Six young snappers from Yorkshire were among the winners at the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards.
Six young photographers from Yorkshire have scooped prizes in a national wildlife competition.Among the winners was 13-year-old Hope Skidmore, from Rotherham, whose close-up of a shield bug was voted the best in the 12 to 15 mobile phones and devices category.Hope said: "These insects are so often overlooked, people preferring the garish ladybirds or fluttering butterflies, so it's high time someone gave the shield bug the limelight.
"I just had to capture this insect whose unique patterns are enhanced by the glistening water droplets and bright green leaf."Lily Logan, 12, from Beverley, was a runner-up in the same category as Hope with a picture of her cat Angus. Elsewhere, in the 'Small World' category 18-year-old Joshua Garbutt, from Leeds, was named runner-up for his photo of a horsefly.
"I have wanted to photograph a horsefly like this for a long time as I love the colour in their eyes and the detail that can be seen in their eyes. "I spent almost an hour with this fly, taking hundreds of photos of it as I was happy with a set of images that I focussed, stacked together, to get the fly fully in focus."
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