COMPLETE NAME: 17^th nature photography competition “Nature Treasures in Europe”

ORGANIZED BY: EuroNatur Foundation

1. Who can enter?

TERRITORY: must have principal residence in Europe

ENTRANT STATUS: amateur, professional

AGE LIMITATIONS: none

2. Competition info

ENTRY CLOSES: 31st March 2010

ENTRY TYPE: mail

ENTRY FEE: free

3. What should photos be about?

Send us your most beautiful photos of nature in Europe: animals, plants or landscapes!

Maximum 5 images per entry.

4. Photo Requirements

AREA WHERE IT CAN BE TAKEN: Europe

AGE OF PHOTO: no limit

IMAGE FORMAT: Digital colour pictures on CD and slides of all formats without glass mount are accepted. Scans of slides are also permitted. Min 6m pixels resolution. Excellent technical quality (focus, exposure) is an essential. Digital pictures must be submitted in two separate files on CD: 1^st file: “preview”: jpeg of 1200 pixel on the long side; 2^nd file: “high-resolution quality data”: jpeg in full size and of highest quality (e.g. saved in Adobe Photoshop with quality level 12).

PHOTO EDITING: We exclusively admit the standard picture-editing processes on the picture as a whole (e.g. tonal value, contrast, brightening, cropping). Cropping however reduces the resolution and therefor should be done only moderately. The faithful representation of what was captured at the time of the shot being taken must be maintained. Compositing and multiple exposures are not allowed. Sandwich shots, double exposures, photographs which consist in any way of more than one separate image (like HDR, stitched panoramas etc.) are not eligible. Adding or removing animals, parts of animals, plants, distractions, people etc into/from the image is not allowed.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Pictures from pets or domestic animals, pictures of cultivated varieties of wild plants and pictures that were not taken in Europe are not admitted.
• NO prints, NO black and white and NO panorama exposures!

5. Legal Issues

> Your legal responsibilities

The copyright for all presented photos has to lie with the photographer.

The photographer must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of all pictures submitted. Pictures may not be blocked by agencies or publishers and may not have been awarded in another competition.

> Photo usage rights

The copyright stays with the photographer during the entire process of the competition. The photographer’s name appears with each publication of the photo.

With the participation in the competition the contestant cedes to the organisers of the competition the right to use the presented photos free of charge for the following purposes:

• the production of calendars within the framework of the competition
• the exhibition of the awarded photos within the framework of the competition
• coverage of the competition in publications and web presences of the organisers of the competition
• the use of the photos for advertising purposes for the calendar, the competition, and the exhibition in publications of the organisers as well as the media coverage
• the non-profit foundation EuroNatur has the right to use the awarded photos (calendar and exhibition) in their own publications to advertise their nature protection projects in Europe

The use of the photos beyond the above mentioned purposes is only possible after having consulted the photographer.

6. Judging

JUDGING CRITERIA: There is no information how the photographs will be judged.

> Judges

• Dr. Horst Hamm, deputy chief editor “natur+kosmos”
• Lutz Laemmerhold, director public relations Deutsche Lufthansa AG
• Kerstin Sauer, art director EuroNatur Service GmbH
• Gabriel Schwaderer, executive director EuroNatur Foundation
• Ralph Thoms, director NaturVision

7. Prizes

1st place: 7 adventurous days for 2 persons in Bulgaria

2nd place: Zeiss Mono 20×60 S telescope

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

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

5th place: Minox DC 7011 compact camera

6th – 12th place: one prize in kind from the assortment of EuroNatur Service GmbH

Each winner also:

• receives a wall calendar “EuroNatur 2010″,
• exhibited at the Lusen Visitor Center in the Bavarian Forest National Park
• published amongst other things in „natur + kosmos”, in the magazine “EuroNatur” , on the hosts’ Internet pages as well as in the large-sized wall calendar “EuroNatur 2011″

8. Useful Links

Need inspiration? See what images have won in 2007, 2008 and 2009!

Official website of the competition with official rules:
http://www.euronatur.org/Photo-Competition.photo.0.html

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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