Photo Competition Results : 2025 Calendar

[Lynda Bradford]

Results for June 2024 QE2 Bars and Cocktails

Winner Cunarder Man's photo: Crystal Bar 2005


We had three runners up pictures this month as it was a very close competition:

Chris's photo: Care for a drink


Rupert Ballantyne's photo: Elegant Midship Bar promenade


Elphaba's photo: Princess Grill - Subdued and Romantic


Congratulations to our winners and thank-you to everyone who participated.   

[June Ingram]

Congratulations to our winners this month, and thanks to those who entered photos and voted.

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Beautiful photos, well deserved winners.

I wonder when the Midships Bar Promenade photo was taken? I would love to step into that photo...

[Lynda Bradford]

Photo Competition results for the July 2024 competition Crew at work in uniform

The winner is George C Griffiths with his photo "Stairs to Tender"


We had 6 runners up this month - just goes to show it was a difficult choice:

Manoel: Senior officers at party, August 2008


George C Griffiths: Sanjay flaming the duck in the Queens Room Dining Room


George C Griffiths: QE2 July 2002


Lahrdeco: The Officer


John D Hobley FinstR: Small Adjustments Needed!


John D Hobley FinstR: Crewing Tenders in Caribbean


Congratulations to our winners and thank-you to everyone who supported the competition.

[June Ingram]

Congratulations to our winner and runner up winners !

And many thanks to all who entered photos and to all who voted !

[Lynda Bradford]

September 2024 competition: The voting has closed for the September competition QE2 and animals.  Thank-you to everyone who contributed by uploading photos and /or voting.  As the winners are the last for inclusion in the 2025 Calendar, Isabelle will be working her magic to design the Calendar using your fabulous selection of winning photos. 

The winning photo was George C Griffiths photo "Going ape for QE2" taken in 2006


The runner up was Rob Lightbody's photo "August 15th 2005, South Queensferry under the Forth Bridge"


Congratulations to our winner and runner up

[June Ingram]

Congratulations to George and Rob for their winner and runner up winner photos ! Both are just great !

Thanks very much to those who submitted photos and to those who voted !

[Lynda Bradford]

Thank-you to everyone who participated in the Photo Competitions for the 2025 Calendar.  During the month of October you have been voting for the Best of the Best of this year's winners and you have selected one winner and two runnesr up:

The winner is Katharina Ernst's picture "QE2 in the roadstead off Easter Island" This was a port of call during QE2's 2008 and last World Cruise.  A worthy winner - congratulation to Katharina!



Congratulation also to the two runners up for the Best of the Best: Rupert Ballantyne's "Elegant Midship Bar Promenade" a photo taken in the early 1980's and a wonderful reminder of the inside promenade deck. 



and .....

frazscot's photo "First Dockside Crowd". A picture taken at John Brown's shipyard when the 736 was awaiting her launch and name - the Queen Elizabeth 2. 



You can view the results on the poll topic

Now that we have chosen the Best of the Best from this month until Autumn next year, we will be submitting photos and voting for the photo collection to be used for the 2026 Calendar. 

Thanks for the QE2 memories!

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Congratulations to the members who produced the Best of the Best photographs for the 2025 calendar! Wonderful photos, Katharina Ernst, Rupert Ballantyne and frazscot! Month by month, it has been a lovely experience to choose the best photos in the competitions, and these are the standout winners of the photos enjoyed by us.

Looking forward to more excellent photos entered into the competitions during the year ahead and the 2026 calendar. And looking forward also to more members voting each month, enjoying the memories, the ship, and the pictures. Thank you all for continuing to support the QE2 Story photo competitions!

[June Ingram]

Congratulations to the winners of The Best of the Best Competition !

And many thanks to all who have participated in every way in the Photo Competitions toward the 2025 QE2 Story Calendar.

Now on to the 2026 Calendar Competitions !