Competition

Dahlia Kilburn Fiesta in July

The green and pleasant land around Pen Y Fan in the Brecon Beacons

Our summer 2015 photo competition is open for entries!

As usual Spring has thrown a couple of curve balls this year. Lovely sunny days, unseasonably cold a night and unusually dry in April. But spring is springing now and summer is just round the corner... so it is time for another competition.

A sure indicator that "zummer is icummin in.." (apart from cuckoos) is how green everything has suddenly become. A little later than usual maybe, but Britain has some of the most beautiful countryside anywhere when it it is growing.

So, this is your inspiration for our summer photo competition:

"Spring into Summer"

Whether it's wide angle landscape work, a moody black and white or a macro shot of a dock beetle, or fruit trees in flower, let your creative juices be stimulated by the extraordinary transformation that takes place between May and July!

The closing date for entries is midnight on 14th July August 2015. The three winners will be contacted via email by 1st August 2015.

More than £100 in vouchers is up for grabs!
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Our Winter 2014 photo competition is open for entries!

Winter is coming and autumn colours become richer. It is a late autumn and the hedgerows still have leaf and berry (and even flowers). But we may get snow, and surely frost. Birds will be coming closer to human dwellings hunting through hedging looking for food and water as will badgers, foxes, squirrels not to mention Heffalumps and Woozles...

Water looks great at this time of year and black and white photography comes into its own as we get closer to Christmas. Oh - did someone mention c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s ? A whole bunch of photo opportunities there.

So our Winter photo competition aims to capture all of the above – the themes this time are:

"A Spirit of Christmas..." or "A Winter's Tale"

The closing date for entries is midnight on Valentine's Day, 14th February 2015. The three winners will be contacted via email by 20th February.

There's nearly £200 in vouchers up for grabs so give it a shot!
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Our next photo competition is open for entries!

The 'Wettest Winter on Record' is what they've been saying. And don't we know it.

Even as we step into Spring, some of us are still dealing with the after-effects of all that flooding. And all of us are decidedly bored by the thought of yet another rainy day.

With this in mind, our latest photo competition aims to capture the endless rains that have graced the last three months – the theme this time is:

"Plants and Trees in Water"
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Photo competition winners

Last year we set an autumn photo competition and we had a fantastic response. You can see a lot of the entries on our Pinterest page.

We had a fun time deciding on the winners and there are some fantastic photos. Here are the winners.

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Our summer 2013 photo competition is open for entries!

Well, what strange seasonal change this year is throwing at us. In the space of a few days we seem to go from wind and hail to clear blue skies and sunbathing! Still, it keeps things interesting.

One clear sign that we're on our way to summer is how green everything has suddenly become. It took a while to get here, but there's no denying the beauty of British hedging in full swing.

So, this is your inspiration for our summer photo competition:

"A green and pleasant land"

Whether it's an expansive landscape or an extreme close-up, let the colour green guide your lens!

The closing date for entries is midnight on Thursday 29 August 2013. The three winners will be contacted via email by Thursday 5 September.

More than £100 in vouchers is up for grabs!
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Our spring 2013 photo competition is open for entries!

Plants are most certainly on the move, and the recent lighter evenings offer the best clues that spring is most certainly here! Creatures are on the move too, so the theme this time is:

"Spring wildlife"

Birds, insects, small mammals, amphibians... maybe even the household pet in the undergrowth? Snap an animal in a garden setting and see if you can make us smile!

The closing date for entries is midnight on Thursday 30 May 2013. The three winners will be contacted via email, including their prize voucher code, by Thursday 6 June.

As before we're giving away a total of more than £100 in vouchers to three lucky winners!
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Our March 2013 photo competition is open for entries!

I'm sure you, just like us, are yearning for those warm spring days. So, in honour of the change of season, our theme this month is:

"First flowers"

We've chosen white apple blossom against a bright blue sky to decorate our blog post, but we're sure you've got more creativity! Forest flowers, hedgerows, garden blooms, sleepy shrubs waking up...

The closing date for entries is midnight on Thursday 21 February 2013. The three winners will be contacted via email, including their prize voucher code, by Thursday 28 February.

As before we're giving away a total of more than £100 in vouchers to three lucky winners!
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Cameras at the ready, our February 2013 photo competition is open!

And as it's February, the month of romance, the theme is simply:

"Roses"

But don't let that force you down the path of the traditional single red bloom – let your creativity loose! We'd love to see a variety of colour, form and composition.

The closing date for entries is midnight on Thursday 24 January 2013. The three winners will be contacted via email, including their prize voucher code, by Thursday 31 January.

As before we have three prizes to give away!
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If you love the outdoors, we're sure that you'll also love wonderful photos of nature.

So, we thought we'd run a little competition to see just what photographic talents are out there when it comes to picturing trees and hedging in the cold.

Even better, we have not one... not two... but three prizes to give away!
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