The Landscape Photographer of the Year competition is now in its 11th year, and each year it attracts a fantastic array of images – as you'll see from the selection of 2016 shortlisted images on this very page.
It was founded by Charlie Waite, a hugely talented and influential professional photographer, and is open to anyone. Entrants are permitted to submit up to 25 pictures – the only stipulation being that the pictures are taken in Britain.
As well as recognition, there is a cash prize for the overall winner of some £10,000, with a further £10,000 prize fund for prizes in sub-categories – one of which is for under-17s.
"As we enter our second decade, I am thrilled that the competition goes from strength to strength and that our passion, both for landscape photography and this beautiful country, continues undiminished," said Charlie Waite.
"Each spring, as the trees burst into leaf and bluebells carpet our woodlands, you can feel spirits lift and it is the perfect time to get out with your camera and explore all corners of Great Britain.
"I have been fortunate, over my ten years as judge, to see many memorable photographs from many talented photographers and am very much looking forward to seeing this year’s entries.”
You can get more information or enter via the competition website at www.take-a-view.co.uk – and if the beautiful pictures on this page don't inspire you to get out and start taking some images, we don't know what will.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?
The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
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