Rural Community Gateway

Ewen Munro has won our October photo competition prize with this great shot called 'Sailing! With a smile'. To get a better view of the winning photo, click on it and you will be taken to a larger version.

Ewen is a youth worker with the Hope 2 Oban project, and this photo was taken at the Wacky, Wet and Dry Day Hope 2 Oban hosted in partnership with outdoor education providers Stramash.

On the day, 18 young people from the area got the chance to try their hand at sea kayaking, sailing, climbing and abseiling. It certainly looks like it was a fun day out!

Norette Ferns, Rural Gateway editor said, "We felt this photo captured a moment perfectly and has a very strong composition. Perhaps best of all, the shot captures the young sailor's enjoyment and the atmosphere of the event. 'Sailing! With a smile' certainly put a smile on my face!

"Hope 2 Oban recently took part in our Your Project regular feature, so you can read more about the project and its work in their article."

Only two months left

The Rural Gateway photo competition is running throughout 2007, and we have already chosen 10 of our 12 monthly winners.

The competition theme is 'Living in rural Scotland', so we are looking for your photos that represent people living and working in Scotland's rural communities.

At the end of each month, a winner is chosen by the Rural Gateway team. Each monthly winner will receive a £10 Amazon voucher.

Monthly winners will go on to the final, with the winning photo chosen by Rural Gateway users. The overall winner will receive a luxury hamper.

Submit your photos electronically by email to editor@ruralgateway.org.uk stating your name, the title of the image and contact details.

• Deadline for consideration is the 20th of each month, photos submitted after this will be considered for the next month.
• The competition is open to all ages.
• Photos can be black and white or colour.
• You can submit more than one photo for consideration.
• We would prefer that photos reflect the season they are submitted in.

The Rural Gateway and the Scottish Government may seek permission to use images submitted to the competition. If you would like more information on the photo competition please email Norette Ferns at editor@ruralgateway.org.uk

To see the best submissions and all our winners so far take a look at our photo competition archive.

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