That was, everyone but Grandma.
Concord teenager Harper Abbott said it was his grandmother’s idea to send in the photo.
"She said she knew it would win."
Harper was enjoying a sunny Christmas Day with his family at his grandmother’s house when he snapped the winning shot.
His cousins had been playing Giant Jenga for about an hour and a-half. Harper was on standby, phone in hand, poised to snap a shot of the inevitable toppling of the tower.
"I was standing there waiting for quite a while, maybe 20 minutes, because it was taking a long time for the round to end."
Harper won a pair of Hawke Vantage binoculars for his stellar shot.
Of the 428 entries submitted for the competition, 130 were accepted for publication.
She won a copy of the Otago Daily Times special edition Otago Monopoly.
Third place went to James Wasley, who snapped a shot of 4-year-old George Wasley enjoying a day at St Kilda Beach on January 13.
He won a free print of a photo of his choice from Jonathan’s Photo Warehouse.
Each published shot won a free photo enlargement.
