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Thank you to everyone who entered our Calming Nature Photography Competition, to help create a calming environment at our new Highgate East Hospital.

We received over 1000 photograph entries from over 200 individuals, which was remarkable!

With so many beautiful entries across all four themes; majestic landscapes, wildlife wonders, tranquil waters and macros of nature, it made the judging very difficult.

However, the diverse judging panel took all entries through a robust judging process, using a criteria centred around the original brief, technical specifications and visual appeal, and the winners have now been announced! 

The Overall Winner of the Calming Nature Photography Competition 2024 is: Ana Tunaru!

Huge congratulations to you! You can see the winning photograph below: 

   

The judges said: 

“Ana’s entry into the Calming Nature photography competition instantly captivated the panel of judges. The stunning image of the salt planes really summed up the theme with its tranquillity and composition bringing forward an array of calming feelings, not just though its beauty, but the ability to lose yourself in thought whilst admiring the photograph. The technical elements of the image capture also really impressed the judges. We could see the due care and process had been undertaken in the time of day, the position for composition and settings used to be able to portray the scene in its full glory making use of the reflective properties of the salt plane to double up the clouds.

We are proud as a panel in the decision-making process and appreciated all the entries. It made for a challenging but delightful process due to all the fantastic art that was submitted.”

As well as the overall winner there were 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place winners for each of the four themes, and 32 runner ups who are highly commended. Congratulations to all the winners for their amazing entries.

Majestic Landscapes

Woods	1st place	Dominic O'Ryan
Geyser Iceland	2nd place	Filipa Oliveira
The Lone Tree of Llanberis	3rd place	Kenneth Shennan

 

Wildlife Wonders

Leopard	1st place	Sophie Macken
Elephant	2nd place	Sophie Macken
Curious by Nature	3rd place	Ariska Barbosa

 

Tranquil Waters

Sunrise at Saltflat (blue)	1st place	Ana Tunaru
Streamside Serenity	2nd place	Marcus Wade
November in N15	3rd place	Clare Tierney

 

Macros of Nature

The real Monet's garden	1st place	Clare Tierney
Cherry Blossom	2nd place	Cynthia Wong
Pollen Pioneer	3rd place	Georgina Hobson

 

Runners up 

Smiles found everywhere	Highly commended	Alexandra Stevenson
Lazy Days	Highly commended	Marcus Wade
Milo at Lake	Highly commended	Natalie Cook
Silberhorn Sunset	Highly commended	Georgina Hudson
Snowy Mountain	Highly commended	Pauline Dowdall
Spring	Highly commended	Kavinda Gunathillaka
Eastbourne Pier on a Calm Day	Highly commended	Kenneth Shennan
Alone	Highly commended	Kenneth Shennan
Busy Bee in Flowers	Highly commended	Emma Buurman
Inquisitive Fish	Highly commended	Phoebe Jones
Antarctica Reflection	Highly commended	Sophie Macken
View of Table Mountain	Highly commended	Theodore Lloyd
Whale Tail	Highly commended	Sophie Macken
Macro Corn	Highly commended	Luc Taperell
Sunset Victoria Park	Highly commended	Hoi Wei Ng
Wildlife	Highly commended	Sakil Patel
Stavanger Stillness	Highly commended	Becky Crew
Feathery Flowers	Highly commended	Naima Fowlis
Countryside Fields	Highly commended	Emma Buurman
Family of Mushrooms	Highly commended	Kenneth Shennan
Stairs with Autumn	Highly commended	Cynthia Wong
Cornwall	Highly commended	Filipa Oliveria
Sunrise in Lugano	Highly commended	Attila Yethil
Blue Waters	Highly commended	Anita Salava
Sunbathing Seal	Highly commended	Natalie Cook
Cygnet	Highly commended	Perdeep Purewal
How did that get there?	Highly commended	Amy Bayson
Dewy Cabbage	Highly commended	Theodore Lloyd
Rainbow	Highly commended	Amrit Rai
Soaking up the Spring Day	Highly commended	Alexandra Stevenson
Sunset at Giant's Causeway	Highly commended	Sarah Coulthard
Autumn Bird on Bare Tree	Highly commended	Flevin Marattukalam

 

All the winning photographs will be displayed on one of the walls at our new Highgate East campus, for service users, carers and staff to see and enjoy.

Thank you once again to everyone who entered the Calming Nature Photography Competition, we got to admire some outstanding photographs and realise what a creative, and talented workforce we have.

From all members of the judging panel:

Adele McKay, Managing Director
B ala Patel, Service User Representative 
Mark Lister,  Senior Procurement Business Partner
Elizabeth Adegbenro, Matron
Gerd Sortland, Head of Occupational Therapy
Harpreet Gill, Head of Psychology