Fête Photography Competition 2024 – The Entries

There have been some excellent entries this year.  There were 6 subject categories to choose from:

  • Where I like to be
  • The colour Orange
  • Pets or Pests
  • Buildings
  • Being Together
  • Open Air

The competition has now closed and we await the announcement of the winner of each category, the overall winning picture and the junior prizes.

Where I like to be

Anne Carrington

Lee Bay, Lee Abbey

My happy place.

#14

Rosamund Harvey

Café Church with Charlie dog

Often the best things are closer to home

#23

Pam Hacker

#26

Liz Watkins

Finnish Lake

#40

Jane Clapp

“I do like to be beside the sea…”

It’s hard to beat a Cornish coastal walk with family on a warm summer’s day.

#51

JUNIOR ENTRY

Ruby Blackmore (age 8)

Sennen Sea

#56

Jane Clapp

In the snow

I like to be in the snow.

#47

The Colour Orange

Huw Davies

Best Bib and Tucker

Our friendly garden robin proudly displays his bright orange bib as he tucks into his lunchtime treat.  May 27th 2024 Oldland Common.

#4

Jane Clapp

#7

Jane Clapp

#9

Anne Carrington

Orange

Unidentified reptile, Deer World, Malaysia

#11

Teresa Cole

A Ceiling in Vatican Museums

#19

Peter Harris

A Beautiful Sunset over North Hill, Minehead

#21

Rosamund Harvey

Bath Abbey at its brightest

A rather grey and mizzly June day ambling the streets of Bath was suddenly brightened by the sight of this group outside Bath Abbey.

#22

Alison Wride

Marigold/Calendula

#24

JUNIOR ENTRY

Flora Oliver (age 13)

Orange Sunrise

I thought this would be a great photo because I loved that its a straight line from how the clouds are. The colours also stand out.

#15

Pamela Booth

Flower Power

Such a joyful sight! I couldn’t resist the vibrancy of colour enhanced by the shape of the flowers.  Of course, just the one yellow head drew my eye in…

#29

Andrew Harris

La Sagrada Familia – Barcelona

#34

Jane Clapp

Harvest

The warm orange glow of the harvest display, picking out the orange in the Millennium Tapestry at St Mary’s.

#46

Jane Clapp

Orange = Caution

I had to wave the orange flag whenever someone fell in the water to warn the other boats!

#48

JUNIOR ENTRY

Emily Howell (age 4)

Mummy’s Orange Flower

#49

JUNIOR ENTRY

Oliver Howell (age 6)

Daddy’s work trousers are really bright

Oliver enjoyed matching his Lego to his daddy’s bright trousers

#50

Pets or Pests

Jane Clapp

Guilty

#8

Jacqueline McDermott

Strawberry Thief

#10

Karen Davidson

Battle Ready

Took me a few moments to realise that this sword wielding moth had actually landed on a splash of paint on the window.

#28

Roxanne Van der vilet

Boop the Snoot

Mavis 2 year old cob filly owned by Roxanne

#36

Liz Watkins

Hungry Hen

Where’s my tea?

#39

Miranda Watkins

Circe the cat

What loo roll?

#52

JUNIOR ENTRY

Ruby Blackmore (age 8)

Playtime

#55

Buildings

Anne Carrington

San Francisco Skyline

View from hotel window, San Francisco

#12

Jane Clapp

Matera, Italy

#17

Teresa Cole

Venice: with the domes of St Mark’s

Picture taken from the Campanile.

#18

Peter Harris

Photo of St Mary’s using a drone

#25

Pamela Booth

48% Proof!

#35

Rosamund Harvey

Lantern Bearers

Built in 1914 from granite, these lantern bearers flank the entrance to Helsinki Central Station.

#41

Jane Clapp

Macchu Picchu

The iconic Macchu Picchu appearing as the clouds lift.

#44

Jane Clapp

Cheltenham from above

Cheltenham as seen from teh cockpit of a Diamond D62

#43

Jane Clapp

Buildings Reflected

Taken at the St Nicholas Parade in Bari, Italy, in May – buildings reflected in a tuba as the bands marched through the old town.

#42

JUNIOR ENTRY

Flora Harvey (age 9)

Longleat House

#53

JUNIOR ENTRY

Oliver Howell (age 6)

My Hotel

Oliver took this photo while he was on holiday with his grandma and grandad

#54

JUNIOR ENTRY

Emily Howell (age 4)

Holiday with grandma and grandad

Taken by Emily, age 4, on her little holiday with her grandparents

#58

Being Together

Jane Clapp

Tentatively Together

The women at a knitting cooperative in Peru tentatively gather together again following the COVID pandemic – but the masks are a reminder of what has gone before.

#16

Ella Murfitt

Chris and Buddy

#20

Jenny Harris

Best friends – Milly and Holly

#27

Jane Clapp

Love is….sharing a bath

#45

Open Air

Jane Clapp

#6

Anne Carrington

Port Campbell, Australia

#13

Pamela Booth

The answer my friend…

#30

Pamela Booth

These Cows Are No Fools..(ref. Paul McCartney)

Early morning, these cows sought the best sunny spot at that hour – on the top of the highest hill – a spot abandoned by humans…

#31

Pamela Booth

Evening

#32

Georgia Clark

Castell de Burriac – Barcelona

#33

Howard Byers

Surrounded by colour

This is an example of the effect nature can have on your well being. Look at this flower and you will be taken away to a land of plenty.

#37

JUNIOR ENTRY

Ruby Blackmore (age 8)

Rocks, Pebbles, Stone

#57