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. 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!
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 November 10th and all the winning images will be displayed at the Four Winds BioBlitz November 11/12th and subsequently at the Atlas Christmas Supper December 15th, after which time they will be exhibited at libraries around the Shire.
Here is the winning entry for 2015
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TERMS and CONDITIONS
STILL PHOTOGRAPHS
We will put all the photos into our competition gallery - click the Photo comp button on the right of the Home page to enter your images
There are nine categories:
1. Underwater, 2. Marine and intertidal species, 3. Terrestrial vertebrates (excludes birds), 4. Invertebrates, 5. Birds, 6. Flora and Fungi 7. Nightlife 8. Under 16 years of age 9. Atlanats at work (Atlas Naturalists)
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 ALCW website Entries must be received by November 1st 2016 Photographs that have been digitally manipulated will not be accepted. Minor alterations to contrast or brightness are the only exceptions to this rule Winners will be announced on November 10th, and all the winning images will be displayed at the Four Winds BioBlitz November 11/12th and at the Atlas Christmas Supper December 15th, after which time they will be exhibited at libraries around the Shire. 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
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!