2023 Nature Photography Competition #4

2023 CQ in Focus

Nature Photography Competition

 

Open for four weeks during March 2023, the CQ in Focus competition was open to everyone working, playing, studying or living in the Fitzroy region. The competition exceeded the 2022 entries and attracted over 780 entries. Participants were asked to share photographs to help celebrate the region’s six major natural assets and the people and communities caring for them. Their photo submissions can be seen below.

Seven major Fitzroy Region Experience prizes (valued collectively at over $10,000) along with 10 Peoples’ Choice awards were awarded. Major prize winners were selected by a judging panel who assessed images and captions for their originality, creativity, and relevance to the CQSS2030.

2023 Major Prize Winners

Seven major Fitzroy Region Experience prizes (valued collectively at over $10,000) along with 10 Peoples’ Choice awards were awarded. Major prize winners were selected by a judging panel who assessed images and captions for their originality, creativity, and relevance to the CQSS2030. 

Winner – Jamie Meyer with the image above titled ‘Mountain guardians’

Land-based category

Jamie won the Fitzroy River Fishing package for two people including…

 

Winner – Isabel Whitehead with the image above titled ‘Sunset reflecting off trough’

Groundwater category

Isabel won the Keppel Island Experience for four people including…

 

 

Winner – Alison Kajewski with the image above titled ‘The gift of time’

Community category

Alison won the Capricorn Caves Adventure Package for four people including…

Winner – Annette Ross with the image above titled ‘Safe Haven’

Freshwater category

Annette won the Byfield Waterpark Creek package for four people including…

Winner – Nicole Thornton with the image above titled ‘Sunny Days’

Soil category

Nicole won the Scenic Regional Experience for three people including…

Winner – John McGrath with the image above titled ‘Arcus coming to Rosslyn Bay’

Air category

John won the Capricorn Coast Scenic Flight Package for two people including…

 

 

Winner – Michael Loader with the image above titled ‘Pumpkin creek in spring’

Coastal and marine category

Michael won the Carnarvon Gorge Eco Tour Package for four people including…

 

 

Peoples’ Choice Awards

  • Dancing in the dam, Lake Awoonga by ©Stacey McKee
  • Mirror images, Nerimbera by ©Maria Woodley
  • When life moves on, Rockhampton by ©Nick Kinbacher
  • Seas the day, Yeppoon by ©Jenni Turvey
  • Mother Flatback Turtle coming up to nest, Stanage by ©Bluey Harris
  • Meaty clouds, Blackwater by ©Rhya Amora
  • Toondoon Botanical Gardens, Gladstone by ©Jodie Patchett
  • Undeveloped mountain landscape, Mt Archer by ©Joel Morgan
  • Torrential symphony: Capturing the beauty of rain over the ocean, Keppel Sands by ©Michael Loader
  • Farnborough Beach by ©Benjamin Weir

The ten photo entries that received the most votes during the competition period were awarded a $100 gift voucher to Good who stock a huge range of zero-waste, eco-friendly and plastic-free products to support sustainable living.