• Juries have full right to reduce awards according to submission. No correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
• All submitted images can be used/ reproduced in all non profit making activities/promotions International scouts and Jamboree
• Alteration, addition, digital manipulations are not allowed and minimal post processing is requested in Nature, Travel section.
• Monochrome images are NOT ALLOWED to be entered in the COLOUR section and vice-versa.
• Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves.
• Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
• Entry is open to all photographers, amateur and professional, nationwide.
• The maximum entry in each section per author is 4 (four).
• An entrant’s four images will be presented to the judges randomly.
• The same/similar image must NOT be entered in more than one section – This includes altered and unaltered images.
• Entries must originate as photographs, (image captured of objects via light sensitivity), made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally.
• All final work must be digital file (.jpeg ONLY).
• By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website.
• The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright.
• At the time of judging, the entrant’s names/name of works WILL not be available to Jury.
• Please limit titles to 35 characters.
• All images MUST be the total and exclusive work of the submitting author and may not include any element that was originated by or is the copyright of other photographers.
• For awarded/accepted images, RAW file may be requested. If requested, in case of non-compliance, award/acceptance will be kept in hold.
• The right of reproduction in relation to the exhibition/ promotion, including digital representation, will be assumed upon entering.
• Catalogue shall be available at our site for download as per schedule date.
• RESULTS shall be published at our site for download as per schedule date
GENERAL CONDITIONS
• The exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.
• An entrant’s images will not be presented to the judges consecutively. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. Distribution of images shall be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.
• Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own (aliases are not permitted). The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website.
• Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used “will not be eligible for awards” or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition “and could be subject to disqualification” by the exhibition sponsors.
• The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated provided the photographic content predominates, subject to Nature, Photo Travel and Street divisional restrictions. All final work must be on an electronic file.
• No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image.
• Each image must have a unique title. Images may not be entered or re-entered in any section of the same Division in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
• Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.
• The jury’s decisions are final. No correspondence shall be entertained.
• Images entered in one section cannot be entered in any of the other sections either altered or unaltered.
• Concerning digital entries, we recommend that authors should preserve intact, with no alteration, the original metadata of images
BREACH OF CONDITION OF ENTRY
If the exhibition determines before, during, or after the judging that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the exhibition reserves the right and discretion to delete the entry from the exhibition and void any or all acceptances or awards. Fees may be forfeited in these circumstances. In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition may carry out checks on the images to make sure that:
• the images are the original work of the entrant and
• the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these Conditions of Entry.
This may involve asking the entrant to provide originally captured image(s), with EXIF data intact, by a set deadline. The questioned image(s) of any entrant failing to comply with such a request for the original image(s) may be considered in breach of these Conditions of Entry, and declined. . Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition.
