Open and set subject honours and merit images from the October 2025 competition
Set subject: A mysterious stranger
Black-necked stork | Chris Tuffley
Commitment to the cause | Racheal Young
Emperor penguin guidance | Rob Weir
Football 17 | Sharon Kenyon
King of the Kalahari | Brenda Pinfold
Side leap | Katrina Rose
The nosy neighbour | Margie Coplestone
A dramatic catch | Erin Robson
Feather necklace | Colin Wilson
First hint of spring | Mike Gannaway
Sadhu, Bikaner | Carolyn Morris
Shadow of former times | Colin Wilson
Streetsweeper, Bikaner | Carolyn Morris
Aurora's birthday | Katrina Rose
Contemplation | Debz Dickinson
Eye spy a mysterious stranger | Margie Coplestone
Been a hard life | Malcolm Pinfold
Crispy snow melts into spring | Karen Snook
Crossing the Ruamahanga | Chris Tuffley
Faceless | Jim Jefferies
We will remember them | Racheal Young
At the end of the day | Malcolm Pinfold
Living rough | Jim Jefferies
Manawatū sunset | Prashant Joshi
NZ scaup at Sulphur Point | Rob Weir
Zebra bite | Brenda Pinfold
Sunrise at Paekākāriki | Erin Robson
White Rock | Mike Gannaway