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Brighton 'tornado of starlings' photograph scoops top award | Brighton 'tornado of starlings' photograph scoops top award |
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An image of starlings flying around the remains of Brighton's West Pier has been awarded the top prize in the Landscape Photographer of the Year awards. | An image of starlings flying around the remains of Brighton's West Pier has been awarded the top prize in the Landscape Photographer of the Year awards. |
The shot by Matthew Cattell, from Bracknell, Berkshire, was likened by judges to the tornado in the Wizard of Oz movie. | The shot by Matthew Cattell, from Bracknell, Berkshire, was likened by judges to the tornado in the Wizard of Oz movie. |
It beat thousands of submissions to win the overall title. | It beat thousands of submissions to win the overall title. |
Founder of the awards Charlie Waite described it as an "intriguing image". | Founder of the awards Charlie Waite described it as an "intriguing image". |
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"The sense of movement is palpable in Matthew's photograph and you really feel what it would have been like to stand beside him," Mr Waite said. | "The sense of movement is palpable in Matthew's photograph and you really feel what it would have been like to stand beside him," Mr Waite said. |
"The starlings seem to be swirling around the iconic remains of Brighton's West Pier in a manner reminiscent of the tornado in the Wizard of Oz." | "The starlings seem to be swirling around the iconic remains of Brighton's West Pier in a manner reminiscent of the tornado in the Wizard of Oz." |
A view of a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a walker on a ridge in Derbyshire's Peak District, a railway viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales, Storm Imogen at Newhaven, East Sussex, and flats being demolished in Glasgow were among the category winners in the Take A View Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, which is in its third year. | A view of a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a walker on a ridge in Derbyshire's Peak District, a railway viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales, Storm Imogen at Newhaven, East Sussex, and flats being demolished in Glasgow were among the category winners in the Take A View Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, which is in its third year. |
Shots of Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk and Silverdale in Lancashire also won categories. | Shots of Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk and Silverdale in Lancashire also won categories. |
Hannah Faith Jackson, 15, from Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, won the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year award for her shot of the reflections in a Glasgow bar window. | Hannah Faith Jackson, 15, from Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, won the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year award for her shot of the reflections in a Glasgow bar window. |
An exhibition of winning entries will be held at London Waterloo station from 21 November. | An exhibition of winning entries will be held at London Waterloo station from 21 November. |
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