The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Snapper causes a storm
Competition: Winner’s entry compared to scene from Wizard of Oz
A Highland photographer has picked up an award for his snap of a cottage.
Dougie Cunningham, from Sutherland, was named as the winner of the Classic Viewcategory inthe 2016 Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year.
His work – entitled Shelter from the Storm – will now be on display in the London Waterloo Station from November 21 and will also be published in a book – Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 10.
Elsewhere a photograph which was compared to the tornado in theWizardofOz was named as the overall winner.
The snap, by Matthew Cattell, of starlings swirling around Brighton’s West Pier beat thousands of other entries to win the £10,000 prize.
The other category winners included a black and white photograph of a walker on a ridge in the Peak District as well as an imageofatraceryofasandbank against calm water.
There were also prizes for a railway viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales as well as a shot of Glasgow tower blocks being demolished.
Charlie Waite, who founded the awards, said Mr Cattell’s entry was “intriguing.” He said: “The starlings seem t o be swirling around the iconic remains of Brighton’s West Pier in a manner reminiscent of the tornado in the Wizard of Oz.”
The awards were held in association with VisitBritain for the third year.
“The starlings seem to be swirling around the pier”