By Virginia Simpson-Young, Bulletin editor, April 2025, from Bulletin 2/2025

We got a good selection of photos this month. A good variety of subjects (only two showing Blackwattle Bay / Anzac Bridge!). Lots of colour – orange, pink, red, nature’s greens and blues and the dull white-grey of concrete. We have people commuting and birds communing and a dragon doing whatever it is dragons do at New Year.

‘Morning commute, Glebe’ by Phil Vergison

And the winner is …

All judges chose Phil Vergison’s Morning Commute as their winner this month. Judges’ comments included:

I like Phil Vergison’s Morning Commute. It’s beautifully composed with the distant skyline of the city and the Anzac Bridge. There’s something regimented about the steady march of the commuters to the ferry. It’s also a reminder of how valuable this service is to the local community.

Phil Vergison’s Morning Commute would be my pic. The light is really lovely reflecting off the water and I love how many people there are boarding the great ferry service. Makes me miss walking around the foreshore on a lovely day like that.

I think the composition is really good and the silhouettes of the commuters makes it a really interesting photograph.

It is very well composed with the commuters a leading line taking us into the city in the distance, the light is great and it showcases something important to the community.

Two judges offered a second preference, both nominating the Sitting Room:

Another clever composition that highlights the architecture of the aqueduct by its perspective. And there’s something mysterious about the partly observed ‘sitting room’.

The structured form of the aqueduct is an interesting contrast to the trees. The inclusion of the seats really makes the photo, providing an air of mystery and discovery.

The closing date for next month’s photo competition is 17 April. Please send your entries to photo-comp@glebesociety.org.au. If you would like to remind yourself of the rules, you’ll find them here.