The winners of the 'Seasonal Snaps' photography competition organised by the New Forest National Park Authority have been announced. The contest attracted over 4,300 votes across 222 photos between 6 and 20 November, and the winners were chosen by a public vote on the National Park Authority’s Facebook page. Alan Sutton, from Pennington, near Lymington, won the main prize for his picture of a stag among bracken named ‘the roar of the wild’ (above). Second prize went to Karen Woodward, Sandy Bemister came third and in fourth place was Linda Lucas-Kenny.

New Forest National Park Authority Press Release

New Forest photo contest attracts record number of entries

A bellowing stag, highland cattle and brightly-coloured fungi were the prize winners in the autumn edition of the ‘Seasonal Snaps’ photo contest, which received a record number of entries.

The regular competition, organised by the New Forest National Park Authority, attracted over 4,300 votes across 222 photos between 6 and 20 November, with entrants hoping to inspire people to cherish the beauty of the New Forest. A selection of pictures can be viewed at www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/seasonalsnaps5.

Photographers submitted their autumnal images of the New Forest on Twitter or Facebook and the winners were chosen by a public vote on the National Park Authority’s Facebook page.

Each of the four winners received one of several prizes, kindly donated by businesses:

• A pair of walking boots from Merrell (www.merrell.com/UK)
• Full-day Twizy electric car hire from Hire a Twizy, Brockenhurst (www.hireatwizy.co.uk)
• A picnic day (including hamper) in Herbie the VW Beetle from New Forest Camper Hire (www.forestvwhire.com). Valid for six months
• Family ticket to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu (www.beaulieu.co.uk). Valid until March 2016.

Alan Sutton, from Pennington, near Lymington, won the main prize for his picture of a stag among bracken named ‘the roar of the wild’. Second prize went to Karen Woodward, Sandy Bemister came third and in fourth place was Linda Lucas-Kenny.

Barry Rickman, New Forest National Park Authority member, said: ‘Alan’s photo is a powerful image with wonderful colour saturation and is a worthy winner of the photo contest.

‘I’m pleased that the competition has received a record number of entries from keen photographers and the standard of the entries is especially impressive this autumn. I hope all four winners enjoy their prizes and I commend all the entrants for taking the time to celebrate the National Park with their photos.’

Seasonal Snaps runs three times each year - for further details and the 2015 competition dates visit www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/seasonalsnaps.

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Illustration: ‘The roar of the wild’ by Alan Sutton, the overall winner of the autumn 2014 Seasonal Snaps photo competition

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