Mega post: View the incredible winning photos and runner ups in the Kirstenbosch Centenary Photographic Competition!
The Kirstenbosch Botanical Society celebrated their 100th anniversary this year by hosting a photographic competition.
Over the year, we’ve been sharing the impressive monthly winning images in both the open and student categories, and the competition’s overall winners were announced at a prize giving ceremony and exhibition at the Botanical Society’s Conservatory on 28 November.
Overall winner in the open category Kevin Shields with his Canon 60D.
The overall winners received a Canon 60D kit and Canon G1 X respectively, sponsored by Canon SA, and Orms printed the photos at the exhibition.
Winning Photos
Overall winner in the open category: “Helmut the Frog” by Kevin Shields.
Overall winner in the student category: “I Got You” by Bruce Lee.
The Best of the Runner Ups
Featured image above: “Sunbird in breeding plumage” by Jeanette du Toit.
Overall runner up: “Face to Face” by Jeanette du Toit.
Overall runner up: “Rocket Protea” by Bipin Prag.
Overall runner up: “Sunbirds at Play” by Howard Langley.
Overall runner up: “Flower Swarm” by Jacques Kloppers.
Overall runner up: “Strelitzia Spectrum” by Neil Overy.
June finalist: Michael Wrankmore.
June finalist:ย Leucadendrons Aflame by Jenny Morkel.
June finalist: “Hide and Seek” by Sofie de Meyer.
July finalist: “A Poser of Note” by Michelle Nel.
July finalist: “Praying Mantis Feeding” by Jeanette du Toit.
August finalist: “Waratah” by Jeanette du Toit.
August finalist: “Chameleon on Protea” by Miranda Waldron.
August finalist: “Purple Dew” by Guy Lerner.
September finalist: “The Pollinator” by Michael Wrankmore.
October finalist: “Contrast Cutie” by Isreal Ruiz.
October finalist: “Lynx Spider” by Michael Wrankmore.
Photos From The Prize Giving And Exhibition