CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO ALL 2019 ENTRANTS!
Here’s some fun facts about this year’s competition:
- Did you know that this competition has been an annual event for the MCCG since 1998, making this year it’s 21st year!
- We received a total of 56 entries (less than previous years)
- 10 entrants submitted 43 quality photos for our open categories
- This year we decided to run the Young Persons (grades 1 to 6) category as a digital category in the hope of receiving more entries. We were delighted to have 8 kids submit 13 entries between them
- This year’s judge: Anne Pappalardo, president of Queensland Camera Group.
- Head to our MCCG Facebook page and our newly established MCCG Instagram page to view entries in the Young Persons Digital category
- Click here to see some of the winning entries listed below!
Here are the winners!
People’s choice
- 1ST PRIZE: Ed Frazer: Fruit-dove Colour Study
- 2ND PRIZE: Ed Frazer: Back Attack
- 3RD PRIZE: Ed Frazer: Me Next
* Sponsored by The Pet Chalet
People’s choice Young Persons Category
1ST PRIZE: Liam Kelly-Crawford: The Matters of a Leaf
* Sponsored by Cr Kate Richards
Chairman’s choice Open Category
- ADULT WINNER: Mandy Watson:Eastern Water Dragon
* Sponsored by Cafe Fiori
Chairman’s choice Young Persons Category
1ST PRIZE: William McConaghy: A Pair of Feathery Acrobats
* Sponsored by Amcal + Pharmacy
Open category 1 – Native plants and Fungi
- 1ST PRIZE: Malcolm Frost: Dendrobium speciosum
- 2ND PRIZE: Jim Pope: Brisbane Wattle (Acacia fimbriata)
- HIGHLY COMMENDED: Malcolm Frost: Grevillea sp.
* Sponsored by Pisces Enterprises
Open category 2 – Native birds
- 1ST PRIZE: Mandy Watson: Welcome Swallow
- 2ND PRIZE: Anne Love-Hoskins: Azure Kingfisher
- 3RD PRIZE: Peter Koury: Bird on a Wire
- 4TH PRIZE: Lloyd Bullock: Eastern Yellow Robin
- HIGHLY COMMENDED: Anne Love-Hoskins, Ed Frazer, Peter Koury, Ed Frazer
* Sponsored by Kenmore Bridge Club
Open category 3 – Native animals (excluding birds)
- 1ST PRIZE: Mandy Watson: Parasitic Snail Blowfly
- 2ND PRIZE: Anne Love-Hoskins: Fiery Skimmer
- 3RD PRIZE: Alexander Davies: Clash of the Titans
- HIGHLY COMMENDED: Janine Nicklin, Anne Love-Hoskins, Alexander Davies
* Sponsored by Dr Christian Rowan (State MP for Moggill)
Young persons category (Grades 1-6) – Our Catchment
- 1ST PRIZE: William McConaghy: A kookaburra taking a rest
- 2ND PRIZE: Liam Kelly-Crawford: The Matters of a Leaf
- 3RD PRIZE: Molly Nearhos: Carpet Python
- HIGHLY COMMENDED: Aislin Kelly-Crawford, Charlotte Keddie, Lucy Harrold
* Sponsored by Cr Kate Richards
THANK YOU TO:
- all our talented photographers
- our Photograph Competition Co-ordinator, Beck Bain
- our Photograph Competition Committee
- our judge, Anne Pappalardo, President of the Queensland Camera Group
- those who gave their time at Kenmore Village during display week
- our ever generous sponsors:
