Take a View - 20 Winning Landscape Photographs

An amazing picture of a view over the Isle of Skye has taken the top prize in the 2009 search for the Landscape Photographer of the Year. Parisian-born, Emmanuel Coupe becomes the third person to win this prestigious award and the £10,000 prize. Here are the 20 winning photographs....

Sunrise over the Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland 

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Emmanuel Coupe

Landscape Photographer of the Year 2009 – Overall winner

 'Food for thought', Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland 

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John Parminter

Winner of the Your View category

From Blencathra at sunset, Lake District, England 

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Chris McIlreavy

Winner of The English National Parks Award 

 The South Downs near Clayton, West Sussex, England

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Tim Morland

Runner-up in the Classic View category

 Winter nightfall, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England 

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Nigel Hillier

Winner of the Natural England 'Landscape on your Doorstep' Award

 The Golden Hour, Belstone Tor, Dartmoor, Devon, England 

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Adam Burton

Winner of the Dartmoor National Park Authority Best image

Rosedale Light, North Yorkshire Moors, England 

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Jim Barter

North York Moors National Park Authority Best image

Sycamore Gap, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, England 

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Roger Clegg

Northumberland National Park Authority Best image

Walking to Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England 

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Pete Bridgwood

 The Climber on Curbar Edge, Derbyshire, England 

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Les Forrester

 Crimson Chill, Loch Achanalt, Strathbran, Scotland 

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Ian Cameron

Distant Freighter, Portslade, East Sussex, England 

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Steen Doessing

Under the pier, Brighton, East Sussex, England 

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Peter Stevens

La Corbière, St Brelade, Jersey 

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Nicky Stewart

Llynnau Cregennen, looking to Cadair Idris, Snowdonia, Wales 

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Claire Carter

Corfe Castle on a misty, spring morning, Dorset, England 

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Bart Heirweg

BMX jumpers, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England 

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Chris Ledger

Poppies, Boxley, Kent, England 

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Dung Huynh

'Always chasing something', Sandsend, North Yorkshire 

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Jason Theaker

Balcombe Viaduct, West Sussex, England 

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Paul Knight

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Imaged sourced from the Telegraph on 20th October 2009 [link]