A great collection of photographs submitted this past week (week 11) sees a nice summer mix of photos with lots of sun. To submit photos yourself via Instagram & Twitter for the Strong Island Photo of the Year Competition use the hashtag #SIPhotoComp2015 and you can always email photos in too to contact@strong-island.co.uk.

This week’s winning image is an creative composition of a firm favourite, South Parade Pier, photographed by Pete Blackman.

South Parade Pier by Pete Blackman.

This weekly winner will now be entered into the finals of the competition which will happen in December where everyone can vote for their favourite weekly winning photos. This image will now become our Strong Island Facebook header image for the next 7(ish) days until next week’s winner.

Below are some of the runners up for this week. A huge thank you to everyone who submitted! Don’t worry if your photo didn’t win or make the shortlist, you can enter photos every week until the finals in December. You can now submit photos for this week’s weekly winner selection which will be chosen and shown next week. To enter simply email, Tweet or Instagram your photo that was taken in, on or around Portsmouth.

Photo by by José Crespo


Photo by Megan Barnes.


Photo by Daniel Atienza.


Photo by Norbert Mintoff.


Photo by Howard Hurd.


Feeding time by Richard O'Keeffe.


Photo by Johnny Black.


Photo by Nathan Jones.


Broken Window by Grzegorz Kopacz.


Carrying the Sun by Alessandro Salvatore.