Photo competition
Arrowtown’s bi-annual photography competition
2025 Entries have now closed.
We’re delighted to announce that the judges are local Arrowtown photographers Todd Weeks and Leigh Jeffrey.
2025 categories
Seasonal (Horizontal only)
Landscapes (Horizontal only)
Wildlife/Nature (Horizontal only)
Outdoor Recreation (Horizontal only)
Nightscapes (Horizontal only)
B&W (Vertical or Horizontal)
Youth (Vertical or Horizontal)
Entries have now CLOSED
How to enter
The competition opens 1st January 2025 and closing date for entries is midnight March 23, 2025. These times and dates are strictly adhered to. All entries must be submitted online via Jotform (link to enter below).
Please be aware of the change in format of the photographs this year as most categories are now landscape (horizontal only) to support our Arrowtown calendar and marketing activity that we like to use this photographs for and how they are displayed at the Lakes District Museum.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All image files must be titled with “name of photographer_title of image_category”
2025 Winning Images
Results from 2025 photography competition! Thank you to the many amateur photographers who entered – the judges, Todd Weeks and Leigh Jeffrey were impressed by the talent on display.
Hazel Alviola “Needhams Cottage Macetown” – Overall Winner
The Overall winning image was due to the strong composition, great use of light and interpretation of black and white image creation, great depth of field to ensure lovely detail in the foreground right through to the mountains in the background, nice contrast of the cottage to the mountains. Almost looked like it a film image and could be passed as an historical photo, Hazel receives $200 and will hold the Jade & Opal Factory Trophy for a year.
Martin Barwood “White Faced Heron” – Highly Commended
Category winners
Youth
Winner: Amy Jackson “Nightsky”
Joint Runners Up: Brook Jackson “View from Brow Peak”, Baker Schmitz “Empty Field” and Zephyr Khouri “Clear Creek”
Landscapes
Winner: Mark Sudfelt “Horses by the River ”
Runners Up : Colin Walkington “Skippers in Autumn” and Mikayla Evans “Layers of Gold”
Black & White
Winner: Hazel Alviola “Needhams Cottage” – OVERALL WINNER
Runners Up: Richard Jackson “Into the Mist” and Nick Winstone “Ghost Prints”
Nightscapes
Winner: Evonne Key “Quintessential NZ”
Runner Up: Jim Perdue “Light Pollution”
Outdoor Recreation
Winner: Jono Green “Balloon in the Mist”
Runners Up: Andy Dysart “Summer Splash out” and Michael Taylor “Summer Swim”
Seasons
Winner: Janine McIvor “Frozen Lumines”
Runner Up: Chad Robinson “Lake Hayes Autumn”
Wildlife
Winner: Martin Barwood “White Faced Heron”
Runners Up: Martin Barwood Australasian Harrier” and Elana Quintero “Shh do not move”
The APBA wishes to thank our judges, the Jade & Opal Factory, Print Central and the Lakes District Museum & Gallery for their support. The printed photos of the finalists will be on display at the Lakes District Museum as part of the Bayleys Arrowtown Autumn Art Exhibition that runs in April each year.
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