"Pairs" Competition - Member Voting Results

The theme for the September-October 2019 competition was Pairs.  We asked you to submit images showing a pair of birds, male and female, of the same species.  For those species which cannot be clearly identified as male/female on the basis of plumage, we accepted images of pairs where the behaviour observed when photographed indicates that they are a male/female pair.

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 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 – Pairs

This category attracted 50 entries, from 17 photographers. 34 members voted, with the following result:

Intermediate Level – Pairs

This category attracted 77 entries, from 29 photographers. 33 members voted, with the following result:

  • Winner - Barn Owl, by Linda Joseph (Image ID 36767)
  • Commended - Australasian Gannet, by Con Duyvestyn (Image ID 36862)
  • Commended - Variegated Fairy-wren, by Barry Deacon (Image ID 36596)
  • Commended - Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, by Michael Schmid (Image no longer available)
  • Commended - Tawny Frogmouth, by Michael Schmid (Image no longer available)

Entry Level – Pairs

This category attracted 40 entries, from 16 photographers. 30 members voted, with the following result: