Scottish Landscape - Sea and Coast Category

1st: Douglas Bruce - Evening Light, Luskentyre.Isle of Harris

© Douglas Bruce - Evening Light, Luskentyre

Douglas said: "I was delighted when I received an email confirming I had won first place in the Scottish Landscape - Sea and Coast category. I always look forward to entering SNPA each year. The competition always has a high standard of images from excellent photographers. Over the last five years and having images shortlisted in various categories, it feels good to finally win one of the categories. Finally, I would like to thank the judges for all the hard work on selecting the winning images.

The Isle of Harris has some of the best beaches in the UK. The island can get really busy with photography workshops in February, March and April. I decided to go in my camper van in early January to miss the crowds. The upside of this is that I had the beaches to myself, but the downside is that it was freezing. One night when walking back to the van, I noticed the setting sun was just catching the sandbank at Luskentyre. The light lasted about ten minutes, which was enough time to get the last images of the evening light."

2nd: Adele Warner-Tate - Calm within Chaos. Isle of Lewis

© Adele Warner-Tate - Calm within Chaos

3rd: Charly Schleder - Stac a' Phris. Isle of Lewis

© Charly Schleder - Stac a' Phris

Shortlisted:

James Appleton
Jay Birmingham
Brian Doyle
Ruth Grindrod
Andy Leonard
Liam McBride
Fiona McRae
Aleksandra Radzikowska
Charly Schleder
Adele Warner-Tate
Mary Wilde



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