GLENKENS GAZETTE News from Balmaclellan, Carsphairn, Mossdale, New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry December/January 2017-18 ISSUE 103 FREE DUNCAN WINS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD A Glenkens photographer has won a prestigious prize with a picture of...
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GLENKENS GAZETTE News from Balmaclellan, Carsphairn, Mossdale, New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry December/January 2017-18 ISSUE 103 FREE DUNCAN WINS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD A Glenkens photographer has won a prestigious prize with a picture of local wildlife. Duncan McNaught, who lives in Glenlee, has been named the Royal Society of Biology’s Photographer of the Year for 2017. The winning photograph, taken in Dundeuch Forest, is entitled ‘Welcome to My Humble Abode’ and features a tiny fungus gnat inside a mushroom. “Winning the RSB award was amazing, once the shock went away” says Duncan. “It was a world- wide photography competition so to be named out of all the competitors Duncan’s winning photograph, titled when I am from such a small area ‘Welcome to My Humble Abode’. of Scotland is truly astonishing in my eyes.” The first indication winners gave me an idea that He worked for Scottish Power for 25 of possible success came when the competition was going to years before
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