The Best of 2022 competition was held in February-March 2023. This competition received good support from our members, with 396 images entered across the 3 competition levels by 112 photographers.
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 2022
This category attracted 115 entries, from 32 photographers. 51 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Crimson Rosella, by Jason Moore (Image ID 56252)
- Commended - Victoria's Riflebird, by Barry Deacon (Image ID 56014)
- Commended - Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, by Nathan Watson (Image ID 56315)
- Commended - Baudin's Black-Cockatoo, by Keith Lightbody (Image ID 55402)
- Commended - Dusky Moorhen, by Jason Moore (Image ID 56250)
Intermediate Level – Best of 2022
This category attracted 213 entries, from 59 photographers. 56 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Great Crested Grebe, by Chinh Nguyen (Image ID 56193)
- Highly Commended - Golden-headed Cisticola, by Robyn Elliott (Image ID 55783)
- Commended - Black-shouldered Kite, by Alan Bennett (Image ID 56291)
- Commended - White-bellied Sea-Eagle, by Susan Chisholm (Image ID 56177)
- Commended - Black-shouldered Kite, by Donald Chin (Image ID 56226)
Entry Level – Best of 2022
This category attracted 68 entries, from 21 photographers. 50 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Gang-gang Cockatoo, by Sandra Lewis (Image ID 55426)
- Highly Commended - Rainbow Bee-eater, by Rainie Zhang (Image ID 56212)
- Commended - Red Wattlebird, by Ben Harvey (Image ID 55533)
- Commended - Osprey, by Rainie Zhang (Image ID 56211)
- Commended - Great Crested Grebe, by Rainie Zhang (Image ID 56213)