Living Orkney Competition (2018)
Each year Orkney Camera Club and Living Orkney magazine collaborate on a photographic portfolio competition. The photographers must put together a portfolio of ten images on an Orkney theme along with a brief introduction to their collection.
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This years results were
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1st Place - Ray Groundwater - Orkney Sky
2nd Place - Steve Henderson - Abandoned But Not Empty
3rd Place - Lorna Wilson - Orkney's Red Boxes
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Best Individual shot was Gold Clouds or Waves by Ray Groundwater
Orkney Sky by Ray Groundwater
"I chose the theme as I love the Orkney sky! It can be so varied and in a short space of time. From amazing sunsets to strange clouds, I have tried to get some of the more interesting clouds, sunsets etc. Who said it's always grey and rainy in Orkney?.."
 Pink Stripes to Hoy |  Light Medium Dark |
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 Wind in the Sky |  Eyes in the Sky |
 Trying to burn through Cloud Mist |  A Second Sky in the Water |
 Clouds Marching Past the Ring |  Contrasting Cloud Sunset |
 Eerie Red Harvest Glow |  Gold Clouds or Waves |
Abandoned but not Empty by Steve Henderson
"Many disused buildings are left in peace around Orkney and I love having access to these time capsules. Their history is relatively recent, but it still feels like archaeology - without all the tiresome digging! No one has lived on Swona since 1974, but it does not feel empty."
 The Haven |  NorheadRose Cottage and Dunnet Head |
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 Long Disused |  In the Byre |
 In the Kitchen |  Fireside Chairs |
 Keeping the Bedroom Warm |  Lets Boogie |
 Loch of the Tarf and Chambered Cairn |  The Beacon on the Tarf |
Orkney's Red Boxes by Lorna Wilson
"One of my first memories of the Orkney landscape was the incredible sight of a red phone box in a vista of green on the road south to Burwick. In the age of mobile phones I wanted to celebrate these rarely used red phone boxes before they are gone."
 Road to Skaill |  Birsay |
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 St Mary's |  Burwick Road |
 Kirkwall |  Burray |
 Twatt |  Old Stromness Road |
 Orphir Road Sunset |  Museum piece |
The Coastline of Orkney by Steve Sankey
"Orkney's coastline seems infinite, with ever-changing seascapes and skies. This gives the photographer many opportunities but also many accompanying difficulties! My agony is always colour or monochrome? I prefer black & white but most folk are more comfortable with colour. So I've chosen both, with subjects from around our islands."
 The Black Stuff, Scapa Flow |  Rackwick Bothy, Hoy |
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 Mackerel Sky over Flotta |  Eastside Kirk, South Ronaldsay |
 Barrier #4 East, Lyme Grass |  Across Holm Sound |
 Blockship, Barrier #2 |  Copinsay |
 Brough of Bigging, Yesnaby |  Barth Head, South Ronaldsay |
A Great Day Out by Noel Donaldson
"My aim was to try to capture the flavour of the County Show as a great day out, not just for the farming fraternity, and feature some of the non-agricultural attraction and patrons."
 Concentrate |  High Flier |
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 I Could Murder a Vole Right Now |  Gently Does It |
 Stirring Stuff |  Not The Time For Stage Fright |
 Rising Star |  Its a Serious Business |
 Now, have I Got This Right |  A Successful Day |
The Orkney Shoreline by Sophie Blanchard
"I love being next to the water and Orkney has a lot to offer about this. When you are along the shore you just don't know what you can find and sometimes it doesn't take much to do a photo"
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