📢 Our photo competition is back for #VicBioCon24 📸🦘
Submissions are now open
To enter, share your photo on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the hashtag #VicBioCon24Photo
OR
Email us your submission at vicbiocon@gmail.com
Categories*:
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“Knowing your roots” - Showcasing Victorian flora 🌱🌷
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“It's a wild life” - Showcasing Victorian fauna 🐍🦉
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“To the horizon” - Victorian ecosystems and landscapes 🌄🌊
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"Small but mighty” - Small organisms, either visible to the naked eye 🐞🐝🕷 or under the microscope 🦠🧫🍄
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“Outdoor office” - Show us photos of yourself or your colleagues in the field! 🤠😍
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“Camera trapped” - Whether funny or lucky (or both!) show us your favourite camera trap snap 📸🦘
* Please include species name(s) and location in your submission
Entries close 11.59pm Sunday 4th February 2024
Winners will be announced on Friday 9th February 2024
Terms and Conditions:
Maximum of six (6) entries per person, with a limit of one photo per category per person.
Committee members are ineligible to win prizes but may still enter their photos. Entries will be displayed during the conference for attendees to vote.
Entrants should follow the ethical terms and conditions for wildlife photography, courtesy of Doug Gimesy. Further information on the ethical considerations for wildlife photography can be found here.

Check out the winning entries from #VicBioCon23Photo below!

Category 1: “Our green planet” –
Showcasing our Victorian flora
Category Winner: Fiona Jackson for
'Mt Sabine Falls in the Otways'

Category 2: “Wild-friends among us” – Showcasing our Victorian fauna
Category Winner: Jessie Panazzolo for
'A Crimson Meal for a Juvenile New Holland Honeyeater'

Category 3: “The bigger picture” – Victorian ecosystems and landscapes
Category Winner: Fiona Jackson for
'Anglesea Heath'

Category 4: “Beauty in the small things” – Small organisms visible to the naked eye
Category Winner: Am (am.on.mo) for
'Found this little (about 3mm) one loving some pinocuchlon pollen'

Category 6: “A researcher's life” – Show us how working in nature is an endless enjoyment!
Category Winner: Elodie Camprasse for
'Mysterious giants'
