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<\/a>Awakening – Ben Loyal © Ian Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n
His evocative winning images were all shot in the Highlands with what he describes as his \u201cancient Pentax\u201d. They included \u2018 Caramel Ice\u2019, shot at a lonely loch side in Wester Ross as the temperature plunged to minus 25 Celsius; \u2018Awakening Ben Loyal\u2019, capturing a midsummer sunrise over Ben Loyal in Sutherland; and \u2018Ceciles House\u2019, a portrait of an old ruined home on desolate Wester Ross with a brooding An Teallach in the background. <\/p>\n
<\/a>Caramel Ice – © Ian Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n
Ian said: \u201cI am absolutely delighted and surprised to have won. I thought the pictures I\u2019d entered were pretty decent and that I\u2019d do okay, but wow! I don\u2019t enter many competitions so to win such a high accolade is definitely one of my proudest moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>Ceciles House – © Ian Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n
The young photographer of the year title went to 15 year old Lewis Donaldson from Newtongrange for his image of a Steam train passing Borthwick Castle on the opening day of the Borders Railway.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Young Photographer winner – © Lewis Donaldson<\/p><\/div>\n
Lewis said: \u201cI am really stunned but very delighted to have become Young Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year with my image of the steam train. I am so pleased they liked the image and I am so happy to have won.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the overall title, The Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition consists of nine other categories, including a range of awards sponsored by supporting organisations that include Caledonian MacBrayne, Scottish Natural Heritage, Historic Scotland and the John Muir Trust. <\/p>\n
<\/a>Runner up – © Nick Hanson<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Runner up – © Nick Hanson<\/p><\/div>\n
The competition, now in its second year, seeks to promote and inspire photographers of all levels to explore Scotland\u2019s diverse rural, urban and coastal landscapes, and to promote Scotland\u2019s natural, cultural and historic heritage to an international audience. Winning entries will be published in a series of public exhibitions and in a special edition book that will be published on 29th February 2016.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Landscape winner – Beinn Fhada Ridgeline\/Bidean nam Bian – © Jason Baxter<\/p><\/div>\n
Stuart Low, the founder and head judge of the competition said: \u201cThe competition has gone from strength to strength after last year\u2019s inaugural competition captivated the public with our best-selling book. <\/p>\n
<\/a>Seascape winner – © Omer Ahmed<\/p><\/div>\n
More than double the number of photographers entered the competition this time round \u2013 and they came from the four corners of the globe. They\u2019ve taken to the land, the coasts and the streets, and they\u2019ve captured the most beautiful and diverse views of our amazing country. Hats off to them all! \u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a>John Muir Trust Prize – © Simon Swales<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Urban image winner – © Grant Ritchie<\/p><\/div>\n
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