A MACHYNLLETH pupil is looking to snap up an award after being named as a finalist in an international photography competition.

Rebecca Herbert, 15, has been named as one of the 20 finalists in the National Association for Able Children in Education (NACE) 2016 international photography competition.

The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Energy’ and Rebecca submitted a photograph of her pet dog running on the sea-shore.

Alex Roberts, Rebecca’s art teacher at Ysgol Bro Hyddgen praised Rebecca’s work and commended the level of talent shown by her.“Rebecca is an enthusiastic and thoughtful photographer who has submitted a photograph for this competition which was well-composed, and an excellent representation of energy,” he said.“It is very pleasing for her to have her talents acknowledged in this way, and we’re very proud as a school that we’ve been able to provide this opportunity for Rebecca’s talents to be commended at such a high level.”

The NACE judging panel said: “We were once again overwhelmed with the response to the photography competition. “Schools had really risen to the challenge and provided us with a tough competition to judge. “Photos ranged from the elegant to the evocative, the quirky to the quizzical. “We did have some very well deserving winners, but also couldn’t resist designating a number of highly commended, such was the quality of entries. “It was a delight to see the talent represented from such a wide range of ages and great to see the enthusiasm for photography amongst young people.”