Website Competition Winners Jan 2026

Rodney Cory from Southern Suburbs Camera Club is our January winner!

Rodney, congratulations on your winning image – Morning Harvest

Rodney says:

My grandson and I were sitting in a water level hide at a private reserve in KZN when suddenly this Black Crake appeared in the undergrowth, foraging in the reeds. To my surprise, he/she came out with a beautiful spider and darted from left to right in front of us, giving me ample time to capture this unique image.

Canon: R 1
Lens: Canon 100/300 with a 2x Converter.
ISO: 2500
Aperture: F8
Shutter Speed: 3200

Our 1st Runner-up is Tian Olivier – Prince’s Grant Camera Club with “Trapped Jaunty Dropwing”

Our 2nd Runner-up is Haig Fourie from Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging with “Druppels op skoenlapper”

Thank you to the judges:

President Geoff Feldon – Westville Camera Club
1st Vice President Nicol du Toit – Cape Town Photographic Society
2nd Vice President Francois Roux – Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging

Click here for the Jan 2026 scoresheet for Website winners

JAN 2026 WEBSITE WINNER FINALISTS (You can click on the images to enlarge them and use the arrows on the image to go back and forth.)

Adriaan Theron - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Giant Landing.

Anette Reimers - Port Elizabeth Camera Club - Reaching for the Sky

Arnold Bester - F-Stop Fotografiese Vereniging - Spring Droplets

Belinda Ueckermann - Fstop Photographic Society - Study of Strength

Bridgid Wickham - Highway Camera Club - Leering Martial

Carol Phillips - Knysna Photographic Society - roses in high key

Craig Morgan - Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - The Approaching Wall

DNE Smit - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Davids harp

Dave Wickham - Highway Camera Club - Running Like the Wind

David Barnes - Tygerberg Photographic Society - Youre making me dizzy

David Wilson - Independent - Engineering with a Smiley Face

Eileen Covarr - Knysna Photographic Society - Goodbye crab

Eric Bosman - Kriel Foto Club - Close up Cape Vulture

Geo Jooste - Bloemfontein Kameraklub - thunder at Loffies

Gerhard Grove - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Sunrise through splashing waves

Haig Fourie - Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Druppels op Skoenlapper

Irene Kok - Brandpuntfotoklub - A mothers love is the ultimate comfort

Jan Roos - Brandpuntfotoklub - Hill Climb 2025 1

Leon Heyes - Maritzburg Camera Club - Standing Alone

Leon Pelser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - caterpillar on branch

Louis Mouton - Brandpuntfotoklub - Jenique

Louis van der Walt - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - H Leopard in Tree

Louise De Lange - Witzenberg Photographic Society - Canola path

Malie van der Vyver - Independent - Mufassa C

Maureen Fourie - Independent - Rockin It

Merten Jansen van Rensburg - Princes Grant Camera Club - CWAA 8 at Roundwood

Michelle Rademeyer - F-Stop Fotografiese Vereniging - Everyone is outside looking in sometimes

Monique de Jager - Schools - Hermies Photography Club - Playtime

Monique van Rooyen - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - H2O

Nicci van As - Independent - Swallowtail on Red Flower

Peter Oosthuizen - Knysna Photographic Society - Amaryllis stamens

Phillip de Lange - Witzenberg Photographic Society - Coming round low

Rodney Cory - Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Morning Harvest A

Sharlene Cathro - Princes Grant Camera Club - Sunset drinks with the elephants

Shawn Bubb - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Berni

Theo Van Der Merwe - Boksburg Camera Club - Spitting mad

Tian Olivier - Princes Grant Camera Club - Trapped Jaunty Dropwing K

Ursula Baumann - Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - What will I wish for

Yafei Yi - Sandton Photographic Society - Tracking Prey

HOW DOES THIS COMPETITION WORK?

This is a PSSA monthly competition where authors enter their own image onto Photovault. Appointed judges select the winning image. The monthly winner gets displayed on the home page of our website for the duration of the month.

Entries for the website competition are entered by the authors themselves via Photovault at www.photovaultonline.com.

Click here to download instructions on how to upload your entry onto Photovault.

All images must be original and must not incorporate elements produced by anyone else. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrants certify the work as their own. The PSSA Director of Competitions has the right to ask for the RAW files.

Frequently we do require high resolutions of these images as PSSA uses them for Print Exhibitions to promote PSSA as well as showcasing the work being done around the country.

At the end of the PSSA calendar year (30 June of each year) the Website Competition Winning Image of the Year is selected.