up to me.