And the winner of the Hawke's Bay Today Canon Harvey Norman Summer Photo Competition is ... Molly Simon.
Molly's photo was taken at Blackhead Beach, and caught the professional eye of Hawke's Bay Today's photographers, Paul Taylor and Warren Buckland, who judged the competition.
The 12-year-old wins a $1400 prize package that includes a Canon 200D camera, plus a 18mm-55mm Canon lens, and a voucher for 1000 prints.
After viewing the eight finalists, Taylor and Buckland each chose Molly's photograph.
They did so independent of each other, unaware they had selected the same winning picture.
Buckland, Hawke's Bay Today's chief photographer, said the picture showed a maturity well beyond Molly's 12 years.