Landscape Photographer Mike McFarlane, based in County Durham has won a national award for his photography.

The Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition has awarded Mike the LowePro Environment Award.  Mike continually strives to promote the protection of our fragile open spaces, using his stunning images, so it is fitting that that he has won the Environment award in this competition - which was designed to be given to a photograph 'reflecting the beauty of our precious natural environment'.

David Taylor is a landscape and travel photographer, based in Hexham. Although David's work has taken him all over the world, David's first love remains the wild countryside and rugged coastline of his home county of Northumberland.

David was recently judged North East Regional Winner of the 'Postcards from the Park' competition, for his stunning image of sunrise in Hexham Sele above and the image is available as a print and a greetings card from David's Aurora online shop.

Read both Mike and David's full stories in our NEWS section, follow the links on the left of the page.