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Twenty-six awesome photos were recognised in an award ceremony on Sunday as photographers in the annual Simple Pleasures Photo Competition waited to see who was the big winner.

Open section finalist Charlie Gill won the Justine Elliot prize with his photo ‘Pre Show at the Picture House’. Photo Tree Faerie.

With six divisions to judge, it wasn’t an easy task to work out which of the 175 entries across the Junior, Open, Human Icon, Man-made Icon, Natural Icon and Instagram categories were the absolute best.

The overall winner for 2019 was Ghost Ship Mark Seiffert and the People’s Choice award went to Isabella Rankin’s The River.

Justine Elliot MP also awarded a prize to the photo she liked the most and Charlie Gill’s zooming Pre Show at the Picture House was the recipient of that prize.

All of the judges agreed the standard was very high and every year it gets harder to decide.

The entire list of winners are:

Photo Taj Taylor.

Under 16 – Youth

Winner Tree Taj Taylor

Highly Commended/Finalist The River Isabella Rankin

Highly Commended/Finalist Pre Show at the Picture House Charlie Gill

Finalist The Bridge to Bruns Ivy Stevens

Finalist Bruns Bridge Delila Bennett Boyce

Finalist Bruns Beach Lucy Wraight

Finalist The Tree Elliott Burke

Finalist Sunset on another Beautiful Day in Bruns Deizel Ensor

Photo J Miller.

Over 16 – Adult

Winner The Oyster Shed Jonathon Miller

Finalist Dom Paul Begg

Finalist The Lone Fisherman Jonathon Miller

Finalist Bruns Breaching Orion Sturch

Finalist Mount Whaling Orion Sturch

Finalist Sun-Dayz Howard Johnson

Photo Michelle Begg.

Finalist Going Nuts for Donuts Michelle Begg

Finalist Between Meals Tiffany Lee

Finalist Ghost Ship Mark Seiffert

Finalist Boat Harbour Bliss Casey Eveleigh

Finalist Rights of Passage Casey Eveleigh

 

Overall Winner Ghost Ship Mark Seiffert

Photo Paul Begg.

The Icons

 

Human Icon Dom Paul Begg

Man-made Icon Boat Harbour Bliss Casey Eveleigh

Natural Icon Between Meals Tiffany Lee

Instagram The Bridge Jump Mark Seiffert @m_m2483

Peoples Choice The River Isabella Rankin

 

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