FW Photo Competition 2024: Winner of winners revealed

Thank you to everyone who sent in images for our Photo Competition. We had thousands upon thousands of brilliant photos to look through – and the incredibly hard task of choosing these three to share the prize pot.

So without further ado, we reveal the winner of winners and two runners-up

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Winner – Steve Barnes

Barnsland Farm, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire © Steve Barnes

Taking the top spot, and £300 of prize money, is second-generation farmer Steve Barnes with this evocative photograph.

He was struck by the way the sun was shining through the mouldboards and spontaneously stopped to take the shot with his smartphone:

“I happened to be driving past and the sun was just right. It was one of those mornings,” he says.

The plough was out in readiness for that day’s job of preparing the ground for wheat on 81ha (200-acre) mixed enterprise Barnsland Farm in south Shropshire.

Runners-up

Sam Turner – Landscapes

Knightwick Manor © Sam Turner

In this shot, Sam Turner has immortalised the view from Jubilee Field on the family’s former 240ha (600-acre) farm, Knightwick Manor, on the Worcestershire/Herefordshire border.

“Big Piece is where the sheep are,” he explains, “and you can see Hollow Orchard, Truckshell and Broomyhill, and in the background is Ankerdine Hill, which leads to Martley.”

Until they sold Knightwick recently, the Turner family reared pedigree Hereford cattle on the farm and had a 200-head red deer herd.

“This photo was taken early morning on a lovely misty morning while I was out walking,” says Sam, who wins £100 for his shot.

Harry Whymark – Wildlife

Somerleyton © Harry Whymark

Harry Whymark, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, scoops our final £100 prize. The 14-year-old may have his year 9 schoolwork to manage, but it doesn’t stop him helping out on his dad’s 2,000ha (5,000-acre) estate.

Somerleyton Hall is a mixed enterprise, which also has an Exmoor pony rewilding project.

Harry is an aspiring wildlife and sunset photographer, and captured this red stag while driving through the woods near Fritton Lake.

“We turned a corner, and it was just there, staring at me,” he says.