Look! Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West is delighted to announce the winners of its inaugural photography competition, which attracted over 500 entries from talented amateur and professional photographers, based in South Africa and overseas:
After much deliberation, the panel of judges, in association with competition partner and sponsor Orms photographic store, announced the winners.
The finalists’ images were unveiled in the glorious surroundings of the estate’s East Garden, on the evening of Tuesday 4 April. In the Camera class, Mike Hodgson took first place with his stunning shot of a blue crane bird sculpture in the East Garden.Navashni Knowlden won first place in the Smartphone class with a captivating photo of a sunflower field against a mountain backdrop.In the Junior class, Morgan Eaton’s photograph of Vergelegen’s historic Octagonal Garden took first place.
‘This is the first prize I’ve won in my life,’ said Hodgson, whose late father was the general manager of the neighbouring farm, Lourensford, for 30 years. Hodgson said he had visited Vergelegen frequently as a schoolboy and chose to photograph the blue crane sculpture as he greatly admires this artwork, birds are a favourite photography subject of his, and the water feature surrounding the sculpture adds depth to the image.
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