AN image of a crop duster over a field of canola has been awarded first prize in the GrainGrowers annual farm photo calendar competition.
The winning image came from Nichola Boyd from Brocklesby, NSW, was also awarded $1000 for her efforts. Janice Scoble from Woodstock on Loddon, Vic, claimed second prize for her drone image of late night sowing. St George, Qld, farmer Cameron Moon’s photo of harvest under the hot sun came in third.
More than 120 photos were submitted in the annual competition. The place-getting photos join nine other farm photos from across Australia in GrainGrowers 2017 Calendar.
GrainGrowers general manager David McKeon said the calendar competition had been running for many years and was popular with members.
“Regional Australia produces some amazing imagery and farmers are best-placed to capture it.
“With smart phone imagery quality increasing it has definitely increased the number of entries we receive,” Mr McKeon said.
“Keeping pace with latest innovations, this year we received plenty of photos taken using a drone.”
Mr McKeon said each year it was a tough decision to choose a winner.
“It really is such a difficult call to make – we like to include a good mix of images in the calendar. This year we decided to allow members to vote for their favourite photo via our website which really helped with the decision making process.
"Each year we receive a large variety of photos but I’d have to say this year we had some exceptional entries, in the end it comes down to what photo has that ‘wow’ factor."
Nichola Boydm said the win was a nice surprise.
“The photo was taken on our property and I had to position myself in a tricky position to get the best shot,” Nichola said.
CLICK HERE to enter the 2018 calendar photo competition.