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  • White-faced Heron (Image ID 20074)

    White-faced Heron.   Photographer: Chris Dubar

  • Australian Wood Duck (Image ID 20205)

    Australian Wood Duck.   Photographer: Con Boekel

  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Image ID 19009)

    Wedge-tailed Shearwater.   Photographer: Rob Parker

  • Brolga (Image ID 52874)

    Brolga.   Photographer: Geoffrey Stapley

  • Osprey (Image ID 54271)

    Osprey.   Photographer: Philip Moors

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The next BirdLife Photography Biennial Conference will be held in Hahndorf, SA, at the Adelaide Hills Convention Centre, on 23rd & 24th March 2024.

Visit the dedicated BirdLife Photography Biennial Conference website for details.  Ticket sales are now open.

The final cut-off dates for conference attendance and conference dinner bookings are Saturday 9th of March for the dinner and Saturday 16th of March for the conference itself. No bookings can be accepted after the cut-off dates

BirdLife Photography would like to acknowledge Adelaide Optical Centre and Twin City Cameras for their generous sponsorship of our conference.

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Latest Images

Welcome Swallow (Image ID 62201)
Welcome Swallow
Glenn Pure
Viewed: 41
Australasian Grebe (Image ID 62200)
Australasian Grebe
Glenn Pure
Viewed: 34
Welcome Swallow (Image ID 62199)
Welcome Swallow
Rob Solic
Viewed: 27
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner (Image ID 62198)
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 17
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner (Image ID 62197)
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 13
Far Eastern Curlew (Image ID 62196)
Far Eastern Curlew
Tony Willis
Viewed: 20
Australian Brush-turkey (Image ID 62195)
Australian Brush-turkey
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 18
Striated Heron (Image ID 62194)
Striated Heron
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 20
Crested Pigeon (Image ID 62193)
Crested Pigeon
Diana Womersley
Viewed: 35
White-winged Chough (Image ID 62192)
White-winged Chough
Diana Womersley
Viewed: 26
Black Swan (Image ID 62191)
Black Swan
Ian Wilson
Viewed: 32
Grey Plover (Image ID 62190)
Grey Plover
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 22
Masked Lapwing (Image ID 62189)
Masked Lapwing
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 13
Fairy Tern (Image ID 62188)
Fairy Tern
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 17
Western Spinebill (Image ID 62187)
Western Spinebill
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 17
Pacific Black Duck (Image ID 62145)
Pacific Black Duck
John Gitsham
Viewed: 16

The following table shows the number of entries by competition for 2021.

 Competition  Advanced Intermediate Entry Level
 Best of 2021 104 172 110
Migrants 75 88 45
Creating Artistic Images
79 92 42
Raptors, Owls, etc
78 122 78

 

This table shows the number of entries by level over the last 4 years.

Year Advanced Intermediate Entry Level Total
 2022 336 474 275 1085
 2021 334 452 211 997
 2020 356 452 238 1046
 2019 232 263 98 593

 

It is clear from the above tables that 2022 has been another successful year for our internal competitions.

After the Creating Artistic Images competition I expressed concern at the relatively low entry numbers for two competitions in a row at the Entry Level.  In hindsight this may have been an over-reaction, given the return to higher entry levels in the final competition for the year.  Drops in entry numbers can be due to a number of reasons including:

  • Some Competition Themes being less interesting to some members
  • Some Competition Themes being more challenging for some members
  • Members feeling they cannot compete against one or more of early submitted entries

The biggest challenge going forward is not specific to competitions, nor is it new.  It is encouraging new and less experienced bird photographers to submit images for the first time, so they become actively involved.  Once they gain the confidence and satisfaction from seeing their first photo on the website it is likely they will do it again.  It does not matter whether it is to New Images or to Competitions.

I would like to thank Doug Castle for his moderating assistance during the year and especially for his backup while I have been travelling.  I would also like to acknowledge the time and thoughtful consideration given by the mystery reviewers for 2022.  They were, in no particular order, Sandy Castle, Rodney Appleby, Georgina Steytler, Graham Cam, Con Duyvestyn, Rob Solic, Con Boekel, Rodger Scott, Nathan Watson, Cherilyn Corker, Bill Harding and Mark Lethlean.

The competition themes for 2023 are available here, and members have been aware of them since July.  I hope everyone enjoys them as much as they have enjoyed this year's competitions.

 

Gary King

Competition Coordinator, December 2022

Recent Picks

Grey-backed Storm-Petrel (Image ID 62071)
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
Chris Young
Viewed: 110
Pink Robin (Image ID 61955)
Pink Robin
Rob Solic
Viewed: 107
Australasian Gannet (Image ID 61793)
Australasian Gannet
Valerie Misa
Viewed: 103
Superb Fairy-wren (Image ID 61802)
Superb Fairy-wren
Shane Little
Viewed: 88
Galah (Image ID 61731)
Galah
Rob Solic
Viewed: 115
Australasian Darter (Image ID 61648)
Australasian Darter
Stephen Garth
Viewed: 119
Plumed Whistling-Duck (Image ID 61612)
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Shane Little
Viewed: 153
Pied Stilt (Image ID 61516)
Pied Stilt
Patrick Kavanagh
Viewed: 139
Australasian Gannet (Image ID 61497)
Australasian Gannet
Stephen Garth
Viewed: 213
Australian White Ibis (Image ID 61471)
Australian White Ibis
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 165

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The Our People page, in the About Us section, contains email links to each of the committee members.