THE talents of an 11-year-old Tynedale photographer have earned him a place on the judging panel at this year's North-East Wildlife Photography competition.
Mowden Hall pupil Max Eve is no stranger to the competition, having won the young person's section in 2014 with a picture of a coot mother and chick taken at the Wildfowl and Wetland Trusts Washington Wetland Centre.
And in the 2015 competition, he won first and second place in the same category, with a red grouse in the snow on Killhope Moor and a caterpillar curled on a leaf.
Now, the competition organisers have been left so impressed by Max's work that he has been invited to help judge the young person's category this year.
"It is an honour to be asked," said Max from Thorngrafton, near Bardon Mill. "I'm looking forward to seeing all the entries. I'll be looking for pictures which show wildlife in their own environment."
Max has also received a number of regional, national and even international photography accolades for his work.
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