The BirdLife Photography Annual Award for 2017 - our most prestigious award - goes to Ian Wilson. This award is made to the member who excels against the following criteria:
- submits at least 24 high quality images to the image galleries on the website during the calendar year,
- participates in at least 50% of the Current Competitions organised during the calendar year,
- actively contributes to at least one of a range of BirdLife Photography activities, events, project or resources that benefit our members.
Ian’s contributions, against these criteria, were as follows:
- Submitted nearly 200 images to non-competition galleries. 34 of these appeared in the “Recent Picks” sidebar.
- Entered every competition during 2016, winning the Member’s Voting award in two of six competitions for the year; many other competition entries received commended results.
- Won the Gold Medal in the Advanced Competition Photographer of the Year.
- Contributed two major technical articles to our newsletters.
- Was one of the most active contributors, both with new topics and responding to other posts, to our Forum.
- Commented on 32 images submitted to the Critique Gallery.
Ian’s contribution to BirdLife Photography throughout 2017 was truly outstanding, and we congratulate – and thank - him for his efforts. This is the second of these Awards that Ian has won; it is a well-deserved recognition of his continued contributions to BirdLife Photography.
The award is presented as a multi-faceted crystal, with a frosted white-on-crystal BLP logo and laser inscription, in a velvet presentation case.
