We can now announce the winner of the river assignment. It's Blink Click's black and white picture of the Thames so he receives the Nikon D5000.
We think this has been a successful month's project. It was good to note that some people got the idea of shooting pictures at the right time of day. Hopefully nobody was washed away in the floods or fell in without Turneresque waders.
Our judge this month was Adrian Evans from Panos Picture Agency. He said of Blink Click's winning photograph "with this photograph of the river Thames the photographer demonstrates an excellent grasp of how to construct an interesting image from a scene we are already familiar with. The top right corner, which would otherwise have been a dull empty space, is filled by placing the umbrella in the foreground while a feeling of movement is added by the boat cruising diagonally across the photograph."
It was interesting that Adrian chose a black and white image because landscapes are normally thought of as colour subjects, although I guess the greatest landscape photographer was Ansel Adams who was known for his glorious monotone images. The other stand out pictures from the month tended to be colour, for example River Conwy, Wales #1 from Eebygumcaptain and Foggy dawn on the Mersey 5 from Puppkin.
This month's assignment of black and white portraiture is well under way. We will put some reviews up soon. Remember to submit the best picture from your assignment to camera.club@theguardian.com. The winner will receive a Nikon D5000 and a signed copy of Exposures by Jane Bown. The five runners-up will also receive a signed copy of the book.
