Capturing the moment

Keen on capturing your walks on camera? Love nature, landscapes and the people you meet along the way? Join walk magazine’s Flickr group and share your photos with the walking world – and beyond. Since its launch, the popular group has attracted a dedicated following of nearly 1,200 keen photographers – with everyone from beginners to professionals sharing their snaps. We’ve had nearly 12,000 great images uploaded so far – with everything from beautiful snowy hills to spring lambs; windswept beaches to craggy ruins; sunrises over misty hills and evenings on a quiet loch.

Plus, with our quarterly photography competitions, you can showcase your work via our upload feature for your chance to bag a brand new camera – like the Olympus E-PL1 we’re giving away for the best nature pattern photo this summer. So get out there, get snapping and share your shots with fellow walkers today! Here’s a short selection of some of our favourites so far, and the top three as chosen by our resident photography expert, Peter Cairns….

Water formed the backdrop for our first photography masterclass and competition, and the entries were incredible. The overall winner was Brighton Beach Party by Stephen Cotterell, Brighton while Swan by Vicki Goodwin, Bristol and Last Light in Elgol by Gerry Priest, St Andrews were highly commended.

In our Summer 2009 edition, Peter Cairns looked at using the sun to create a halo effect. Here are his favourites – winner Newcastle street sculpture by Alan Warriner, Newcastle; and the highly commended Snowshoeing by Andrew Chandler, St Albans and Cow Parsley by Christopher Bull.

The bumper snowfall last winter ensured an amazing selection of images from around the country – here are the winners: Three Men and a Dog by Gordon Robson, Stockport; and highly commended: Antarctic Peninsula by Mike Landy, Wantage, and Snowy Blencathra by Graeme Kelly, Penrith.

In the Spring 2010 edition of walk we asked for your best shots of reptiles and amphibians – here’s the winning entry, Toad Ball by John Hart, Elsrickle; and highly commended: Spider by Ian Soar, Derby, and Frog by John Davies, Bradford.

Reckon you can do better? Send us your nature pattern photographs by 16 July 2010 and you could win like an Olympus E-PL1 camera, worth £549.99!