The Creating Artistic Images competition was held in June-August 2022. For this competition, anything goes as long as you meet the image size requirements. Images can be colour or monochrome. The comments must explain how you took or created the image and what you were trying to achieve with your image.
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 (or more in case of a tie) 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 – Creating Artistic Images
This category attracted 80 entries, from 22 photographers. 41 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - White-faced Heron, by Nathan Watson (Image ID 52616)
- Highly Commended - Cattle Egret, by Mary Wheeler (Image ID 52691)
- Commended - Black Swan, by Tim Van Leeuwen (Image ID 52096)
- Commended - Brown Thornbill, by Michiko Iida (Image ID 52550)
- Commended - Great Crested Grebe, by Jason Moore (Image ID 52422)
Intermediate Level – Creating Artistic Images
This category attracted 94 entries, from 31 photographers. 48 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Pied Stilt, by Natalie Murray (Image ID 52508)
- Commended - Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, by Ray St James (Image ID 52218)
- Commended - Cape Barren Goose, by Fran Solly (Image ID 52239)
- Commended - Bar-tailed Godwit, by Bruce McNaughton (Image ID 52480)
- Commended - Australasian Darter, by Greg Dietrich (Image ID 52173)
- Commended - Pied Stilt, by Robyn Elliott (Image ID 52206)
Entry Level – Creating Artistic Images
This category attracted 44 entries, from 14 photographers. 49 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, by Amy Rakkusol (Image ID 52477)
- Highly Commended - Black Swan, by Indrani Pathirage (Image ID 52722)
- Commended - Eurasian Coot, by Amy Rakkusol (Image ID 52485)
- Commended - Tawny Frogmouth, by Judy Willis (Image ID 52431)
- Commended - Australian White Ibis, by Amy Rakkusol (Image ID 52262)