2023 Photo Contest Winners
We're so excited to announce the winners of this year's Young Birder and Legacy Photo Contests!
Young Birders Contest:
First Place - Joshua Rubin "Into the Blue"
Second Place - Margaret Fykes "Refresher"
Legacy Contest:
First Place - Robert Gloeckner "Tucked In"
Second Place - Tim Barker "Barred Owl at Sunset"
Third Place - Ed Hughes "Purple Gallinule Balancing on a Stem"
People's Choice - Ellen Stip - "Yellow Rumped Warbler"
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who participated! As always, there were so many wonderful images. Thank you to our judges and Lisa Langell for presenting the winners and Mason Mullally for capturing the video!
2023 LEGACY PHOTO CONTEST
1st Place:
$500
2nd Place:
$400
3rd Place:
$300
People's Choice:
$200
2023 LEGACY PHOTO CONTEST
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: MIDNIGHT, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2023 (EST).
CONTEST RULES
1. There is a $30 entry fee for the first two (2) entries, $20 for each additional entry. You may submit up to five (5) images total.
2. Images must be taken in Florida by the person submitting between April 18, 2022 and April 18, 2023. Images should not have been previously published nor have been any level of winner of any previous photo contest. Images posted on social media are acceptable.
3. Select your original nature photographs and size them properly – at least 3000 pixels (or 10" at 300 pixels/inch) tall or wide, in jpg format and rgb or srgb color space, no larger than 10 mb. We accept black and white and color images. Do not send printed images. Do not add frames, borders, logos, watermarks, signatures, names, dates, or copyright symbols to the image, they will be disqualified.
4. Allowed image adjustments include: Removal of dust/water spots, exposure adjustment, color correction, removal of minor distracting objects, and cropping.
5. PLEASE UPLOAD ALL OF YOUR ENTRIES AT THE SAME TIME via the entry button below.
6. All images will be judged on technical aspects such as exposure, composition, cropping, color, as well as content, influence and uniqueness by the professional photographers who are speakers at Florida's Birding & Photo Fest.
7. People’s Choice voting gallery will be displayed in the exhibit hall from April 19-21st. People's Choice voting will end at 3pm on April 21st. Contest winners will be announced at the close of our Friday Keynote Reception.
8. By submitting images to this contest, you are agreeing to allow Florida's Birding & Photo Fest to use your image with appropriate photo credits. The winning image will be the the 2024 promotional image for the festival.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: MIDNIGHT, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2023 (EST).
PHOTO CONTEST QUESTIONS? Please email theteam@floridasbirdingandphotofest.com.
EASY ONLINE IMAGE ENTRY & PAYMENT FORM
We’re pleased to provide an online image entry and payment form. Please follow these easy steps to enter the 2023 photo contest:
1. Read the CONTEST RULES above.
2. Prepare ALL of your images and have your payment* info handy.
3. Enter ALL of your images at the same time.
4. Click the link below to fill out the form, send us your entries, and submit your payment.
*We use PayPal which accepts most major credit cards as well as PayPal accounts.
2022 Legacy Contest Winners
We're extremely pleased to announce the winners of the
2022 Florida's Birding & Photo Fest photo contests! Congratulations to all who submitted over 130 entries in the Legacy Contest. It's always a joy to see the results of your passion and talent for nature photography and we appreciate your participation!
Legacy Contest Winners:
1st Place - Marina Scarr - Barred Owlet Antics
2nd Place - Tim Barker - Black Skimmer skimming
3rd Place - Bobby Van Mierop - Mothers Love
People’s Choice - Kathy Kmonicek - Tri-color Splendor
Big Thanks also go out to Sigma Corporation of America and Hunt's Photo and Video
for sponsoring this year's contests!