Website Competition Winners Oct 2025

Craig Morgan from Randburg Photo Club is our October winner!

Craig, congratulations on your winning image – Voyage of the Red Sails

Craig says:

I was incredibly lucky to spend a week in Greenland late this summer (Northern Hemisphere), photographing the beautiful red-sailed boats in Disko Bay. The bay is filled with stunning icebergs, and because it’s so far north, the golden hour stretched from around 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. This particular photo was taken just after sunset, probably close to 11 p.m.

It shows a sailboat with crimson sails gliding quietly past an iceberg, bathed in the soft, warm light of the Arctic twilight. The air was perfectly still, and the reflections on the water shimmered in shades of gold, rose, and indigo, truly a magical moment to witness.

Camera model: Canon R6
Lens model: RF24-70mm F2.8, image taken at 24mm, cropped to 3:1 aspect ratio.
ISO: 320
Aperture: f/9
Shutter Speed: 1/400s handheld

Our 1st Runner-up is Robbie Aspeling – Independent – with “Straight Over”

Our 2nd Runner-up is Theo van der Merwe from Boksburg Camera Club with “The hunters gaze”

Thank you to the judges:

Antionette Morkel – Port Elizabeth Camera Club
Shirley Gillit – Westville Camera Club
Hanli Smit – Edenvale Photographic Club

Click here for the Oct 2025 scoresheet for Website winners

OCT 2025 WEBSITE WINNER FINALISTS (You can click on the images to enlarge them and use the arrows on the image to go back and forth.)

Alan Nixon - Ballito Photo Club - Up up and away

Anette Reimers - Port Elizabeth Camera Club - No Escape

Annaline Werth - F-Stop Fotografiese Vereniging - Lets rock

Anri Wessels - Brandpuntfotoklub - light bulp

Aubrey Siebert - Southern Suburbs Camera Club - Oupa Koos

Bridgid Wickham - Highway Camera Club - Statuesque

Carol Phillips - Knysna Photographic Society - little bush scuffle

Cathy Birkett - Knysna Photographic Society - Canola and a tree

Cobus Manders - Bethal Fotografie Klub - Japanese Beetles

Craig Morgan - Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Voyage of the Red Sails

DNE Smit - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Mighty hand

David Barnes - Tygerberg Photographic Society - The weight of the world

David Wilson - Hermanus Photographic Society - Cogs of the Frontier

Divaldo Venter - Independent - Not going anywhere

Eileen Covarr - Knysna Photographic Society - Red water tanker

Ellie Hertz - Schools - HS Centurion - Zebra

Eric Bosman - Independent - Ou Grootte

Estelle Mouton - Brandpuntfotoklub - light being reflected

Evelyn Gibson - Cape Town Photographic Society - Our World today

Geo Jooste - Bloemfontein Kameraklub - rasper

Gerhard Grove - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Blue eyes

Haig Fourie - Vanderbijlpark Fotografiese Vereniging - Lekker fees

Ingrid Orrock - Brandpuntfotoklub - Lone Fisherman

Jan Roos - Brandpuntfotoklub - Shaking Off the Hunt

Johan Frost - Midlens Fotoklub - Martial Eagle Landing

Johan Jordaan - Bloemfontein Kameraklub - Misty rocks

Leon Heyes - Maritzburg Camera Club - Back To The Light

Leon Pelser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - circles of canolas

Louis Mouton - Brandpuntfotoklub - Ostrich Babies

Louis van der Walt - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - MM Move On Tiger

MONIQUE VAN ROOYEN - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - Show your muscles

Maureen Fourie - F-Stop Fotografiese Vereniging - Luna

Mia Joubert - Magalies Foto Fun Club - Embrace of stiness

Michele-Ann Nel - Creative Camera Club - Variety is the Spice of Life

Michelle Rademeyer - F-Stop Fotografiese Vereniging - Your best teacher is your last mistake

Nicci van As - Independent - Fighting Zebras

Nicolette Forbes - Ballito Photo Club - Unhoppy end

Peter Oosthuizen - Knysna Photographic Society - Clouds and canola

Peter Thomas - Brandpuntfotoklub - Hesmari

Renske Jordaan - Bloemfontein Kameraklub - Canola and windpump

Robbie Aspeling - Independent - Straight Over

Rodney Cory - Springs Photographic Club - Three Banded Plover Big Kick A

Sandy van Heerden - Durban Camera Club - Greyton Canola

Sharlene Cathro - Princes Grant Camera Club - Grubs up

Shawn Bubb - Klerksdorp Fotografie Klub - blue space

Sussa Pelser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Dove Drinking Water

Tavaria Rajoo - Schools - Youth Photographers - The Wild Coast

Theo Van Der Merwe - Boksburg Camera Club - The hunters gaze

Tian Olivier - Independent - The Lark K

Tilla Vorster - Mosselbaai Kameraklub - Isolated floral pienk

Ursula Baumann - Randburg Foto Klub-Randburg Photo Club - Mooiste brug

Yafei Yi - Sandton Photographic Society - Zebra Foal Seeking Love

Yolandi Geyser - Sasol Highveld Photography Club - Relaxing

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.