There was an amazing response to this competition – thank you all so much. You have proved Visions members are not only good photographers but are also expert at using their imaginations and fitting whatever photos they have to hand to the theme in question!
I found it very hard to pick a winner, but I went for the photo that made me happy. This lovely bluetit from Lynda Gordon sitting on a twig of newly emerged cherry blossom gets first place. The bird is sharp and the light in the bird’s eye really made the photo. There is no clutter in the background just a wonderful blue sky that we don’t see too often. A lovely photo.

The photo that came a very close second was this wonderful shot of the last new moon by Trevor Stuchbury.

In third place I am going for another shot that made me smile – these little baby feet by Sharron Forsyth. I love the lines on the feet and the detail in the hand knitted clothes behind them.

There were so many other interesting photos submitted to this competition:
We had new animals …

Lynda Gordon 
Susan Gordon 
Lynda Gordon
We had new flowers and plants

Pamela Stuart 
Graeme Youngson 
Sharron Forsyth 
Pamela Stuart 
Rob Romani 
Debbie Krukowski 
Hugh Smith
We had a lovely New Dawn from Martin

We learnt a lot too:
We learnt about viruses in trees causing growth like nests; we learnt the difference between frogspawn and toad spawn, we learnt that the bird scarer season had just started and we leant about a new Brexit coin that had been minted.

New Bird scarer season – Susan Gordon 
Newly minted Brexit coin – Alan Meek 
New nests? – Susan Gordon 
New spawn – David Drage
We had these imaginative interpretations from Heather, Graeme and Annette

New footprints – Heather Sharkey 
New Art Gallery Window – Graeme Younson 
New Technique – Annette
Finally we had a very topical photo from Alan – a new toilet roll – Don’t all rush at once!!
