Photography competition | Saddleworth Hydro

CHANGING NATURE

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION WINNERS

We invited young people to take a photo in or around the local area showing some aspect of the changes taking place in the natural world. Twenty-six young photographers used this competition to show how nature is adapting to living alongside us and how people are helping nature to recover.

From sunrise to snow fall, a host of eye-catching pictures capture the changing natural world in Saddleworth as they rose to the challenge

Under elevens

1st prize and overall winner Lewis Jackson, 2nd prize Florence Howard, 3rd prize Ellie-Beth Power

Lewis Jackson Alphin ish this later

I took this picture to raise awareness of others of the devastation of climate change

Florence Howard Misty Man

I took this picture on the Pennine Way near Black Moss reservoir because it shows a man (my dad) walking into the mist which reflects the uncertain future of the planet.

Ellie-Beth Power Wonderful waterfall

I took this picture in the Valleys between Thornley Brook and AshBrook, between Grotton and Springhead. This is my favourite place to be, I just love walking through the valleys and listening to the water flow. Sometimes the water is gentle, sometimes it gushes, but I don't mind because I think it is so beautiful and natural.

This joint competition was promoted by Saddleworth Community Hydro and the Saddleworth Independent.

The expert judges were Jude Gidney, James Rushforth and Steve Suttill. We thank them for the care they took in judging 51 pictures.

16-18 winner Rosa Brierley

Peep through to a winter wonderland

Taken in Greenfield and I took this photo because it shows nature changing to adapt to growing changes of living alongside us because it shows the beauty of nature breaking through the barriers and walls we have established and nature finds a way to thrive in the face of adversity.

Rosa Brierley Peep into a winter wonderl

11-15

1st Prize Emily Hohmann, 2nd Prize Lola Gradwell, 3rd Prize Rosa Brierley

Emily Hohmann Snowdrops in the Snow

I took this picture of the 'snowdrops in the snow' in the Dobcross Holy Trinity Primary School garden next to the roundabout connecting Dobcross New Road and Wall Hill Road. The garden has been really well looked after by some members of the local community and I thought it was really pretty, especially as the picture shows aspects of Spring in the midst of Winter - a change in Nature.

Lola Gladwell Sunrise at Standedge

I took this picture: Standedge on the Pennine Way during an early Sunday morning dog walk.

Daisy Brierley when summer meets winter.

The photo is from my garden of a late blooming climbing rose with the first winter snow on it. Air temperatures have changed which means the seasons are no longer defined and can mix together