COMPLETE NAME OF THE COMPETITION: Nature Treasure in Europe – EuroNatur – Nature Photography Competition

This competition is organized by the EuroNatur-Foundation in cooperation with „natur + kosmos“, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and NaturVision.

QUICK FACTS

COMPETITION TERRITORY: All photographers having their principal residence in Europe.

ENTRY CLOSES: March 31 2009

PRIZES: grand prize is a 7-day trip for 2 persons to northern Spain; there are also other prizes (for more detail scroll down)

ENTRY TYPE: mail

FEES: free

JUDGING: among other on excellent technical quality (focus, exposure)

RESTRICTIONS (not allowed):

• Digitally manipulated pictures: subsequent modification of the picture or its information is not permitted. HOWEVER, exclusively admit the standard picture-editing processes on the picture as a whole (e.g. tonal value, saturation, contrast, focus, cropping).
• Pictures from pets or domestic animals, pictures of cultivated varieties of wild plants and pictures that were not taken in Europe.
• Pictures of animals under controlled conditions (Zoo, enclosure or similar) have to be marked with a “C” on the slide frame and in the list.
• Pictures may not be blocked by agencies or publishers and may not have been awarded in another competition.

YOUR RIGHTS AS A PHOTOGRAPHER: By participating in this competition, the photographer agrees that his/her pictures may be used, free of charge, by EuroNatur within the scope of their wildlife protection activities, in exhibitions and publications of the organisers as well as in the magazine “nature + kosmos”. The print in the wall calendar “Nature Treasures in Europe 2010″ is also free of charge. The photographer will be named in every publication.

PICTURE THEMES

No specific theme. They are looking for your most beautiful nature photo (taken in Europe): animals, plants or landscapes.

Maximum 5 pictures per photographer are permitted.

WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS

1st prize: 7 adventurous days for 2 persons in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain

2nd prize: Carl Zeiss Mono 20×60 S T*P* telescope

3rd prize: 3 days for 2 persons in the “Senne”, a landscape in Eastern Westphalia.

4th prize: 3 days for 2 persons in Freyung, the gateway to the Bavarian Forest National Park

5th prize: Minox compact camera DC 7011

6th-12th prize & prize of the jury: book from the assortment of EuroNatur Service GmbH.

The winning photographs:

• will be presented in autumn 2009 in an exhibition at Schloss Wolfstein in Freyung, in the heart of the Bavarian Forest;
• will be published in „natur + kosmos”, in the magazine EuroNatur, on the hosts’ Internet pages.
• The 1-12 prized pictures will be published in the large-sized wall calendar “Nature Treasures in Europe 2010″;
• Each winner receives a wall calendar “Nature Treasures of Europe 2010″.

QUICK LINKS

Read competition rules yourself (opens a pdf).

See last year’s winning photos.

Official competition website: http://www.euronatur.org/Photo-Competition.photo.0.html

IMPORTANT NOTE

I cannot take any responsibility for changing of rules or mistypes in this article. This article has only an informative nature. For official rules always refer to the official website!

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