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Landscape Photographer of the Year photo gallery

May 22, 2014

As entry to the annual photography competition opens, take a look at some of the best entries from last year.

Crummock Water Dawn — Crummock Water, Cumbria, at dawn © Tony Bennett

Photographers both professional and amateur can dust down their camera lenses and take part in the eighth annual Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year Award 2014. Brainchild of renowned landscape photographer Charlie Waite, the prestigious competition is open to everyone and each entrant can submit 25 photographs across four categories. There is a prize fund worth £20,000 with £10,000 going to the overall winner.

An exhibition of winning entries will premiere in central London in November 2014 and over 150 of the best photographs will appear in stunning coffee table book Landscape Photographer of the Year, Collection 8. Last year, an atmospheric shot of a misty autumn dawn at Crummock Water in Cumbria (above) by photographer Tony Bennett won first prize.

The awards are being held in association with VisitBritain and Countryside is GREAT. Founder Charlie Waite said: “The power of a photograph can be key to conveying information; what better way to encourage visitors to appreciate what Britain has to offer and to discover that there is joy to be had from our landscapes, whether they be large scale and dramatic or small and involving.”

Scroll down our gallery below and enjoy the best entrants from last year’s competition.

Autumn Morning Light, Loch Rusky, Perthshire, Scotland — Autumn morning light, Loch Rusky, Perthshire © David Mould

Buckholt Wood, Cranham, Gloucestershire, England — Buckholt Wood, Cranham, Gloucestershire © Robert Wolstenholme

Catbells sunrise, Cumbria, England — Catbells sunrise, Cumbria © Bart Heirweg

City Twilight, London, England — City twilight, London © Charlotte Gilliatt

Curves, Luskentyre, Isle of Harris, Scotland © Robert Birkby

Ethereal Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset, England — Ethereal Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset © Graham McPherson

Fiddlers Ferry Power Station at dawn, Cuerdley, Cheshire, England — Fiddlers Ferry Power Station at dawn, Cuerdley, Cheshire © James Wallace

Fiery sky over the Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland © Peter Ribbeck

Guardians, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England — Guardians, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex © Richard Hurst

Horgabost at Dusk, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland © Robin Goodlad

Jurassic Coast, Looking East from White Nothe, Dorset, England — Jurassic Coast, Looking east from White Nothe, Dorset © Jake Pike

Lighting Strikes the Shard, London by Nigel Morton (Take a view, 2013) — Lightning strikes the Shard, London © Nigel Morton

Looking up to the trees, England © Oliver Curtis

Morning Light In The Poplars, Herefordshire, England — Morning light in the poplars, Herefordshire © Steve Gray

Sastrugi, Snowdonia, North Wales — Sastrugi, Snowdonia, north Wales © Esen Tunar

Sea foam at Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland © Stuart Low

Sky on Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland © Tim Way

Sturminster Newton Mill, River Stour, Dorset, England — Sturminster Newton Mill, River Stour, Dorset © Mark L Simpson

Sundial, Beachy Head, East Sussex, England — Sundial, Beachy Head, East Sussex © Mirek Galagus

Towards Slioch at dawn, from Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland © Jim Robertson

View over Loch Treig, Lochaber, Scottish Highlands © David Kirkpatrick

Enter the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition in association with VisitBritain and Countryside is GREAT at www.take-a-view.co.uk. Entrants have until 11 July to submit their photographs of the British landscape.

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