Published on Friday, 26 July 2013 at 12:00:00 AM
One of the many successes of the Passion of the Pilbara Festival this year was the Water Corporation-supported Onslow Photography Competition on June 8-9.
With some fantastic prizes up for grabs, budding professional and amateur photographers showcased their extraordinary talents by submitting photographs under four major categories. It was then up to a panel of professional photographer judges to narrow the 47 high quality entries down to the best three in each category.
In Open Colour Prints, Mick Kelly took out 1st prize with his stunning capture of a lightning storm over the Onslow Salt titled ‘Spirit of the Salt’—named after the hidden face found in the clouds of the image.
Ben Niven’s capture of ‘Red Storm’ took out top honours in the Nature Prints category.
In the Waterwise category, entrants were encouraged to show how they celebrate, conserve and appreciate water. The best of the lot was Jason Varcoe’s ‘Moke Mirror’—which captured a stunning shot of Lake Moke in New Zealand during winter.
The Open Monochrome section saw Jason Varco claim another first prize for his beautiful silhouette of camels being ridden in the Moroccan desert.
The talents of Onslow’s youth were also on show, with Ben Laplau claiming 1st place with ‘Sunset at Warroora Station’.
Crowds were also given the opportunity to vote for their favourite piece and were blown away by the array of exceptional photographs displayed beautifully at the Festival. The ‘People’s Choice Award’ went to Ben Niven for ‘Storm over the Onslow Racecourse’
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