- the results are in!!

The winners of the second annual Sea Vision Photography Competition have been announced.

The competition which was run in conjunction with Practical Photography magazine attracted nearly 1,000 entries from amateur and professional photographers across the country.

Sea Vision UK would like to thank everyone who entered this competition and made the judging process such a challenging one. The judges included Lord Ambrose Greenway, maritime consultant and respected marine photographer, Ben Hawkins, deputy editor of Practical Photography magazine and Claire Sneddon, Communications Manager Sea Vision UK.

And the winners are....

Malcolm Hobson – overall winner and winner of the Commercial category
David Merchant – winner of the Leisure category
Jim Parren – winner of the Maritime Heritage and Coastlines category

Congratulations to all three winners and to the short-listed runners up.

Malcolm Hobson, David Merchant and Jim Parren all win a Nikon D40 digital SLR camera, and Malcolm also wins a fabulous Topsail cruise for himself and another 19 people on a Thames barge.

Sea Vision would like to thank both sponsors Topsail Cruises and BP Shipping for supporting this popular competition.

Click here to see the article in Practical Photography magazine and scroll down this page to see all of the winning and short listed pictures. Click on each image to see a larger version.

COMMERCIAL CATEGORY

(including ships, oil rigs, fishing vessels etc.)

***THE OVERALL WINNER OF ALL THREE CATEGORIES***
** WINNER OF COMMERCIAL CATEGORY **

NW-55 by Malcolm Hobson from Yorkshire

***SHORT-LISTED RUNNERS UP***

HMS Ark Royal and RNLI Lifeboats by Nathan Williams from Dorset.

The Pride of Hull by Jim Henderson from Newcastle upon Tyne

Nab Launch, Southampton pilot by Capt. Christopher Lye from Kent.

Windy Taxi by Alex Hill from Fife.

Calm before the Storm by Michael Steele from Merseyside

St Ives Fishing Boats by Philip Winter from Yorkshire

Zhen Hua 23 by Geoff Watson

LEISURE CATEGORY

(including sailing, surfing, beach games, aquarium, diving etc.)

** WINNER OF LEISURE CATEGORY **

Life's a breeze by David Merchant from Wales

***SHORT-LISTED RUNNERS UP***

Friends at sea by Ailien Rhijnsburger from London

Handstand and dog by Adrian Williams from Wales

Bodyboarder at Porthtowan by Matt Stansfield from Cornwall

Hanging in the Blue by Walker8372

Chasing the storm by Veronica Cottam from Cardiff

Jet ski take off by Ian Jefferson from Cleveland

MARITIME HERITAGE AND COASTLINES CATEGORY

** WINNER OF MARITIME HERITAGE AND COASTLINES CATEGORY **

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall by Jim Parren from Cornwall

***SHORT-LISTED RUNNERS UP***

Trinity by Martin Cock from Leicestershire

Corus reflections by Geoff Perry from Durham

Listed by Ian Davies from Lancashire

Sunset at Talacre by Shaunrw from Lancashire

Gulls by Michael Hobson from Yorkshire

Pier Storm by Geoff Love from Newcastle upon Tyne