It's that time of year again and we are happy to invite you to send us your best images of the wild nature that you have been exploring in our region. Competition open from August 12th to September 23rd Open to all Members. Everyone who Registers on our new NatureMapr recording platform is a Member. This competition is to celebrate the wonderful biodiversity in our region. Your entries create a gallery of great images for us all to enjoy. You are all taking wonderful pictures to add to your sightings on the Atlas, so this is your chance to share the best of them!
This year we are partnering with Merimbula EyeQ and the Lonely Arts Club Pambula to offer you new categories, prizes and an exhibition of Winners. Two categories for school students and a new category for Smartphone images, a Habitat/Landscape category and one for the best images on NatureMapr - so everyone who records sightings can choose their best picks to share.
Overall first prize is two nights in a luxurious Tanja Lagoon Camp safari tent, other prizes are a $150 voucher for Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant , kindly donated by Jacqui Smith, and a further Voucher for $100 so it's well worth you entering.
Winners will be announced on October 14th at a celebration evening exhibition launch at Merimbula EyeQ with all the winning images displayed, after which time they will be exhibited at libraries around the Shire.
Here is the winning entry for 2016
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Wonderful images have won our competition in previous years. Have a look at these recently announced Australian Geographic winners and see Georgia Poyner's dolphin which was a winner in our competition in 2016. A very beautiful image - congratulations Georgia!
TERMS and CONDITIONS
STILL PHOTOGRAPHS
We will put the photos into our competition gallery so you can see all the entries in each category together.
This year we are adding new categories for young photographers, habitats, smartphones and your best shots from NatureMapr, so go ahead and send us your favourites.
1. Underwater, 2. Marine and intertidal species, 3. Terrestrial vertebrates (excludes birds), 4. Invertebrates, 5. Birds, 6. Flora and Fungi 7. Nightlife 8. primary school students 9. high school students 10. Atlanats at work (Atlas Naturalists) 11. Habitats 12. Smartphone
13. best NatureMapr image
14 Film (up to 3 min)
How to enter
Choose your favourite photo - decide in which category it will be entered and enter it through the website page above Give it a title, its category number and tell us about the subject and how the photo was taken in 50 words Maximum file size 2MB submit your files for judging as a JPEG of 1200 pixels along the longest side You may send several entries
How will the photos be judged?
Judging will be by a panel based on:
interest aesthetics composition high technical standards such as sharpness and correct exposure
Conditions of entry
Maximum 5 entries per category
If you send more than 5 entries per category the later ones will not be considered
Supplied online, maximum file size 2MB Supplied with title and up to 50 word description Must be taken by person whose name is on the entry form Competition open to everyone who has Registered to log sightings on the Atlas of Life website
Images must be taken in the Atlas of Life region Entries must be received by September 23rd 2017 Photographs that have been digitally manipulated will not be accepted - no filters(colour enhancements, black and white, vignette, saturation etc) . You are welcome to crop, apply a focal point and make minor alterations to contrast or brightness but these are are the only exceptions to this rule Winners will be announced on November 10th, and all the winning images will be displayed at the celebration and Winners exhibition at Merimbula EyeQ There will be one winner for each category and one overall winner. Prizes to be announced shortly Winners, Highly Commended and Finalists will be notified by email The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness may use images for Atlas publications and for promotional purposes. Copyright and intellectual property of the images remains the property of the photographer
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FILM
How will the films be judged?
Judging will be by a panel based on:
interest aesthetics composition high technical standards such as sharpness and correct exposure Conditions of entry;
Film maximum length three minutes. Must be a film of the natural world (eg. animal behavior, or marine life) Category 1. Land or sky Category 2. Marine Submitted on a thumb drive or SD card Local footage only (Coastal Wilderness) See under "Our Atlas", but roughly from Montagu Island to Gabo Island and inland to the Great Dividing Range You warrant that you own the rights to your film and allow the Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness to share your film in full or in part for non-commercial purposes royalty free You retain copyright to the content of your film and can share or sell the content of your film as you wish Please send a copy of your film to: Libby Hepburn, 19 The Point, Tura Beach, NSW 2548 Including the following information: Your Name, Phone Number, Email, Film Title and summary of the film (up to 50 words) and your signature. Please also email us to let us know you have sent an entry.
Good Luck everyone and we can't wait to see what wonderful things you have been finding in the Coastal Wilderness this year!