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Our photo contributor Jacky Parker has taken top honours in the RHS Photographic Competition 2008, sponsored by Medici, and was named RHS Photographer of the Year, winning first prize in the Plant Portrait Category.

Jacky’s striking image of Rudbeckia hirta ‘Marmalade’, was selected from over 4,500 entries, from across the UK and around the world. Click the winning image above to go through to the image page on Fotoviva.

This year’s judges included renowned garden photographer, Tim Sandall, Deputy Editor of The Garden, Chris Young and television gardener and lecturer, Matt James.Assessing the entrants’ technical ability and the composition of the photographs, all the judges were impressed by the standard and quality of this year’s entries. Matt James explains, “To receive 4,500 entries completely exceeded our expectations. It just proves the enthusiasm people have for their gardens and gardening. Every picture we received had something to offer and it was incredibly hard to choose the final 18 prize winning images.”

Here is the link to the RHS website RHS Photographic Competition 2008.