April 2025 Competition - Action

[Tim Mayo]

Our April monthly competition is now open for entries.

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This Month's Theme
For this month our theme will be Action. The goal here is to capture the energy, excitement, and speed of a moment. Action can be portrayed by showing subjects in motion, either by freezing the scene with a fast shutter speed or slowing it down to introduce some motion blur. If you need some inspiration then flickr is always useful.


Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: April 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: April 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: April 28th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid it's just the joy of taking part but I will be adding badges to winners profiles.

How to Enter + Rules

1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button. Insert image as full image not thumbnail.
2. Canon R Series cameras only. Adapted lenses on R Series bodies are fine.
3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
4. Only one photo entry per member.
5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
7. You are free to change your image during the entry period.

How to Vote (when voting opens)

1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own

Themes for 2025
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.

• Jan: Black & White
• Feb: Natural World and Wildlife
• Mar: Creative
• Apr: Action
• May: Mechanized Machines
• Jun: Land and City Scapes
• Jul: At Home
• August: Close Up / Macro
• Sep: Long Exposure
• Oct: Street
• Nov: After Dark
• Dec: Your Favorite Shot of 2025

Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in our Feedback Forum.

Thank you for taking part and good luck!

 

[AOC]

Finish Line in sight at Colonial Downs Racetrack in Virginia

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[Zombo]

HS Rugby

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[Dean Wilson]

Protecting the Herd ~ Mule deer chasing off a coyote.

On vacation and I neglected to pack my CF Express card reader, so all I have is OOC jpeg.

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[fordsabroad]

Hippos blowing.

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[Nick L]

Maybe this is why its called a Spitfire !

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[StevenAunan]

This was taken at Disney World with the R50’s ISO and exposure compensation maxed out to enable a high shutter speed with the 2X extender. It’s not a combo I can recommend, but the cheap little camera did better than I thought it would.

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[dgphoto8]

An American robin in our backyard trying to pull an earthworm out of the ground. The earthworm was holding on for dear life and getting quite stretched. Eventually the robin was successful.

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[PKM-UK]

Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

(Shot captured by Karen, raw file processed by Phil).


Polar Bear Water Polo - Try not to upset the opposition...

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[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to all who have entered our competition this month. Voting is now enabled. Please remember that you can vote on as many images as you like, just not your own

 

[Tim Mayo]

Well done and thanks to everyone who entered and voted in our action competition this month. Not too many entries but the entries that we have received are definitely top notch!

• 1st place with 7 votes was @PKM-UK with a very well timed capture of a polar bear about to make a pretty large splash. Great shot Karen and nicely edited Phil!
• Joint 2nd place with 6 votes was @AOC with a perfectly frozen shot of a horse race just before the finish line.
• Joint 2nd place with 6 votes was @Nick L with a cracking shot of a fire breathing spitfire.
• Joint 3rd place with 4 votes was @fordsabroad with a very early morning and perfectly captured shot of a pair of hippos blowing water.
• Joint 3rd place with 4 votes was @StevenAunan with a very fiery action shot taken at Disney World. Nicely captured Steven!

Of course, it should go without saying but everyone who enters here is a winner here

The theme for our competition this month will be Mechanized Machines and this will be kicking off shortly.

 

[PKM-UK]

A huge 'thank you' to everyone who voted for Karen's image - very much appreciated!

Well done to all of the placings and other contributors.

And finally, cheers to Tim for hosting...

Phil and Karen