Rotary Young Photographer 2020: The national results

Rotary Great Britain and Ireland is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Young Photographer competition.

Young Photographer is one of many competitions where Rotary is involved in developing skills of the future generation. Learn more about other Rotary Youth competitions here.

The aim is to encourage young people to experiment with different techniques and express their ideas through the medium of photography.

Rotary Young Photographer 2020 is proudly sponsored by Olympus and The Guild of Photographers. This year Olympus are offering vouchers to the winners of each category.

This year’s theme was ‘Through my Eyes’.

Below are the winning entries. Click on each gallery to see each contestants three photographs.

Senior (14-17 years old)

1st Place – Emily Bunce – Caln Rotary

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1st Place Seniors - Emily Bunce

These images were produced as part of Emilys A-level project. She was inspired by artist Craig Burrows' use of fluorescence and linked this with imagery of plants and sea life.

2nd Place – Nora Osmani – Hatfield Rotary

2nd Place Seniors - Nora Osmani

Nora used photoshop to experiment with colours and layering on her photos from a trip to Brighton.

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Nora used photoshop to experiment with colours and layering on her photos from a trip to Brighton.

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Nora used photoshop to experiment with colours and layering on her photos from a trip to Brighton.

3rd Place – Anna Willison – Whitby & District

3rd Place Seniors - Anna Willison

Sunset through thunder clounds over Aislaby using zoom.

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Hare taken with zoom 10 metres away

Butterly on Buddleia in the garden with sunlight passing through its wings.

Intermediate (11-13 years old)

1st Place – Wilfred-Laney Hubbard – Exmouth Raleigh Rotary

1st Place Intermediates - Wilfred Laney-Hubbard

Wilfred liked the interesting perspective of the mirrored eyes giving the effect that she has four eyes.

This photo uses leading lines on the books pages to make the viewer look towards the bookshelf.

1st Place Intermediates - Wilfred-Laney Hubbard

This portrait shot has one normal eye and then the other has been magnified with the glass ball to turn a boring shot into something more interesting and creative.

2nd Place – Sophie Goggs – Brue Valley Rotary

2nd Place Intermediates - Sophie Goggs

The reflection in the horses eye is what Sophie loved about this photo. The image has a bokeh effect forcing the viewer to focus on the sharpness and contrast of the light in the eye.

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Focussing close up to the bee, enabled Sophie to capture a moment in time we normally only see very quickly through our eyes.

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The mirror highlights the reflection of the sky and this unusual viewpoint plays tricks with how we usually see the world

3rd Place – Amber Clews – Whitby & District Rotary

3rd Place Intermediates - Amber Clews

On a grey and rainy day the bright colours of these pumpkins really caught Ambers eye.

Amber got down low for this picture to get a different perspective.

As Amber approached this leaf she noticed the details you wouldnt see ordinarily, and captured them.

Junior (7-10 years old)

1st Place – Sophia Eshback – Cambridge Rotary

1st Place Juniors -Sophia Eschbach

Fresh pastries from Borough Market. To get this shot, Sophia had to focus the camera on the snail pastry

1st Place Junior - Sophia Eschbach

This photo represents an eye looking into the distance. Sophia felt this photo was special as you can see the ocean and cliffs in the reflection of the eye.

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