The annual competition has been running for over 20 years, and gives budding photographers the chance to capture the beauty, diversity and uniqueness of the region.

The winning colour image was taken by Brigitte O'Connor and titled Playing In Puddles, shows the joy of playing outside following a storm, with the dark clouds in the background giving an indication there may be more rain on the way very shortly.

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In the black and white open age category, a beautiful shot of camping in the far west by Amanda Fisk was the winner, while Amanda was also the runner up with an image of a road-train being loaded with hay as the helper packs up for the day.

A total of 388 entries across four categories were received, with all images also entered in the people's choice category which is decided through votes via the competition's Facebook page.

All of the images that were judged were taken in the Western Local Land Services region and linked to the theme of Love Our Outback.

The theme aimed to showcase the diversity of the western region and the many reasons why people love the outback and continue to live and visit the region.

"This photo competition has been very important to many people over a long period of time and in these unprecedented times we hope it can be used by people to feel connected with the people, environment, vast landscapes, animals, the different industries and so forth with the Western region," an LLS spokesperson said.

The Life and Light Photo Competition is run jointly by Western Local Land Services and Western Landcare NSW.

This year the Royal Flying Doctor Service came onboard as a partner to help bring a wellbeing focus to the competition.

2020 Life and Light Photo Competition winners

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