White-Tailed Eagle About To Strike by Richard Sheldrake
White-tailed Eagle About To Strike by Richard Sheldrake (Richard Sheldrake )

Shining A Light On Renewables by James Smith
Shining A Light On Renewables by James Smith (James Smith)

A Head Above The Rest At Sunset by Angela Cleary
A Head Above The Rest At Sunset by Angela Cleary (Angela Cleary)

Bull Elephant Mock Charging by Sally Howard
Bull Elephant Mock Charging by Sally Howard (Sally Howard)

Puffin Returning With Food For Its Young by Rob Lewis
Puffin Returning With Food For Its Young by Rob Lewis (Rob Lewis)

Clean Sweep by Steve Morris
Clean Sweep by Steve Morris (Steve Morris)

In The Shade Of The Morning Sun by Rob Bonfield
In The Shade Of The Morning Sun by Rob Bonfield (Rob Bonfield)

Deep In Thought by John Power
Deep In Thought by John Power (John Power)

Woking Photographic Society is back with a bang after the summer break (Len Walker writes).

The society kicked off its return in style by holding the first PDI (Projected Digital Image) competition – members submit digital photos that are projected onto a large screen to be judged.

The images were judged by Alan Lomakin, who commended the high quality of photography. Among the images that caught the judge’s eye in the advanced class were:

Shining A Light, photographed by James Smith in Texas. He said: "It was taken during a storm chase to the south of Amarillo. We had been caught in heavy rain and hail and had just broken free of the rain, so pulled over and stopped to see what we could make of the storm. The clouds were breaking, giving great shafts of light onto the wind farm."

Wendy Almond was in Rutland trying to photograph a kingfisher when she noticed a loose gathering of damselflies.

“It was a lovely calm, peaceful morning, and the lighting was just perfect,” she said. “I spotted all the damselfly activity and decided to focus on them.”

In the open class, Angela Cleary was following The Sunflower Trail near Dorchester.

She said: “Surrounded by 900,000 sunflowers gazing at me, I positioned myself with tripod and wide-angle lens well in advance of sunset. As the sun went down and shadows lengthened, their heads started to droop as if nodding off, apart from one, determined to catch the very last ray of sunshine. A magical experience!”

Woking Photographic Society meets weekly from September with a season packed with guest speakers, tutorials, practical evenings, competitions, and a variety of sessions where members can share, discuss, and enjoy photography in a friendly atmosphere.

For more details, see www.wokingps.uk; or Facebook: WokingPS, or Instagram: Wokingps.