BirdLife Photography is excited to announce the medal winners for our Photo Competitions held in 2021. Our competition Coordinator, Gary King, says:
Congratulations to all our medal winners for 2021 and a big thank you to all our members who entered the competitions. At all levels it was necessary to produce a high quality image to win a competition. Overall the standard of entries continues to improve and I am sure that this in part due to the competitions making us think more about what makes a good image. I hope you all are now starting to look for suitable entries for next year’s competitions.
Advanced Level Competition
Gold medal – awarded to Jason Moore
Silver medal – awarded to Steve Mantle
Bronze medal – awarded to Nathan Watson
Intermediate Level Competition
Gold medal – awarded to Jane Putland
Silver medal – awarded to John Eley
Bronze medal – awarded to Graham Gall
Entry Level Competition
Gold medal – awarded to Sylvia Wallis
Silver medal – awarded to Linda Waters
Bronze medal – awarded to Chunfang Liu
Up and Coming Photographers
The Up & Coming Photographer certificates are awarded to members who show promise, improvement and consistency during a calendar year. They are given to the photographers who finish just outside the annual medal winners in our annual competitions at Intermediate and Entry Level.
For 2021 both recipients finished only one point behind the bronze medallists. Congratulations to Up & Coming Photographers certificate winners Michiko Iida (Intermediate Level) and Robyn Elliott (Entry Level). Both Michiko and Robyn have been invited to compete at the next higher level in the 2022 competitions.
Robyn was very positive about going up a level and already has submitted entries in the current competition.
Michiko is excited about the prospect of going up a level and is considering if she is ready for the challenge of competing at the Advanced level.
Both Michiko and Robyn will be presented with certificates featuring one of their own images.
