Coming in from the cold to win: Scot wins UK landscape photo award

AN IMAGE of the lines of a winter field leading to a stand of frosted trees has won top prize in the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.

The winning shot, by Robert Fulton, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, scooped the £10,000 first prize in this year’s contest.

It was chosen from thousands of entries showcasing different aspects of the UK landscape.

Mr Fulton said his win was “phenomenal news”.

“I’m stunned, it’s hard to get my head round. I know lots of landscape photographers, both amateur and professional, who regard this competition as being ‘the big one’ so to be told that I’m the overall winner is a tremendous accolade.

“When you enter a competition like this, with landscapes being such a popular subject, you can only dream of winning the top award,” he said.

The Network Rail-sponsored “lines in the landscape” category was won by Shahbaz Majeed, from Dundee, for his image of a train speeding over the Tay Bridge.

Tim Harvey, from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, won the “classic view” category of the competition for his image of storm waves crashing against a sea wall, while Peter Clark, from Cheshire, scooped the “your view” award for an atmospheric picture of woodland trees.

Other winners included 14-year-old Oscar Stewart-Packe, from London, who won the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year award for his image of a mouldy armchair in a derelict house; and Howard Kingsnorth, also from the capital, who came top in the “urban view” category for his shot of the City of London.

Baxter Bradford, from Hampshire, won the “living the view” category for a picture of sailing boats at sea.