Lowestoft Journal Photo Competition

An Amarylis photographed by Val Bond
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Picture Studios is often working in partnership with the
Lowestoft Journal and they are providing the weekly prize
for our photo competition
Picture Studios
179 London Road North
Lowestoft
NR32 1HG
www.picturestudios.net |
THIS vibrant red and white amaryllis, beautifully accentuated by a plain black background, has been selected as the winner of The Journal’s Picture of the Week competition.
The image was sent in by Val Bond, of Rushlake Way, Lowestoft, who triumphs in the competition for the first time.
Her prize-winning image beat over 40 other images and all of the photographs put forward to the competition can be seen on our website www.lowestoftjournal24.co.uk
Here you will find a slideshow displaying all of the entries we received this week as well as links to past entrants, as we showcase some of the finest images taken by the region’s amateur photographers.
Having won, Val will be presented with a winning photograph in a 12in x 10in frame, mounted and inscribed, in a prize worth more than £60 from Picture Studios, of London Road North, Lowestoft.
Her photo will also go forward to the next final of winning images where, together with her fellow prize-winners, she will have a chance to win the image in a printed 12in x 18in photo block worth £130.
How to enter
We are now accepting entries for next week’s competition. They have to be taken by amateur photographers and we would prefer the pictures to be digital and between 500KB and 1MB in size. We will also accept prints.
To enter, send your picture, along with your name, address and
contact details, to Journal editor Russell Cook at richard.wood@archant.co.uk and
mark your e-mail “Journal photo competition”.
Prints can be sent to:Russell Cook, Editor, The Journal, 147 London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1NB.
Slideshow of entries for June 27, 2008
Previous photo competitions
2008
June 20
June
13
June
6
May
30
May
23
May
16
To view the first Gallery of Winners, click here

Winner of the past 26 weeks
Meanwhile, entries have flooded in from readers who voted for the best winning image over the past 26 week which featured a host of imaginative photographs.
And the winner, with a total of 21 votes, was Carl Baldry, of Pinewood Avenue, Lowestoft, with his picture of a tiger at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, at Filby.