Photo Competition

Conference attendees are invited to enter their photos in the 2025 Birds NZ Conference photo competition.

There are 4 categories:

Bird Portrait: with a bird as the main subject, this can be a close-up of part of a bird or the entire bird, ideally showing identifying features or characteristics.
Bird in Habitat: a photo of a bird or birds in habitat. This could be in an unusual habitat or their natural environment.
Bird in Flight: a photo of bird(s) in flight, an action picture.
Bird Behaviour: a photo of a New Zealand bird(s) engaged in some activity, such as flying, feeding, displaying, fighting etc

Detailed requirements:

Photos must be printed in colour or black-and-white, landscape or portrait format.
Sizes between:
5 x 7 (12 x 18 cm) smallest size,
A4 8 x 12 (21 x 30 cm) largest size
Photos must be of a New Zealand bird taken by the entrant who is a member of Birds New Zealand. The bird should be wild and not caged or restrained.
Photos must have been taken within the 24 months prior to the date of the 2025 Auckland conference (1 June 2025)
A maximum of 2 photos may be entered in each of the 4 categories
Photos may only have a minimal amount of software improvement, such as: cropping, sharpening, exposure and contrast. No features may be added or removed from the original capture.
Photos are to be brought to the conference in person and submitted to the photography competition desk. Photos are to be removed from display by the owners at the end of the conference.
No hardcopy photos are to be sent to the conference organisers.
Each photo will have a number, a title, a date and place to identify it. The delegate’s name and mobile phone number should be given to the photo desk and not be placed on the photo.
The four categories will be judged by a popular vote of BirdsNZ members attending the conference, with an overall Supreme Winner of the best photo on display from any category. Voting slips will be issued at Sunday morning tea and voting will end after Sunday lunch. Votes will be counted at 1pm and winners announced following the AGM.