Jeff Overs, a photographer here at BBC News, has won first prize in the features category of The Press Photographers Year competition which showcases the outstanding press photographs taken for and used by the UK media.

The image of Battersea Power Station (above) was one of 7,877 photographs entered from which 146 pictures made the final cut in 16 categories.

I asked Jeff to explain how he came to take the picture, he said:

"It was a memorable moment because I had a road accident at that location. I had seen the 'English garden' hoarding before, but always on grey days, and had thought to myself that I would stop sometime when it was sunny.



"That day (a year ago this week) I was driving past and saw the cumulus clouds and blue sky - so I indicated and filtered into the right turn lane. Suddenly a white delivery van hurtled over the slight hill behind me and came smashing into the back of my car, shunting me along the street and causing quite a bit of damage to my vehicle.

"After the exchange of details, and having photographed the accident as evidence (it was his fault by the way) I decided to stay a while and photograph the view across the road.

"I saw the jogger coming into view so put on a polarizing filter and took the picture shown, all the while standing next to my damaged car by the pavement. I waited a while and took others but this was the best frame. If I hadn't been in slight shock from the RTA I might have stuck around longer!

"The effect of the polarizing filter added to the surreal hoarding image with repeating topiary garden pattern makes it look like a composite Photoshop image - it isn't!"

I offer my congratulations to Jeff and the other winners. You can see the winning pictures on the PPY website or they are on display at the National Theatre in London until 31 August.

