The Best of 2021 was held in January-March 2022, and ensured this year's competitions made a great start. Overall this competition received the highest number of entries (397) ever recorded in our competitions, with both Entry Level and Intermediate Level leading the way with record numbers of entries.
The results of member voting for the top five images in each category are listed here. The Winner is the image which received the most votes; and we also show the next four highest placed images, rating them as Highly Commended if they received at least 90% of the votes for the winning image, and Commended for scores less than that.
Advanced Level – Best of 2021
This category attracted 109 entries, from 30 photographers. 41 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Wedge-tailed Eagle, by Graham Gall (Image ID 50181)
- Commended - Australian Pelican, by Nathan Watson (Image ID 50534)
- Commended - Great Crested Grebe, by Jason Moore (Image ID 50766)
- Commended - Red-backed Fairy-wren, by Peter Scholer (Image ID 50837)
- Commended - Great Egret, by Nathan Watson (Image ID 50535)
Intermediate Level – Best of 2021
This category attracted 175 entries, from 52 photographers. 46 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Red-tailed Tropicbird, by Linda Waters (Image ID 50421)
- Commended - Australasian Darter, by Colin Wright (Image ID 50678)
- Commended - Zebra Finch, by Diana Womersley (Image ID 50152)
- Commended - Plumed Egret, by Natalie Murray (Image ID 50802)
- Commended - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, by Hugh Crisp (Image ID 50722)
Entry Level – Best of 2021
This category attracted 113 entries, from 33 photographers. 42 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Rainbow Bee-eater, by Amy Rakkusol (Image ID 50628)
- Commended - Pacific Black Duck, by Beverley Oliver (Image ID 50201)
- Commended - Great Crested Grebe, by Amy Rakkusol (Image ID 50631)
- Commended - Rainbow Lorikeet, by Indrani Pathirage (Image ID 50793)
- Commended - Southern Emu-wren, by Julie Mills (Image ID 50789)