The Best of 2023 competition was held in January-March 2024. The subject must have have been taken in 2023.
The results of member voting for the top five images in each category are listed here. This competition received good support from our members, with 189 images entered across the 3 competition levels by 102 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 2023
This category attracted 68 entries, from 35 photographers. 59 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Australian Painted-Snipe, by Graham Gall (Image ID 61520)
- Commended - Buller's Albatross, by Chris Young (Image ID 61964)
- Commended - Australasian Darter, by Ian Wilson (Image ID 61975)
- Commended - Great Crested Grebe, by Chinh Nguyen (Image ID 62026)
- Commended - Royal Penguin, by Mark Lethlean (Image ID 61876)
Intermediate Level – Best of 2023
This category attracted 94 entries, from 52 photographers. 63 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Southern Cassowary, by Cheryl Ponter (Image ID 61645)
- Commended - Welcome Swallow, by Dinah James (Image ID 61705)
- Commended - Nankeen Kestrel, by Gunther Frensch (Image ID 61640)
- Commended - Rufous Bristlebird, by Rob Shepherd (Image ID 61655)
- Commended - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, by Bruce Hawkins (Image ID 62025)
Entry Level – Best of 2023
This category attracted 27 entries, from 15 photographers. 46 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Banded Stilt, by Robin Spry (Image ID 61569)
- Commended - Crimson Rosella, by Reeni Martinez (Image ID 62048)
- Commended - Chestnut Rail, by Dana Cameron (Image ID 61948)
- Commended - Double-eyed Fig-Parrot, by John William Owen (Image ID 61926)
- Commended - Brown Thornbill, by Greg Wallace (Image ID 61789)