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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Amateur Photography Competition 2025

This competition is now closed!

The management teams of the Ring of Gullion, Mournes and Strangford and Lecale Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) launched their joint Amateur Photography Competition once again in December 2024.

This popular competition gives people across the three areas a great way to showcase their love of their AONBs through high-quality beautiful photography; we want to inspire everyone to enjoy the AONBs, by encouraging everyone to share their two passions: the beauty of the area and photography!

Our amateur photography competition opened on December 1st 2024! The title for this year’s competition is ‘Magnificent Mourne Gullion Strangford! Our Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty through the seasons.’ 

The theme is open to individual interpretation. You might choose to photograph wildlife (which includes animals and plants), landscapes, or even the weather.

This competition closed 15th August 2025 at 5pm, and the winning photographs selected by the judging panel will form the ever popular AONB Calendar for 2026.

Please view the winners and finalists from the 2024 competition in the link to the news article below.

Image credit: Enda Quinn

Winning Entries 2025 Announced

Winners

  • Binnians Sunset by Enda Quinn WINNER
  • Bursting with Springtime, Killyleagh by Daphne Ferguson RUNNER UP
  • St Johns’ Evening Sky by Paul McVerry U18 WINNER

Finalists

  • Mountain View, Rossglass by Paul McCartan
  • Mullaghbane Mountain through a Slieve Gullion doorway  by Michael Rice
  • Sunset at Ballymacdermot Court Tomb by Tomasz Pietruszka
  • Bluebell Woods, Narrow Water Forest by Martin McCaul
  • Slieve Gullion Red Squirrel by Michael Rice
  • The Boathouse, Castle Ward by Brian Moore
  • Autumn Sunrise at the Barbican Gate, Tollymore by Ruari Campbell
  • Sunset over Cooley by Sean McVerry
  • Sunrise over Killough Bay by Deirdre Hanna
  • Winter Sun on Slieve Meen by Gareth Gwyn

Please view images in the Gallery below.

AONB Photography Competition Gallery

Winning images of 2025 Competition
View gallery slideshow