Competition Voting Results

These articles present the results of member voting in previous competitions.  They include details of the competition theme and dates.

 

"Best of 2019" Competition - Members Voting Results

The Best of 2019 competition was held in January-February 2020.  The results of member voting for the top five images in each category are listed here.  This competition received excellent support from the membership, with 401 images entered across the 3 competition levels by 118 photographers.  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 2019

This category attracted 132 entries, from 36 photographers. 50 members voted, with the following result:

Intermediate Level – Best of 2019

This category attracted 163 entries, from 49 photographers. 53 members voted, with the following result:

Entry Level – Best of 2019

This category attracted 106 entries, from 33 photographers. 46 members voted, with the following result:

"Pairs" Competition - Member Voting Results

The theme for the September-October 2019 competition was Pairs.  We asked you to submit images showing a pair of birds, male and female, of the same species.  For those species which cannot be clearly identified as male/female on the basis of plumage, we accepted images of pairs where the behaviour observed when photographed indicates that they are a male/female pair.

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 – Pairs

This category attracted 50 entries, from 17 photographers. 34 members voted, with the following result:

Intermediate Level – Pairs

This category attracted 77 entries, from 29 photographers. 33 members voted, with the following result:

  • Winner - Barn Owl, by Linda Joseph (Image ID 36767)
  • Commended - Australasian Gannet, by Con Duyvestyn (Image ID 36862)
  • Commended - Variegated Fairy-wren, by Barry Deacon (Image ID 36596)
  • Commended - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, by Michael Schmid (Image no longer available)
  • Commended - Tawny Frogmouth, by Michael Schmid (Image no longer available)

Entry Level – Pairs

This category attracted 40 entries, from 16 photographers. 30 members voted, with the following result:

"Introduced Species" Competition - Member Voting Results

The Introduced Species competition was held in June-August 2019.  Entries must show a bird, or birds, whose population is described as “Introduced” in the BirdLife Working List V2.1; there are 26 such species; they are: Ostrich, Northern Mallard, Helmeted Guineafowl, California Quail, Indian Peafowl, Red Junglefowl, Green Junglefowl, Common Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Rock Dove, Barbary Dove, Spotted Dove, Laughing Dove, Nutmeg Mannikin, Java Sparrow, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Greenfinch, Common Redpoll, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Skylark, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Common Starling, Common Myna, Song Thrush, and Common Blackbird.

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 – Introduced Species

This category attracted 38 entries, from 14 photographers. 27 members voted, with the following result:

Intermediate Level – Introduced Species

This category attracted 39 entries, from 17 photographers. 29 members voted, with the following result:

Entry Level – Introduced Species

This category attracted 18 entries, from 6 photographers. 31 members voted, with the following result:

"Bird on a Wire" Competition - Member Voting Results

The theme for the competition held in March-April 2019 was Bird On A Wire.  Although a wire is one of the least attractive of perches, nevertheless a bird, or several birds, perched on a fence wire or powerline is a commonplace scene throughout most of the land.  For this competition, we invite you to submit an image showing this.  Some of our larger birds, in particular raptors, are too large to perch on a wire, and will use a fence post or power pole for their perch; we will accept such images, provided that the fence wire or power line is clearly visible.

The results of member voting for the top 5 images (or more, in the case of a tie) 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 – Bird on a Wire

This category attracted 80 entries, from 30 photographers. 47 members voted, with the following result:

Intermediate Level – Bird on a Wire

This category attracted 105 entries, from 44 photographers. 44 members voted, with the following result:

Entry Level – Bird on a Wire

This category attracted 38 entries, from 15 photographers. 45 members voted, with the following result:

"Best of 2018" Competition - Member Voting Results

The Best of 2018 competition was held in January-February 2019. The results of member voting for the top 5 images (or more, in the case of a tie) 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 2018

This category attracted 88 entries, from 23 photographers. 48 members voted, with the following result:

  • Winner - Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Superb Fairy-wren, by Mark Lethlean (Image ID 34138)
  • Commended - Australasian Grebe, by Glenn Pure (Image ID 33785)
  • Commended - Regent Bowerbird, by Brian O'Leary (Image no longer available)
  • Commended - Gang-gang Cockatoo, by Trevor Bullock (Image ID 33836)
  • Commended - Black Swan, by Tim Van Leeuwen (Image ID 33613)

Intermediate Level – Best of 2018

This category attracted 95 entries, from 30 photographers. 48 members voted, with the following result:

Entry Level – Best of 2018

This category attracted 37 entries, from 12 photographers. 48 members voted, with the following result:

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