WHAT makes you happy?

That's the question we posed to our Camera Club and asked them to post their answers in a photo.

We had a fantastic response - as we always do to our monthly prize competitions.

As we emerged from lockdown and the sun began to shine, the cherry blossom and tulips came out in force, and you could almost feel the whole of York start to smile again.

And our photographers certainly captured that mood with these excellent images.

From trips to the seaside and ice-cream cones, to pictures of nature at its loveliest, there's plenty to cheer us up in this set of images.

Club member Geoff Clifton posted an image of his shop, E Mist/RWB Music York, in Bridge Street, ahead of reopening on April 12 and wrote: "My shop does make me happy! Worked hard for it and have no idea how we've survived the past 12 months. But I will take the opportunity to wish everyone, especially any retailers (non essential obviously/apparently), a very happy and successful 12th of April!"

But there was one image that really stood out and had to be our winner. That was the photo by Michelle Sorrell of her grandson taking a photo of the morning sky. We loved the composition and the colours, but it also had an emotional impact too. Many grandparents have been kept away from their grandchildren in the past year because of Covid restrictions. So it was lovely to see them together. Lovelier still to see Michelle passing on her love of photography to a new generation.

Michelle wins the £50 cash prize that we award for the best photo each month.

And congratulations to all our finalists for their submissions too which we are sharing today:

Hannah Stockdale; Nigel Spence; Joy Stead; Sue Gabbatiss; Donna Davies; Anne Howard Webb;

Robert Blatchford; Garry Hornby and of course, Geoff Clifton.

If you would like to join our Camera Club and see your photos printed in The Press, click here to join today or go to: facebook.com/groups/1442631059116198

Next month's competition theme will be: #FavouriteThings. The deadline will be May 31.