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Feast Your Eyes On The 30 Incredible Winning Shots For The 2020 UK Landscape Photographer Of The Year Contest
Most of us would probably agree that living through these difficult times, it's quite easy to forget how spectacular and mesmerizing the world we live in truly is. Luckily, we've got a lot of talented artists and annual photography contests, such as the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, that do a very good job of reminding us of all these things.
For the 13th time, this year's Landscape Photographer of the Year competition invited both professional and amateur photographers to celebrate the mesmerizing landscape of the United Kingdom. The contest has four categories as well as the youth competition for photographers aged 18 or under. The winner of the whole contest gets awarded the prestigious title "Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020" and £10,000. In addition, there are also prizes of £1000 and £500 for the images judged the best and second-best in each of four categories. The best photographer in the youth competition becomes the "Young Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020" and wins £1,000.
With that being said, Bored Panda invites you to look through some of the most spectacular shots from the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition 2020.
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#1
Your View Winner: Aleks Gjika, 'Drama At The Lighthouse', Wales
Christophe Beunens 5 years ago
waaaaw. This is my absolute winner. A wall of water hitting the light house. Fabuleous
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
It really does, minus the reddish shades from the heavy pollution. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/28/jmw-turner-air-pollution-in-art-rain-steam-and-speed
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#2
Your View Commended: Michael Johnston, 'Beech Tree Avenue', Aberdeenshire
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago (edited)
I was thinking these exact same words. I would love to walk down that path.
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Cynthia Humphreys 5 years ago
I agree with some comments. Maybe not but it sure looks like some heavy editing going on here.
Kim Anderson-O'Grady 5 years ago
Work of art - yes. Photograph - no. The life has been edited out of this photo
#3
Changing Landscapes Runner Up: Wesley Chambers, 'The Cloud Factory', Derbyshire
#4
Your View Commended: Peter North, 'Deer In Dawn Mist', Hertfordshire
Lunar Owo Potato 5 years ago
I especially like the look of the blue sky white fog and red leaves perfect
#5
Black And White Commended: David Kidwell, 'Tree In Stythwaite Meadow', Cumbria
Diana Liverman 4 years ago
This is a wonderful photo. This tree is above the cottage in Cumbria where my Dad lived for many years. His ashes are actually scattered under the tree...
#6
Your View Commended: Adrian Mills, 'West Pier Starlings', East Sussex
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Murmurations are always stunningly beautiful. "Why Do Starlings Flock in Murmurations?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34jaUM6eqb4
Soul of a Seeker 5 years ago
This is stunning, and I think what makes this picture -- Many here could be taken at any time; however, this one would require being at a specific place at a specific time to catch that beautiful sunset and then to have the starlings on that blazing background -- It's gorgeous...
#7
Historic Britain Commended: Gavin Crozier, 'Kilchurn Castle', The Highlands
#8
Black And White Winner: Neil Burnell, 'Fantasy', Devon
#9
Your View Commended: Will Milner, 'Mirkwood', Buckinghamshire
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
I'm still waiting for my second breakfast...
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#10
Black And White Commended: Jamie Williamson, 'Shaped By Wind And Wave', North Ayrshire
Neva Nevičica 5 years ago
I hope someone will write a book for this cover, i would love to read it :)
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Your View Commended: Ross Hoddinott, 'White And Warm', Devon
#12
Youth Lpoty Winner: Joshua Elphick, 'Counting Sheep', Sussex
Bettye McKee 5 years ago
This animal is living its best life, fed and protected.
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Maryam Abdur-Rahim 5 years ago
He can't jump the fence, how am i supposed to get to sleep now 😭.
#13
Black And White Commended: Alan Storey, 'Fog On The Tyne', Tyne And Wear
Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago
I like it a lot but it needs a trench coat and maybe a femme fatale.
#14
Classic View Commended: Drew Buckley, 'Sugarloaf', Brecon Beacons
#15
Urban Life Commended: Amanda Cook, 'The Bellow At Kingston', London
#16
Your View Commended: Gary Waidson, 'Castlerigg Circle Of Light', Cumbria
#17
Urban Life Winner: George Robertson, 'Got You', Glasgow
#18
Black And White Commended: Tim Walton, 'Strabeg Bothy', Highland
Bardhi's Dad 5 years ago
Symmetrical and beautiful. Artistic installation and landscape in 9 pictures in one frame
#19
Changing Landscapes Commended: John Hayward, 'Ironbridge Cooling Towers Demolition', Shropshire
K O 5 years ago
My eyes can't make sense of this - great image but can't see what I'm looking at
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Drone footage featuring the demolition of Ironbridge power station cooling towers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKK2OwAXRFs
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Classic View Runner Up: Miguel Pilgrim, 'Seven Sisters Cliffs,' East Sussex
#21
Classic View Commended: Neil Burnell, 'Pillars', Devon
#22
Classic View Highly Commended: Chris Gorman, 'Majestic Winter', Highland
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
It is just a wee bit chilly and the weather isn't the best (not that it is in other parts of Scotland), but I am sure you would have some majestic views!
Load More Replies... Lance d'Boyle 5 years ago
I was thinking the same thing. I think there is a scene in one of the movies where Harry and friends need to get out the train and hop into a flying car or vis versa
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Classic View Commended: David Andrews, 'Herringfleet Frosty Sunrise', Suffolk
#24
Historic Britain Winner: Graham Mackay, 'Wallace Monument From The Banks Of The Forth', Stirlingshire
#25
Classic View Winner: Leigh Dorey, ' Roman Road', Dorset
#26
Your View Commended: Daniel Kenealy, 'Good Morning Buachaille Etive Mòr', The Highlands
Stella Johnson 5 years ago
what a beautiful jigsaw this would make. And the time to put it together. WOW!!!!
#27
Black And White Commended: Frans Van Hoogstraten, 'Totternish Ridge', Isle Of Skye
#28
Classic View Commended: Mark Whitmarsh, 'Misty Sunrise, Colmer's Hill', Dorset
#30
Black And White Commended: Tracey Whitefoot, 'Winter Sketch', Nottinghamshire
#31
Classic View Commended: Joe Rainbow, 'Wild Cornwall', Cornwall
#32
Historic Britain Commended: Amanda Burgess, 'Cathedral Of The Marshes', Suffolk
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
Stunning lighting- it looks like something out of a fairy-tail.
Jeannine Pope 5 years ago
This is absolutely magical! I imagine it in a scene from The Mists of Avalon.
#33
Classic View Highly Commended: Josh Cooper, 'Sunset Over The Mawddach Estuary', Mawddach Estuary
#34
Black And White Commended: Raymond Besant, 'Yesnaby Tree Wave', Orkney Islands
#35
Classic View Commended: Stuart Mcglennon, 'Shoots', Cumbria
#36
Classic View Commended: Terry Gibbins, 'Autumn Crunch', London
#38
Urban Life Commended: Emily Endean, 'Rushing By', London
#39
Lpoty 2020 Winner: Chris Frost, 'Woolland Woods', Dorset
#43
Your View Commended: Sophia Spurgin, 'Wet Grass And Tree', Cumbria
#44
Lines In The Landscape Winner: Brian Nunn, 'Ribblehead', North Yorkshire
#45
Landscapes At Night Winner: Alyn Wallace, 'Protector', Anglesey
Gerald Winn 5 years ago (edited)
Extremely bad work: this is heavily composited. As a photographer myself, I do composite shots myself (e.g. combining different shots of the same landscape with varying exposures), but this type of compositing way crosses over the threshold into the province of "cheating" and results in a totally nonsensical photo. This distasteful photo makes as much sense as compositing Dumbo the Flying Elephant into the night sky. There are so many more meritorious photos down below which have not received a single vote just by chance of the order in which these photos are placed, where the top photos get more views than the ones at the bottom. This photo is a total piece of rubbish by comparison.
BoredDragon 5 years ago (edited)
At least it’s still pretty. Also, what type of stuff do you photograph? You could make a post of your stuff-I’d read it!
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#47
Classic View Commended: Simon King, 'Elgol Cauldron', Isle Of Skye
Astrid Nineor 5 years ago (edited)
Alba nam beanntan àrd - Nan acraichean lom - Thairis air na lochan mointich - Nan coilltean 's nan gleann (Runrig)
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)
I am so happy that there is another person that listens to Runrig. I know that they are waaaay before my time, but some of their songs transport me to such beautiful places and capture the true essence of Scotland. (Translation of the Scots Gaelic lyrics above for those who may be interested- I see Scotland of the high mountains, And the empty acres, flying low across the moorland lochs- the forests and the glens).
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Landscapes At Night Runner Up: Wesley Chambers, 'Light Pass', Derbyshire
Gin. No tonic 5 years ago
Runner-ups are the bottom of BP's list, so they don't get enough votes *sigh*
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#50
Your View Commended: Richie Johns, 'A Watchfull Eye', Devon
#52
Black And White Commended: Gary Collyer, 'The Goods Shed', Oxfordshire
#54
Changing Landscapes Commended: Steven Cole, 'Cool Power', Nottinghamshire
RoseTheMad 5 years ago
It may come to your surprise, but 99% of these photo's will likely have gone through some editing software. Even if just to brighten/highlight etc. I did art and photography in school and college, it's usually a given that you will at least use editing tools to brighten/darken areas of the image to really make your image stand out and have more depth. In my experience you'd be extremely lucky if you had the perfectly lit image with perfect shadows and highlights without some minor editing. That doesn't mean non-edited photos cant be great, of course they can. But generally in these sorts of competitions, photos probably get edited. :/
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Classic View Commended: Chris Harding, 'Roughting Linn', Northumberland
#56
Classic View Commended: Darryn Kemper, 'Marble Sands', Isle Of Harris
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
Isle of Harris will always hold a very special place in my heart.It is a truly a little gem to escape to if life is getting to chaotic. Would love to return to the crystal blue water once the pandemic is over...
#59
Classic View Highly Commended: Russell Gunning, 'The Boat House', Lake District
#60
Classic View Commended: Tom Roe, 'Fairy Pools', Isle Of Skye
#61
Historic Britain Runner Up: Gregg Wolstenholme, 'Winter's Coming', Lancashire
#62
Historic Britain Commended: Neil Fraser, 'Sunset At Rattray Head Lighthouse', Aberdeenshire
#66
Urban Life Commended: Richard Walker, 'One Poultry', London
#67
Your View Highly Commended: John Potter, 'Frozen Birch Leaves Kinlochleven', Glen Coe
#69
Your View Runner Up: Duncan Graham, 'When The Snow Came To Town', Dorset
#70
Black And White Commended: Jason Hudson, 'The Copse', Cumbria
#71
Classic View Commended: Matt Oliver, 'Sky Fire', Snowdonia
#76
Your View Commended: Faye Dunmall, 'Gaia', Northumberland
#89
Urban Life Commended: Ryan. Leith, 'Msc Preziosa', Shetland
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)
Sigh, no more cruise ships destroying the peacefulness of this island- it destroys the landscape and beauty of Lerwick. This has been an angry public service announcement.
#96
Your View Commended: Bob Davis, 'Holme Fen, Hoar Frost', Cambridgeshire
#98
Black And White Commended: Edward Rumble, 'Tidal Pool', Somerset
#104
Your View Commended: Lee Acaster, 'Undercurrents', London
#108
Black And White Commended: Rod Ireland, 'Tones Of Winter', Cairngorms
RoseTheMad 5 years ago
So simple yet so beautifully effective. I went to the cairngorms a few years back, and it's such a beautiful and peaceful place. Especially the snow.. the snow was amazing! Very cold though haha.
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
I could not agree more! I would take content like this any day over "Disney Princesses Re-imagined as Millennials in the Midst of an Existential Crisis."
Load More Replies... BoredDragon 5 years ago (edited)
Holy heck. Did anyone else make it through all of those? 116 pictures...😓
Russell Ellwardt 5 years ago
Hum. Many of these look so heavily photoshopped that they can hardly be called photos any more. Reminds me of the kitschy fantasy images on posters that teenagers put up in their rooms. Disappointing. I had expected more from this collection.
RoseTheMad 5 years ago
I did art/photography in college. You'd be insane to think that people would submit the raw images. Generally all photographs will be edited, even if its just the shadows and highlights to give the picture extra depth. It would be great to see the raw images, but I can definitely still appreciate these. Not to mention, appreciate the skill in using photo editing software because honestly, to properly use photoshop to its full potential does take some real learning. Though I guess there are some newer softwares that make it easier to add some brightness etc, but these are maybe not as advanced.
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Nathan Asher 4 years ago
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
I could not agree more! I would take content like this any day over "Disney Princesses Re-imagined as Millennials in the Midst of an Existential Crisis."
Load More Replies... BoredDragon 5 years ago (edited)
Holy heck. Did anyone else make it through all of those? 116 pictures...😓
Russell Ellwardt 5 years ago
Hum. Many of these look so heavily photoshopped that they can hardly be called photos any more. Reminds me of the kitschy fantasy images on posters that teenagers put up in their rooms. Disappointing. I had expected more from this collection.
RoseTheMad 5 years ago
I did art/photography in college. You'd be insane to think that people would submit the raw images. Generally all photographs will be edited, even if its just the shadows and highlights to give the picture extra depth. It would be great to see the raw images, but I can definitely still appreciate these. Not to mention, appreciate the skill in using photo editing software because honestly, to properly use photoshop to its full potential does take some real learning. Though I guess there are some newer softwares that make it easier to add some brightness etc, but these are maybe not as advanced.
Load More Replies... Nathan Asher 4 years ago
Visit this blog to know about the landscape photographer of the year in detail. I enjoyed reading this article. You would get the best review over here and would suggest others too. I like how you have researched and presented these exact points so clearly. I never thought will get to visit this https://showcaselandscapinginc.com/ oh, has some nice content for everyone
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