Amateur photographers star in Royal Navy competition

^{Pictures above captured by Royal Navy Amateur Photographer of the Year Sergeant Richard Harley}

Harley won Royal Navy Amateur
Photographer of the Year for submitting the best portfolio of two
Service-related photos, beating more than 60 other entries to take the
title.

Captain Ian Stidston, head of the Royal Navy Photographic
Branch praised this year’s amateur entrants for capturing ‘some
brilliant photographs’.

The overall Royal Navy Photographer of the
Year 2014 is Leading Airman (Photographer) Alex Knott, who triumphed
over 350 entries in the professional category.

^{Picture: By Leading Airman (Photographer) Dave Jenkins}

^{Picture: By Leading Airman (Photographer) Alex Knott}

<sup>Picture: Photographer Thomas McDonald won the Commandant General


Royal Marines Prize</sup>

^{All images: Crown Copyright}