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Swarovski Digiscoping Photo Contest 鳥類攝影比賽
« on: Aug 11th, 2006, 5:05pm » |
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For members' information:
Swarovski Digiscoping Photo Contest
Entry Conditions:
1. Participants
Any person 18 years of age or over may enter by submitting digiscoping images in compliance with the conditions specified on www.swarovskioptik.com and www.digiscoping.swarovskioptik.com. Employees of Swarovski Optik and their relatives and dependants are not permitted to enter the competition.
2. Closing Date
Upload until 31st October 2006. (Date of login is decisive)
The results will be announced in mid-November 2006 and published on the www.swarovskioptik.com and digiscoping.swarovskioptik.com websites. The winners will be notified in writing by Swarovski Optik
3. Equipment
Cameras:
Any digital camera format - from a compact digital camera to a bridge or digital single lens reflex camera - may be used.
Field Spotting Scopes:
Any commercially available spotting scopes and eyepieces may be used, with or without an adapter.
4. Images:
Digiscoping images are pictures that are created using a digital camera in association with a field spotting scope. Each image submitted must be backed up with the following information:
Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address of the photographer/person submitting the photograph
How long have you been digiscoping? - optional
Details of the camera model used (brand, specific model)
Details of the spotting scope used (brand, specific model)
Details of the eyepiece used (brand, specific model)
Details of the adapter used (brand, specific model) - optional
Time and place where image created - optional
Estimated distance from subject - optional
Short description of the image (title)
In addition to the image submitted, a parallel photograph must be forwarded which has been shot under the same conditions but WITHOUT using a field spotting scope (with a digital camera and standard lens only). Only those images submitted with parallel photograph without a scope will be eligible for the grand prize - those without the accompanying shot will be only eligible for the runner up prize.
The original image must be available in unedited format and in a printable resolution (at least 2 MB data volume) and may be required by the jury prior to any award. The original image may also be required if it is selected by the jury for publication in the Digiscoping Yearbook 2007.
There is no restriction on the number of images that may be submitted.
Submission of the files is possible exclusively by means of upload to www.swarovskioptik.com or digiscoping.swarovskioptik.com.
5. Selection Criteria
Selection criteria are compliance with the Entry Conditions as well as image definition, relevance in terms of subject matter and aesthetic aspects of the images submitted.
Photographs which are sent to us without the additional information specified above will be excluded from the judging.
If images of protected animal species are submitted, a permit from the organisation responsible for monitoring the species must also be presented.
6. Copyright
The best 20 images will be published, along with the names of the individual photographers, in the Swarovski Optik Digiscoping Yearbook 2007.
The submission of any image in conjunction with this competition implies acknowledgement on the part of the entrant of the transfer to Swarovski Optik of the right, should the said image be selected by the jury, to make use of it, stating the name of the photographer, for this Yearbook, for Swarovski Optik advertising material and for editorial articles in magazines.
Implicit in the above is that the person submitting the image is able and entitled to transfer this right.
The entrant will receive a one-off publication fee of EUR 300 for each image which is awarded a prize.
Submission of the images implies acknowledgement of the full extent of the published conditions relating to the competition and the entrant shall confirm that the images submitted do not infringe any third party rights such as, for example, copyrights and that Swarovski Optik is entitled to use the information disclosed.
7. Data Protection
By entering the picture, participants accept that the data referred to under point 4 will be stored in the Swarovski Optik KG data base and can be revocably used for occasional distribution of Swarovski Optik information material.
8. Legal Remedies
The decision of the international jury is final with no right of appeal.
Organizer is Swarovski Optik KG, 6067 Absam, Austria
9. Prizes
1st - 3rd Prize: The three winners of the "Digiscoper of the Year" will each win a trip to a major digiscoping seminar in South Africa and an Extremadura Rucksack from the Swarovski Optik accessoires range.
4th - 20th Prize: Extremadura Rucksack from the Swarovski Optik accessoires range.
These prizes cannot be redeemed for cash.
The best 20 photos will be published in the Swarovski Optik Digiscoping Yearbook 2007 with the name of the photographer. A publication fee of EUR 300 will be paid for this.
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