PICTURES: The best of north-east creative talent at Turriff Show
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The Turriff Show's spectacular industrial and horticultural section made a welcome return on Sunday as the very best of creative talent was put on show.
Covering a vast range of past-times, horticulture, produce, baking and crafting, the judges were faced with hundreds of entries across the categories.
Amongst those making a casting decision was photography judge George Murdoch who said: "The pictures before me today were brilliant.
"There are some very skilled photographs here, people who have considered composition and different photography rules.
"They are all very good, it's very enjoyable to see them all."
Elsewhere, the Young Farmers' groups were being scrutinised or their ability to stick to the schedule guidelines, as well as taste, neatness and overall presentation of their co-operative displays on the theme of the Queen's platinum jubilee.
Lace entries brought joy to judges as it is increasingly becoming considered a "dying art", with judges commenting on the beauty of the pieces before them and the number of hours of dedicated work which had gone into each piece which they were asked to consider.
Horticultural judge Ian Scott said: "When it comes to cut flowers the main thing we look at is the freshness, that's perhaps the most important.
"Other than that I'm looking at the variety of flowers used and the overall display - some of them are a bit more wild looking.
"They are all beautiful arrangements, but when considering a winner we're looking for that overall presentation."
There was intense scrutiny in the corner of the dahlias with the judge explaining: "As this is part of the National Dahlia Society it is pertinent that we get it spot on and ensure everything is done by the book when considering these entries."
A good growing season also saw some outstanding berries this year, while the sweetpea entries were back to high entry numbers having suffered during some of the colder and wetter years of late.
Produce judge Helen Fitch said: "The entries this year have been fantastic, there were some real stand outs including lovely oatcakes, a coleslaw which even had home-made mayonnaise, a top notch salmon mousse and the quiches were very good this year as well."
Two of the most popular sections fell to wines judge Barry Hardy who took time to sample the the entries this year in a section that always draws comments from the crowd and Colleen McKenzie of Arradoul SWI who had the pleasure of sampling the afternoon tea entries.
