June 2025 Competition - Land and Cityscapes

[Tim Mayo]

Our June monthly competition is now open for entries.

Please Include Metadata with Images Submitted. The Creation Date Restriction is No Longer

Theme
For this month our theme will be Land and Cityscapes. If you need some ideas then head over to our Land and Other Scapes Forum.

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

Shot Taken Date
Images can be taken anytime, there is no restriction like we had in 2024 for images to be taken in the current or previous two months.

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid now it's just the joy of taking park, but I will look into adding a special profile banner to winners profiles. In the past there have been vouchers for 1st and 2nd places, but we want to try and encourage people to enter without dangling a voucher code in front of them.

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 not thumbnail.
2. Sony cameras only.
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 you image during the entry period.
8. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information on your entry.

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 this thread in the Feedback Forum.

Thank you for participating and good luck!

Tim

 

[Tim Mayo]

Please note the rules folks:

1. Sony cameras only.
2. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
3. Only one photo entry per member.
4. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
5. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
6. You are free to change you image during the entry period.
7. There is no date restriction like we had last year.

Thank you!

 

[BrianN]

Lochan nan Cat.

On Friday I was on a hike over 3 Munros to celebrate my 57th Birthday and on the descent from the summit of Ben Lawers, this incredible view unfolded before me. Lochan nan Cat lay cradled in a mountainous amphitheatre, with An Stuc rising prominently to the left ( my last munro during my hike) with shadows being cast from clouds above down onto the cauldron that surrounds the Lochan.
I framed the composition with lichen-covered rocks in the foreground to echo the region’s rich geology, and I was drawn to the three clusters of weathered grasses, soft and bleached by wind and time, standing out gently against the harsher terrain.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 16-25mm F2.8 G
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 100

 

[evacguy]

The Eternal City.
This is a three image pano of Trajan's Forum and Market, Rome. The Market is the area to the right and the forum is just left of centre. The column just left of centre is Trajan's column. The site dates back to AD110.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 28.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 100

 

[iamdlewis]

Parque Nacional El Cajas - Ecuador

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 160

 

[MikeWPM]

Pisa without the the tower

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM (SEL35F14GM)
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[THXGEEK]

Suburban Lightning

• ILCE-7CR
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/1.2
• 2.5 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Riona.]

• ILCE-1
• 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN | Art 019
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 13 sec
• ISO 50

 

[Killtimer]

From the old city wall, Dubrovnik, Croatia

• NEX-7
• E 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Tinopener]

Took this many years ago when I was in the Canadian Rocky's

• SLT-A35
• ----
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 200

 

[Holden]

This is my first post here so please pardon me if I get a few things wrong. This shot is typical of what I enjoy the most, a night shot in my City of San Francisco. The mission is predominately an Hispanic neighborhood, and this theater is older than I, 75.

• ILCE-7M3
• FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
• 80.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/40 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Paul stuart]

Tryfan north wales

• ILCE-7RM5
• E 17-28mm F2.8-2.8
• 17.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/40 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Alan Clark]

Central London from Canary Wharf. (Infrared)

• E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
• 149.0 mm
• ƒ/5.5999999046326
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Landshark99]

from a ways back Mono Lake and the Eastern Sierras

• DSC-RX1RM2
• Sony RX1R MII
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 200

 

[Tim Mayo]

Well done and thanks to everyone who entered and voted in our Land and Cityscapes competition this month. As usual there have been some terrific entries.

• 1st place with 4 votes was @Alan Clark with a lovely infrared shot of Canary Wharf in Central London.
• 2nd place with 6 votes was @Landshark99 with a stunning vista of Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierras.
• 3rd place with 2 votes was @BrianN with a cracking shot of Lochan nan Cat in Scotland taken whilst celebrating his birthday.

Of course it hopefully goes without saying that everyone who enters here is a winner and I really appreciate you all taking the time to participate in these monthly competitions.

The theme for our competition this month will be At Home which will be starting shortly.

 

[BrianN]

Well done and thanks to everyone who entered and voted in our Land and Cityscapes competition this month. As usual there have been some terrific entries.

• 1st place with 4 votes was @Alan Clark with a lovely infrared shot of Canary Wharf in Central London.
• 2nd place with 6 votes was @Landshark99 with a stunning vista of Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierras.
• 3rd place with 2 votes was @BrianN with a cracking shot of Lochan nan Cat in Scotland taken whilst celebrating his birthday.

Of course it hopefully goes without saying that everyone who enters here is a winner and I really appreciate you all taking the time to participate in these monthly competitions.

The theme for our competition this month will be At Home which will be starting shortly.

Thanks a lot Tim