A NEW photography competition has been launched in Malvern by the Friends of Malvern Priory.

The friends have agreed with Waitrose to arrange a mystery prize for each monthly winner and each month there is a guest judge.

This month's winner is Simon Cross, whose night photo of the view to Malvern Theatres across the bridge was judged to be the Friends of Priory Park's January/February winner by Lisa Roberts of Lisa Roberts Photography.

She loved the atmospheric lighting and the way the light spills down the bridge.

This month's runner up was Maria Marcaigh, whose photo of the upper pond in the mist was chosen for its "unusual composition" and atmosphere.

Well done to everyone who entered.

For more information about the Friends of Priory Park, go to the "Friends of Priory Park" Facebook page.

For the competition itself, search Friends of Priory Park photo competition.

A spokesman said: "Well done, Simon; you are our first winner of this new monthly competiton and have won a Mystery Prize donated by Waitrose Malvern."