More than 100 young shutterbugs this year vied for prizes at the third annual Masterton Primary Schools Photography Competition.
Steve Hornby, competition co-organiser and Solway Primary School teacher, said the contest held at Masterton Intermediate School on Wednesday night had attracted more than 180 entries divided across two categories - living and non-living - and a range of age grades from Year 1 and 2 to Year 7 and 8.
Images had been entered from all primary schools in Masterton and surrounding areas, Mr Hornby said.
He said a digitally enhanced category had been run for the first time this year for the senior age grade and more iPads and tablets had been used to capture the images, and while phone cameras were still not allowed, that could change in future as the technology improves.
"We have a rule that the images have to be at least a megabyte in size and we have discussed about having phone photos because generally if they win, the photo is printed out and framed and the resolution has to hold quality when it's A4 or A3 size.
