PRIZES were given by a team of judges, including famed reporter Kate Adie, to winners of the Dorset Echo’s Milton Abbey Landscape Photography Competition.

The first prize of £250 went to David Baker, who submitted a picture of Corfe Castle at sunrise.

David is the second Baker to win the competition; his son, Chris Baker, won first place in 2016.

Marilyn Peddle came second, winning £150. Martin Dolan came third, winning £100, but was not able to attend.

Their pictures, along with the rest of this year’s top ten, are now on display in Milton Abbey’s exhibition ‘History, Heritage and Landscape’. 

Entrants were told to aim to capture the stunningly beautiful landscape of Dorset.

Mr Baker, who came first, said: “I was very pleased to win but quite surprised, the pictures were all very good. It must have been very difficult to choose.” 

“I was a bit wary of photographing Corfe because everyone’s done it, so the difficulty was in trying to get a new perspective on it.

“I went the day before and figured out where I wanted to take the picture from. I wanted to get the castle and village all in one shot, so I used a wide-angle lens. I planned the time of place and day.

“My son won it last year. We’re quite competitive, Chris and I, and I thought ‘I’m not going to let him get away with it!’”

Chris Baker won the competition in 2016 with a picture of Tar Rocks on Portland.

The winning photographs from 2016 were displayed alongside a Capability Brown exhibit at the Abbey. 

Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was an influential landscape architect who designed the grounds at Milton Abbey; 2016 marked Brown’s 300th birthday. 

For more information visit www.capabilitybrownatmiltonabbey.org