Photo Competition
Get out your phone or camera and enter our monthly In Focus competition. Send us a picture of somewhere or someone in Glebe or Forest Lodge, in fact anywhere in the 2037 postcode. Open to all members of the Glebe Society.
In Focus photo competition: September 2026
Posted on 11th September 2026
This month’s winner is Lucinda Loane. Her quirky shot features two well known kookaburras in the urban landscape
In Focus photo competition: August 2026
Posted on 9th August 2026
Three photos this month: wattle viewed from the ferry, a shadowy night street, and a rainy Glebe Point Road. Jane’s shot is the winner and progresses to Photo of the Year.
In Focus photo competition: July 2026
Posted on 9th July 2026
Thanks to Susan Ingram and Philip Vergison for this month’s entries. Philip’s winning shot, The Building, the Sky and the Moon, impressed with its striking contrasts. Susan’s Reaching for the Sky captured a brilliant winter day.
In Focus photo competition: June 2026
Posted on 12th June 2026
See this month’s photo comp entries and winner. Entries for next month close Wed 17 June. Pick your best Glebe or Forest Lodge photo from the past year and send it in.
In Focus photo competition: May 2026
Posted on 4th May 2026
Stephen Foster wins this month with his stunning ‘Reflections of the Past 2’. Submit your entry for next month by Fri 15 May — we’d love to see more people take part.
In Focus photo competition: April 2026
Posted on 22nd April 2026
The winner this month was Alison McKeown’s ‘Reflection’ taken through the window of Café Madame Frou Frou.
2025 In Focus photo competition: the winner
Posted on 14th March 2026
Helena Klijn’s ‘Snapper’ was the 2025 annual winner of the photo competition. The title was a perfect fit for the building’s shape and colours, as reflected in the waters of Blackwattle Bay. The runner-up was Phil Vergison’s ‘Morning Commute’.
In Focus photo competition: March 2026
Posted on 24th February 2026
‘Michael in the Garden’ by Sue Ingram is the winning entry this month.
In Focus photo competition: December 2025
Posted on 29th December 2025
The photo of the month is a blaze of luminous colour and a fine image to end our year.
In Focus photo competition: November 2025
Posted on 23rd November 2025
‘Spring Sunshine’by Stephen Foster has been chosen as the Photo of the Month, with morning sunlight shining softly through one of our beautiful old fig trees.
In Focus photo competition: October 2025
Posted on 8th October 2025
This month Helen Randerson spotted unique building details in Campbell Street, probably from the late 1930s–1940s, in a style not usually seen in Glebe.
In Focus photo competition: September 2025
Posted on 30th September 2025
We received only one entry this month, but it is a cracker shot and a clear winner!
In Focus photo competition: August 2025
Posted on 30th August 2025
Submissions this month included sunset and street views, and our iconic bridge and Blackwattle Bay. Our winner this month is Rodney Hammett’s Sunset from Northcote Lane.
In Focus photo competition: July 2025
Posted on 10th August 2025
This month’s theme could be described as ‘looking up’. Caroline Lipovsky’s ‘Pole Only’ won, featuring a curious ibis atop a wire-festooned pole. Next entries close 17 July—submit high-res shots to be in the running!
In Focus photo competition: June 2025
Posted on 8th June 2025
By Mary Regan, Bulletin 4/2025, June Submissions this month included New Year’s Eve fireworks, a close look at street features in Forest Lodge, a silhouette in the sun, and one of Glebe’s wonderful murals. We couldn’t choose a winner for this month but thank our contributors and hope you enjoy their photographs. The prize for […]
In Focus photo competition: May 2025
Posted on 9th May 2025
Our shots this month included people, events, and our local urban landscape. Virginia Simpson-Young’s winning image was chosen for its strong atmosphere, the colour and lighting, and a slightly spooky feeling.
In Focus photo competition: April 2025
Posted on 7th April 2025
The judges were unanimous in picking Phil Vergison’s ‘Morning commute, Glebe’ as this month’s In Focus photo competition winner.
In Focus photo competition: December 2024 and annual winner, 2024
Posted on 4th December 2024
Find out which photograph won December’s In Focus, and … drum roll! … which photograph is the overall winner for 2024.
In Focus photo competition: November 2024
Posted on 28th October 2024
A great selection this month, featuring some iconic scenes in Glebe and Forest Lodge
In Focus photo competition: October 2024
Posted on 2nd October 2024
There was a diverse collection of entries and subject matter in this month’s photo competition.
In Focus photo competition: September 2024
Posted on 28th August 2024
There have been excellent entries in this month’s photo competition. Take a look at them and find out the judges’ decision. Thinking of entering a photo? Deadline is the 15th of each month.
In Focus photo competition: Rules
Posted on 28th August 2024
Get out your phone or camera and enter our monthly In Focus competition. Send us a picture of somewhere or someone in Glebe or Forest Lodge, in fact anywhere in the 2037 postcode. Open to all members of the Glebe Society.
In Focus photo competition: August 2024
Posted on 31st July 2024
This month’s photo competition was a tough call for the judges, but there was one very worthy winner. Have you recently taken a photo of Glebe-Forest Lodge that you particularly like? Please send it in! Keep your smartphone handy when you’re out and about, and snap something you find interesting, beautiful, new, old, colourful, animal or vegetable.
In Focus photo competition: July 2024
Posted on 1st July 2024
This month, four diverse photos were submitted. Mary Regan’s ‘Winter Sunrise Blackwattle Bay’ captures the bay’s tranquil beauty at dawn; Dale Dengate’s ‘A different angle on Blackwattle Bay’ is a jumble of structures of a modern working harbour; Caroline Lipovsky’s ‘Tree culling on a eucalyptus above Wigram Lane’ showcases an arborist at work amid colourful flora, while Lyn Collingwood’s ‘Montrose’ captures a blend of old and new architecture on a winter’s day.
In Focus photo competition: June 2024
Posted on 29th May 2024
There were four strong entries for this month’s competition. The winner, by Virginia Simpson-Young, is a striking photo of Glebe chimney pots and roof lines.
In Focus photo competition: May 2024
Posted on 1st May 2024
There were exciting entries this month, and we were very taken by our winner’s photograph. The competition is being noticed once more, but we want to encourage more entries from Society members.
In Focus photo competition: April 2024
Posted on 27th March 2024
A worthy winner and encouragement for everyone to submit photographs of Glebe and Forest Lodge for the Society’s next ‘In Focus’ photo competition.
In Focus photo competition: December 2023
Posted on 28th November 2023
There’s a winner for the December photo competition and the annual grand finalist
In Focus photo competition: November 2023
Posted on 1st November 2023
A dog at the wheel of a BMW, some beautiful gardens, and rowers on the harbour were among the entries this month. But the judges went for a photo with a message.
In Focus photo competition: October 2023
Posted on 5th October 2023
Photos of the Anzac Bridge, moon over the Tramsheds, and a Glebe streetscape were among the entries this month. The winner will be an entrant in the annual competition.
