2025 North Shore Challenge Gallery

The 40th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge was held on Zoom, on March 1, 2025. On this page you will find the...
* Best in Show winning image,
* Bronze, Silver and Gold medal-winning images from Individuals and Clubs,
* Challenge Trophy winning images from Chung Ai Photographic Society,
* Second-place images from Victoria Camera Club,
* Third-place images from Vernon Photography Club,
* Club Standings,
* and Honourable Mentions

Best in Show 2025

"Golden Age Elder" by Lorna Scott - Best in Show 2025 and Club-submitted Gold

The six medal-winning images

"Arbutus in White" by Kyle Jackson - Individual Gold
"Ruffled" by Gregory Charbonneau - Individual Silver
"How Hot Was It" by Steve Kazemir - Individual Bronze
"Golden Age Elder" by Lorna Scott - Club -submitted Gold and Best in Show
"Mother Bear and Shy Cub" by Kathryn Delany - Club-submitted Silver
"Against the Wind" by Ray Marnoch_- Club-submitted Bronze

The 2025 North Shore Photographic Challenge Trophy was awarded to the Chung AI Photographic Society with a total of 140 points. Please enjoy their six images.

"Dancing Sunbird" by Susan Tam
"Hummingbird Feeding" by Benny Chung
"Perseverance" by Conan Chee
"Prairie Morning" by Simon Gong
"Shaolin Kung Fu" by Simon Wong
"Smoke and Sparkling" by Danny K Chan

The Victoria Camera Club secured second place in the 2025 North Shore Photographic Challenge with 138 points. Please enjoy their six images.

"Blue Oyster Mushroom in Full Bloom" by Alec Lee
"Great Egret with Breeding Plumage" by Stephen Lustig
"In the Eye of the Storm" by Norman Marcotte
"Making His Point" by Richard Letourneau
"Mother Bear and Shy Cub" by Kathryn Delany
"Reflections - Four Eyes on the Pond" by Geof Squarok

The Vernon Photography Club secured second place in the 2025 North Shore Photographic Challenge with 138 points. Please enjoy their six images.

"A Shoulder to Lean On" by Dale Eurich
"All Around the Cottonwood" by Lois McNiven
"Take Me Away" by Karen Morgensten
"Those Eyes " by Terri Fuge
"Tiny Hunter" by Kerry Snelson

Honourable Mentions

"Chromatic Aviator" by Steven Mallock
"Emperor Penguin chick at parent's feet" by Roberta Olenick
"Bear Operetta" by Ruth Campling
"Shocking" by Jack Pickell
"Eye to Eye" by Brenda Broughton
"Cinq Champignons" by Anita Teljeur
"Flying High in Ladhak" by Gillian Watson
"Take A Picture - It lasts longer" by Sharon Bryant
"Reflective Elegance" by Daniel Kehl
"Blowing In The Wind" by Chris McVittie
"A Volcano of Light" by Len Vallie
"Portal" by Steve Ricketts
"What a Drop" by Stephane Guignard
"We All Live in a Yellow Submarine" by Keith Purchase
"In a Safe Space" by Anita Niven
"Beach Pattern" by Ata Safar
"Gotchya" by Judy Johnston
"Water Drops on a Dandelion Seed" by David Milner
"Dancing in the Sand" by Carolyn Morgan
"Colours" by Shapour Bahrami
"Sea of Red" by Thelma Gill
"Deadly Focus" by Terry Webb
"Salvador's Pond" by Jeff Gogol
"GotCha" by Benny Chungh
"Good Food Good Mood" by Kristina Brisbin
"The Wader" by Ricarda Brusegard
"On the Move" by Robyn Cowan
"Owl Eyes in Snow Storm" by Robyn Cowan