Competition rules

  1. The organiser of the competition is the South Australian Museum. The annual competition is open to anyone except staff from the South Australian Museum and people involved with the administration or judging of the ANZANG Nature Photography Competition.
  2. Entries must be colour photographs in all sections except in Section 7, Black and White, or Section 10, Junior Photography. All rectangular photographs should be formatted to 8 inches x 12 inches (200mm x 300mm) at 72 dpi. If square photographs are entered they should be 8 inches x 8 inches (200mm x 200mm) at 72 dpi. Panoramic photographs should be 12 inches (300mm) in their longest dimension. Some variance in size is acceptable but all images entered in the competition must be uploaded via the online entry page.
    Note: No concession by the judges will be made for poor quality files.
  3. If a photograph is shortlisted by the judging panel for a prize or high commendation the entrant must send to the competition office within two weeks a CD of the selected images as TIFF files sized to A3 at 300dpi (approx 60mb) in RGB colour space with working space embedded or tagged (ideally AdobeRGB 1998).  All CDs should be labeled with the name of the photographer and the title of the image (s). If the requested image on CD is not received within this two-week period the photograph will be withdrawn from the short-list. While the organiser will make every endeavour to contact the entrant no responsibility will be taken where notification is not received by the entrant.
  4. The following information must be provided in English on the online entry form:
    • Entrant’s name and address
    • Section of entry
    • A brief title relevant to the image that assists in its identification.
    • Briefly, when and where the photograph was taken
    • If available, the photographic specifications of camera, lens, film, ISO, f-stop and shutter speed.
    • You must declare if the photograph was taken in a captive situation
    Please note that specific documentation will be required for Section 6, Threatened Animals and Plants. If an image is selected for the short-list the entrant must be able to submit an official reference (valid for any of the previous five years prior to the date of close of entries) from the country’s state or federal government agency concerned with flora and fauna verifying the subject’s threatened, rare, vulnerable or endangered status.  If this information is not provided the image will be removed from the short-list.
  5. Up to four prints may be entered into each of the sections via the online entry form.
  6. The entrant must be the owner of copyright of all images entered.
  7. The entrant must declare if an image has been taken with the subject in captivity or in conditions that are unnatural. If animals are photographed in captivity they should be animals, either native or feral, seen in the wild in the ANZANG bioregion. If unethical practice by any party is suspected the photographer will be disqualified.
  8. Pet or farm animals and commercially cultivated plants are not classified as natural for the purposes of this competition. Plants photographed must be native to the ANZANG bioregion.
  9. In all sections except Section 8, Interpretive Photography, images taken with film cameras or digital cameras must not be adjusted beyond a level that would be applied in conventional optical printing techniques. This means image adjustments in all sections (except Section 8, Interpretive Photography) are only acceptable if limited to levels, curves, colour, saturation and contrast work and minor cleaning work. The integrity of the original subject with its form and (if applicable) its behaviour must be maintained. Compositing and multiple exposures are not allowed. Sharpening is allowed. Cropping is allowed. There are no restrictions for Section 8, Interpretive Photography, as this section is designed for those photographers who wish to experiment graphically with their images.
  10. All entries must have been taken within seven years of the date of close of entries. An image that has won an award or commendation in another major competition is not eligible for entry. (A major competition is one defined as receiving 500 entries or more.) Substantially similar images may not be entered in more than one section.
  11. An image may not be created from more than one original photographic or digital exposure in any section except in Section 8, Interpretive Photography.
  12. Section 10, Junior Photography:
    • A junior entrant must be under 18 years of age as at the closing date of the competition.
    • The entrant must choose subjects that would be suitable for entry into any of the first nine sections, in the format defined in Rule 2.
    • Entries may be in colour or black and white.
    • The entrant must declare on the online entry form that they have parent or guardian consent to enter. All other rules of the competition apply.
  13. Judges appointed by the organiser will choose the winners. The organiser’s decision on all competition matters will be final and no correspondence regarding competition judging or organisation will be entered into.
  14. If a section receives no entries attaining the judges’ standard no prize will be awarded.
  15. Winners, runners-up and highly commended entrants will be announced at the South Australian Museum on 1 October 2010.
  16. The entrant grants the South Australian Museum the right to free reproduction and exhibition of all shortlisted, prize-winning and highly commended images in all media, but only in association with promotion and publicity for this competition and exhibition. This includes the production of a touring exhibition and an exhibition publication in the form of a book or catalogue. Due photographic credit will be given. Any other image application will be undertaken only after consultation with the photographer.
  17. All images and, if called for, other materials are sent at the photographer’s own risk, although all care will be taken by the organiser. The entrant releases the South Australian Museum from liability for any damage to, or loss of, submitted material.
  18. Cost of entry: Images entered must be uploaded via the online entry form and must include the total cost of entry to be eligible for the competition. The cost is AU$38.00 (includes GST) for the first image and AU$22.00 (includes GST) for each subsequent image, or for Section 10, Junior Photography, AU$10.00 (includes GST) for the first image and AU$5.00 (includes GST) for each subsequent image.  All fees are in Australian dollars.
  19. Upon completion of the online entry the entrant will receive a tax invoice. (The tax invoice is relevant to Australian entrants only for GST purposes.)
  20. The closing date for entries is 28 March 2010.

    21.  

     

    © Copyright the South Australian Museum