Member voting for the Bird On A Wire competition, which closed for entries on 20^th May and for voting on 16^th June, has been analysed and the results for the top 5 images (or more, in the case of a tie) 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 – Bird on a Wire

This category attracted 80 entries, from 30 photographers. 47 members voted, with the following result:

• Winner - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, by Keith Lightbody (Image ID 34581)
• Commended - Spotted Harrier, by Tim Van Leeuwen (Image ID 34704)
• Commended - Australian Hobby, by Stephen Garth (Image ID 35180)
• Commended - Eastern Spinebill, by Bill Harding (Image ID 35103)
• Commended - Australian Ringneck, by Trevor Harders (Image ID 35230)
• Commended - Spotted Pardalote, by Bill Harding (Image ID 35317)

Intermediate Level – Bird on a Wire

This category attracted 105 entries, from 44 photographers. 44 members voted, with the following result:

• Winner - Willie Wagtail, by Linda Joseph (Image ID 35194)
• Highly Commended - Australian Hobby, by Barry Deacon (Image ID 35107)
• Commended - Nankeen Kestrel, by Linda Joseph (Image ID 35198)
• Commended - Victoria's Riflebird, by Gary King (Image ID 35248)
• Commended - Fairy Martin, Tree Martin, by Con Duyvestyn (Image ID 34745)
• Commended - Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo, by Con Duyvestyn (Image ID 34767)

Entry Level – Bird on a Wire

This category attracted 38 entries, from 15 photographers. 45 members voted, with the following result:

• Winner - Forest Kingfisher, by Diana Womersley (Image ID 34632)
• Commended - Forest Kingfisher, by Jenny Donald (Image ID 35406)
• Commended - Brown Falcon, by Jennifer Carr (Image ID 34835)
• Commended - Eastern Yellow Robin, by Anna Browne (Image ID 34599)
• Commended - Rainbow Bee-eater, by Jenny Donald (Image ID 35403)

Congratulations to all these photographers for their quality images

Our very own national bird photography competition, which ran for the first time in 2018, will be on again in 2019.  Entries open on Saturday 8^th June, and you'll have until early August to get your entries in.

Thanks to our new major sponsor, Heritage Expeditions, we are offering an incredible new prize in 2019 for the best portfolio of images - a 14 day cruise to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with renowned scientist Tim Flannery.  Like last year, there will also be cash prizes for the winning entry in each entry category as well.

The competition has a new name in 2019: Birdlife Australia Photography Awards, and we've made a few other small changes.  For all the details, visit the official competition website: https://www.birdlifephotoaward.org.au/

World renowned bird photographer Glenn Bartley will be the keynote speaker at the Birdlife Photography Biennial Conference on 21st & 22nd September 2019, in Fremantle, WA.

Save those dates!

Over the years, we've published a number of educational/tutorial articles in our bi-monthly Newsletter.  These are now available in Resources - Our Articles.  That page provides access to articles in four categories:

• Photography Techniques and Processes
• Image Processing
• Articles about Equipment
• In-depth Technical Articles

Articles in this section which are less than 24 months old are only accessible to our members, who must log-in to access them.