Photography competition 2021 – Mensa

Photography competition 2021

Browse through the entries for the 2021 British Mensa photography competition, including the three winners who will go forward to the Mensa International competition. Click on each image to view it fully.

The theme for this year's photography competition was Balance. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit entries – the standard this year was fantastic and the judges had a very tough time choosing the three winners. They considered photographic quality and composition, as well as the innovative ways members chose to interpret the theme.

Congratulations to the winners: John Page, Colin Packer and Gwyn Day.

Tower of Pisa – Bob Berry

Winner: Angler Anglering – John Page

Runner-up: Balanced Diet – Colin Packer

Third place: Swinging – Gwyn Day

A Cut Above The Rest – Mike Stenson

A Little Drop – Jonathan Wolfe

Balance – Bornini Das

Balance – John Williams

Balance – Barry Cooper

The Easy Way to Catch Fish – Judith Kennedy

Balance in Whippets – Tony Leathart

Balance of Improbability – Colin Packer

Balanced at Speed – Malcolm Totten

Balanced view from Below – Tom Tannion

Balancing Both Changes – Mike Stenson

Balancing Child Care is Always Difficult – Elaine Newington Ward

Balancing Mental Health – Daisy Kambo-Sarratt

Beazy Does It – Judi Thurlby

Beth, a Well-Balanced Dog – Peter Gordon

Cat on a Fence – Judi Thurlby

Blue Fly – Jonathan Wolfe

Cat on High – Kari Nightingale

Clouds and Leaves – Nicola Gains

Circus Act – Nicole Wharton

Colourful Cairn – Judith Kennedy

Cute? Carnivore? Cute Carnivore! Pauline Beaty

Delicate Balance of Life – Daisy Kambo-Sarratt

Equilibrium – Dawn Wylie

Evening Sail – Judi Thurlby

Feed Me Please – Maureen Day

First Steps – Jorj Malinowski

Flying 15 – Trina Fitzalan Howard

Early Bird – Jonathan Wolfe

Garudasana – Kari Nightingale

Going Home – Paula Cannings

Golden Rock Pagoda, Myanmar – James Harbord

Granite Boulder Balanced on a Strand of Buddha’s Hair – James Harbord

Gravity Hurts – David Walker

Historical Transport Balance – Tony Leathart

If I Can Just Reach That Leaf . . . – Judith kennedy

Kingfisher – Alan Godfrey

Knowledge In, Peace Out – Pauline Beaty

Little Owl on a Well-Balanced Stone – Elaine Newington Ward

Held Up By The Sun – Dawn Wylie

Loneliness v Love – Pauline Beaty

Look, I can Balance A Beach Hut On My . . . – Peter Gordon

Making Friends Whilst Maintaining Social Distance – Dorothy Sneddon

Moeraki Peacock – Derry North

Multitasking – David Walker

Nature’s Balance – Daisy Kambo-Sarratt

Nuclear Fission, Pastoral Fusion – Ian McSeveny

On a Thread – Nicola Gains

On Reflection, a Perfect Balance – Mike Stenson

On The Roof – Charlotte Lindsay

One Giant Leap – Peter Jackson

Oops! – Nicole Wharton

Pansy white, yellow centre – Jane Naylor

Perfect Balance – Elaine Newington Ward

Petal – Nicola Gains

Petrushka – Nicole Wharton

Planking over Grasmenere – Colin Packer

Precipice – Susan Pratley

Robin – Alan Godrey

Robin’s close-up – Alan Godfrey

Rock Steady – Len Shingler

Slate Island Soul – Dawn Wylie

Stack – Vidya Ram

Steadfast – Susan Pratley

Sunset – Tara Doghem-Rashid

Swallows on a Wire – Jane Naylor

Strength and Balance – David Walker

Temple on top of Volcano – James Harbord

Walk away – Charlotte Lindsay

Walking – Charlotte Lindsay

What’s He On? – Pamela Denise Austin

Preston Pans, Scotland – Janet Myhill

The Easy Way to Catch Fish – Judith Kennedy

Trust – Susan Pratley

Turo on the High Walk – Jane Naylor