{"id":19485,"date":"2019-03-28T13:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=19485"},"modified":"2019-03-28T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T13:51:50","slug":"scottish-nature-photographer-of-the-year-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/scottish-nature-photographer-of-the-year-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A summer spent focusing on a single subject has secured the title of Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2018 <\/strong>for Edinburgh photographer Phil Johnston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil’s winning image Roe Kid Flower <\/strong><\/em>was captured during the summer of 2018 while he worked solely on photographing a family of Roe Deer close to his home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roe Kid Flower, © Phil Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Phil\nsaid: \u201cI\nlove nothing more than being out in the sticks with my camera, seeing\nall the beauty that surrounds me and trying my best to capture those\nmoments in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn\nthis particular evening in early July, I had already spent several\nhours with the Roe family but I had also seen a Fox around. I decided\nto try my luck along a narrow track that runs between some hedgerows\nand farmland where I had seen the Fox several times before. After an\nhour or so, I heard a rustling in the long grass and out popped not a\nFox, but one of the Roe Deer twins! It pulled off some cow parsley\nflowers and started munching away. I made three or four frames before\nit vanished back into the dense grassland. It was a magical moment to\nsee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nninth annual Awards for nature photography shot in Scotland drew\nentries from professional and amateur photographers from around the\nworld. Judges Raymond Besant, Jamie Grant and Niall Irvine selected\nwinners from categories covering environmental, botanical, abstract,\nwildlife and landscape subjects. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting\non their choice for overall winner, judge Raymond Besant said: \u201cThis\npicture has that little something extra that you’re always looking\nfor in a wildlife image. There is so much to like about it. It ticks\nall the basic boxes that I look for initially – it’s sharp, well\nexposed and a great composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever,\nto speak about it in purely technical terms does it an injustice.\nGetting close to any wild creature without disturbing it is no mean\nfeat. To have an encounter like this is such a privilege, but to see\nthe moment and atmosphere conveyed so perfectly in an image is the\nnext best thing. You could argue that some ‘golden light’ could\nenhance it but the softness of the light suits the mood of the image.\nThe flowers in the mouth of the deer really give the picture that\nlittle bit of magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner of the Junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2018 <\/strong>(under-18s) is eight-year-old Kaitlyn Clark from Inverness, the youngest winner of the Award to date, with her image of a Red Squirrel in woods at Lossiemouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peek-a-boo, © Kaitlyn Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kaitlyn said: \u201cI was really happy to get the Squirrel picture, they are so cute! I named it Peek-a-boo<\/em> because the cheeky squirrel was actually playing peek-a-boo with me in the branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\u201cI\nlove wildlife and I enjoy going out with my parents on wildlife\ntrips! My motto is, ‘Enjoy the experience first and photographs\nsecond.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge\nNiall Irvine said: \u201cKaitlyn’s picture is well composed with the\ntree branches framing the Red Squirrel. There’s a nice side light to\nthe image and a feeling of spontaneity and movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2018 is Martin Gibb, a BA (Hons) Photography student at City of Glasgow College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin\nsaid: \u201cThis\nis my final year at College and winning this competition, in what has\nbeen a challenging year for me, really has given me a spring in my\nstep and caps off a fantastic journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\nsea has always been a draw for me and the theme of ‘Coastline’ was\nappealing from the outset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His A View to Unconformity Portfolio<\/em> of three images features the geology and landscape at Siccar Point, near Edinburgh. This location is famous for Hutton’s Unconformity, discovered in 1788 by James Hutton, and key to modern understanding of geology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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from A View to Unconformity Portfolio, \u00a9 Martin Gibb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Judge\nJamie Grant said: “The judges were especially impressed by the\nuse of dynamic, contrasting geological forms in these seascapes. They\nalso made a very strong series of linked images without being\nrepetitive. A well deserved winner!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner of the Scottish Nature Video Award 2018 for short nature films is Life of the Black Grouse<\/em> by David Perpi\u00f1\u00e1n from Barcelona. David, who has been working on short wildlife documentaries for three years, shot his footage in the Cairngorms. The film considers an uncertain future for the habitat of the Black Grouse as a result of human activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winning\nimages and videos will go on an exhibition tour from July 2019 and\nwill be published along with the shortlisted images in a Portfolio\nYearbook in the summer. Details at\nwww.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A summer spent focusing on a single subject has secured the title of Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2018 for Edinburgh photographer Phil Johnston. Phil’s winning image Roe Kid Flower was captured during the summer of 2018 while he worked solely on photographing a family of Roe Deer close to his home. Phil said: \u201cI love nothing more than being out in the sticks with my camera, seeing all the beauty that surrounds me and trying my best to capture those moments in time. \u201cOn this particular evening in early July, I had already spent several hours with the…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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