‘Spirit of the Dolphin Coast’ photography competition winners

The winning entries of the North Coast Courier and PrintWild ‘Spirit of the Dolphin Coast’ photography competition have been chosen.
The competition set out to showcase photographs that capture the essence of what it means to live in our incredibly beautiful corner of the world.
We had the most amazing response – 150 photographs taken by professionals and amateurs, from fancy SLR cameras to low-cost cellphones.
The judges – Nikon photographer Damon Hyland, PrintWild director Paul Ten-Bokum and Courier editor Bruce Stephenson – had a tough time whittling down the entries to a handful that communicated the message that we live in a special place.
First prize of a PrintWild 1.6 x 1.3 black box framed canvas worth R4,000 goes to James Brown for his entry of a lady on horseback watching a Sharks Board boat beaching at Salt Rock.

Second prize of a PrintWild A3 silverback acrylic print worth R943 goes to Blake Tyack for his action-packed shot of a boogy-boarder.

Third prize of a PrintWild A1 premium stretch canvas worth R849 goes to Bebhin Spoors for the sheer fun of her scripted Ballito beach scene.

Then the public voted for their favourite photographs. The Community Pick award prize of a PrintWild A3 white contemporary print worth R780, went to Vicki Tonks.

That’s not all, three people who participated in the voting went into a draw for three fantastic PrintWild prizes: Nine Faceblocks worth R540 went to Ann McDonnell, two Big 1’s worth R360 went to Giya Prematicatos and five Faceblocks worth R300, went to Ann-Marie Morden.
Prizes may be collected from PrintWild at Unit 20, Lemon Reef Park, Douglas Crowe Ave, Ballito, tel 032 946 1933.

There were so many great entries for our first ‘Spirit of the Dolphin Coast’ photo competition. Here are the next top 21 that impressed the judges.

To see all the entries view the gallery on our Facebook page.