Best Photos of SE23 from SE23.life

 SE23.life attracted incredible local photographers. Here are a few of the best, selected by anon5422159 and other contributors.

Couple of pics from the garden and the allotment today

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Tonight’s rainbow 

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From a couple of days ago before the thunderstorm

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You inspired to save one today also. It got stuck in my pop up greenhouse and had stopped flying around. Managed to move it onto the spoon without it going off, where like yours it fed and then flew off replenished. I love having bees and hover flies in the garden. 

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Cranston in the snow. Taken a few years back

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Macro Garden shots today 

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Got a slightly better photo of the Kestrel hunting today

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Sun was out and so were some of SE23s smaller residents were out and about

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@armadillo photos of fox cubs

Here are two little baby fox cubs we maneged to rescue from under our neighbours shed rarlier today, where it looks like their mother had died while with them several days ago. While not a particular lover of urban foxes, hearing them crying and nustling up to their mother for food was heartbreaking, even more so as their cries got weaker over the last 24 hours. Many thanks to the RSPCA for their advice yesterday, and for coming out today to help pick them up as well as disposing of the mothers body. After a brief warm up and some food, they’ve been taken to the Fox Project in Kent were hopefully they’ll make a full recovery, and in time, be introduced into some Kent country wilderness.

 

@Timmo44 photo of 2 foxes, one sneeky one in the background. This was the first photo I thought of. There was also another close up fox (called Winnie I think) but I thought this is enough foxes!

 

@Foresthillnick classic Robin shot

 

@ThorNogson Stag beetle - I’ve yet to see one but love knowing they are around through photos like these

Another from @Foresthillnick - Cherry blossom covered in snow.

Two seasons in one…

@clausy 's photo of the now departed Bell Green gasholders

Museum of the Year Photography Competition

To celebrate the Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year 2013, the Art Fund are organising a competition for photographers.

The best shot representing each of the ten finalists will be chosen by the Art Fund, who will then hand over to a public vote to decide the winner.

We’re looking for the most innovative, atmospheric and even humorous images of the Horniman, from a stunning exterior shot to a close-up of your favourite object. The winning picture will creatively capture the spirit of the museum.

Upload your signature snap today and you could win some fantastic prizes including:

• An Apple iPad mini
• A year’s National Art Pass
• A selected image published in Art Quarterly
• Two tickets to the Museum of the Year ceremony on 4 June at the V&A, London

The photograph of the Horniman Museum and Gardens which makes it into the final ten will also be displayed in our main building (next to the shop) for one month.

You can enter by filling in an online form, emailing the Art Fund at photo@artfund.org (make sure to include your name, title of the photography and the name of the museum), or send it via twitpic @artfund.
You can also share your entries with the Horniman by adding them to the Horniman Flickr group, or sharing them on Twitter @HornimanMuseum.

Before you enter please make sure you read the terms and conditions carefully.
The last call for entries is Wednesday 15 May.

LET’S KEEP SNAPPING

The Forest Hill Society digital photo competition is still open. With its fabulous views and eclectic mix of old and new, there are sure to be some fantastic images to be found in Forest Hill. Pictures can be of any part of the area and taken at any time of day, night or year.

There will be 12 winning photos selected which will then go on to form the Forest Hill Society Calendar 2012, which will be available for everyone to buy. Winners will be notified and presented with an award at the Forest Hill Society AGM in November.

Entrants can submit as many digital pictures as they like to www.flickr.com/groups/foresthillcompetition

Every submission must be accompanied by an e-mail sent to PhotoComp@foresthillsociety.com with your name, address, phone number and photo ID/name.

The closing date is 15 October 2011 and the final 12 photos will be chosen on 30 October. The competition will be judged by Paul Murphy, local resident and winner of the ‘Rose Award for Photography’ Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010. Paul is the second person ever to win this award.

Please read the rules for copyright and privacy issues. Full competition rules can be found here

The competition is only open to digital photographs. We hope to be able to accept printed images in the future.

Rose Award for Photography

We would like to offer our congratulations to Paul Murphy, local resident and member of the Society, on winning the "Rose Award for Photography" at this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Paul is only the second person to win this award.

The Royal Academy's annual Summer Exhibition, which opens today and runs until 22 August, is the world’s largest open submission contemporary art exhibition and attracted over 11,000 entries this year.

Now in its 242nd year, the exhibition continues the tradition of showcasing work by both emerging and established artists in all media including painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, architecture and film. This year’s co-ordinators, Royal Academicians Stephen Chambers and David Chipperfield, have selected works for the exhibition around the theme of ‘Raw’.

The winning photograph, which was taken in Idaho in the USA, is from a series on Backyards which looks at how we use our outdoor garden spaces and how they describe the owners of the attached property.