The Society of Nature and Wildlife Photographers has announced the winners of its "Our Colourful World" Photography Competition. The winning image (above) was captured by UK photographer Paul McElroy from Kent, and was taken at a local park on a Nikon D300 50 mm / 1.4 prime lens. Sahil M Beg from India came in second, and the third place was awarded to Christopher Algar from Hounslow, Middlesex.

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Our Colourful World Photography Competition – Winners Announced

The Society of Nature and Wildlife Photographers have announced the winners of the Our Colourful World Photography Competition.

The theme of the competition was ‘Our Colourful World’; this topic gives us such vibrant colours that bring warmth and joy. We asked for images that captured the glory of everything that is natural and bright in our stunning world.

The competition ran throughout the whole of July and had over 515 entries from all around the globe. The entries did not disappoint and the qualities of the images are stunning.

The winning image was captured by UK photographer Paul McElroy from Kent, and was taken at a local park on a Nikon D300 50 mm / 1.4 prime lens.

Paul has won 12 membership to the Society of Nature and Wildlife Photographers.

2nd place Sahil M Beg from India and 3rd place Christopher Algar from Hounslow, Middlesex both have won 6 months membership to SINWP.
                     
Here are the winners -

1st place – Paul McElroy http://sinwp.com/world/entries-19.htm 
2nd place - Sahil M Beg http://sinwp.com/world/entries-20.htm 
3rd place – Christopher Algar http://sinwp.com/world/entries-21.htm

Also there was 17 highly commended images
http://sinwp.com/world/entries-22.htm

Take a look at all the images entered here
http://sinwp.com/world/entries.htm

And don’t forget to enter our ‘In the Wild’ Competition.
http://sinwp.com/wild/index.htm

Highly Commended images are –
Anne Algar - England
Boutheina Ferid - Tunisie
Cheri Detavernier - USA
Chinmay Macwan – India
Christopher Algar  - England
Dave Wood – England
Davide Espertini – Italy
Eugen Os – Ukraine
Jenna Goodwin – England
Linda J. Ouellette – USA
Antonio Jos Milln A – Venezuela
Paul McElroy – England
Ruby Sarkar – India
Bu Sadat Mohammad Tanvir – Dhaka
Vytenis Malisauskas - Ireland

Note - Further information and hi-res images of runners up and highly commended are available on request.

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