In pictures: Photography competition celebrates the British countryside
28th April 2023
Entries are now open for the 15th edition of the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition – which celebrates the British countryside in all its glory.
© Josh Cooper. While travelling from Wales to Worcester to visit his father, Josh noticed this field in Leominster and spoke to the farmer who explained that the plastic sheeting is used to protect the young crop. As the day warmed, condensation formed under the sheeting, creating the striped effect.
Founded by the “grandfather of landscape photography”, Charlie Waite, the competition is open to photographers young and old, experienced and amateur.
With a prize fund worth over £20,000, inclusion in a coffee table book and a nationwide photography exhibition, photographers have until 31st May 2023 to enter online, with the winners announced at an award ceremony in October.
This year’s categories cover Britain’s changing environment, drone photography, artistic impressions of the landscape, coastal landscapes and trains in the landscape. Under 16s can also enter under the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year award.
A selection of previously unseen images from the 2022 competition:
© Amar Sood. Stevington Windmill.
Left: © Will Davies. A winter’s morning in the Brecon Beacons, taken from the Pen-y-Crug hillfort in December. Right: © Daniel Ward. The Lake District, Cumbria.
© Peter North. Taken in late July, this long depth-of-field shot of wheat fields was taken at Therfield, Herts. Peter says: “I wanted the image to show each individual ear of wheat in the foreground all the way through to the distant hills on the horizon. The rolling hills in the middle distance had pronounced tractor lines and subtle colour variations emphasising their form. The whole landscape had many textures, tones and topography but I wanted a composition that held all these elements together. This was captured via multiple, panoramic exposures to retain the natural perspective and to retain good detail in the merged file.”
© Stephen Ball. Loch Ard, Scotland.
To enter this year’s competition visit: https://www.lpoty.co.uk/competition/rules
