The Black & White Birds competition was held in March-April 2017. This competition was all about exposure - how to expose both the black and the white feathers on your subject without losing the detail. The objective is to achieve a well-exposed shot of the subject without blowing out the white on the bird whilst still achieving some detail in the black feathers.
The results of member voting for the top 5 images in each category are listed here. In line with many other bird/wildlife photo competitions, we present the results in the following manner: 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 – Black & White Birds
This category attracted 58 entries, from 18 photographers. 40 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Australian Pied Oystercatcher, by Ian Wilson (Image ID 25219)
- Commended - Magpie-lark, by Stephen Garth (Image ID 24935)
- Commended - Shy Albatross, by Ian Wilson (Image ID 25221)
- Commended - Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, by Jill Wilson (Image ID 25228)
- Commended - Magpie-lark, by Stephen Garth (Image ID 24931)
Intermediate Level – Black & White Birds
This category attracted 106 entries, from 40 photographers. 37 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Imperial Shag, by Catherine Noone (Image ID 25147)
- Commended - White-necked Heron, by Adam Kraska (Image ID 25089)
- Commended - Little Pied Cormorant, by Peter Owen (Image ID 25081)
- Commended - Little Pied Cormorant, by Gary King (Image ID 25042)
- Commended - Fairy Tern, by Cherilyn Corker (Image ID 24699)
Entry Level – Black & White Birds
This category attracted 38 entries, from 15 photographers. 42 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Australian Pied Oystercatcher, by Douglas Coughran (Image ID 24652)
- Commended - Australian Pelican, by Douglas Coughran (Image ID 24701)
- Commended - Australian Magpie, by Manfred Hennig (Image ID 25104)
- Commended - Grey Butcherbird, by Deanne Gaskill (Image ID 25217)
- Commended - Christmas Island Frigatebird, by Deanne Gaskill (Image ID 25216)