Jamestown Audubon's Fourth Annual Nature Photography Contest
Part of Audubon’s mission is to connect people with nature. The photo contest helps us fulfill that mission in two ways: the photographer connects with nature while making images and the viewer becomes inspired to connect with nature by seeing the images. The purpose of the contest is to give photographers an outlet to share their work and have it judged, while at the same time inspiring others to connect with nature and raising money to support the work of the Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Jamestown, New York.
Dragonfly Ready for Takeoff - by Tiffany Decker, winner in the 2010 Contest
The contest is open to photographers from around the world ages 8 and over. Contestants must be able to prepare digital files, fill out an online entry form, submit the digital files via email, and pay an entry fee. The fee is $5 per photo for youth and $10 per photo for adults. (See Divisions below.)
There will be one winner per category in two divisions, a total of six (6) winners:
Photos may be taken anywhere in the world. Contest officials reserve the right to refuse photos with inappropriate content. Winners will be chosen in the following categories:
All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization will be disqualified. Acceptable are adjustments to color, contrast, brightness and sharpness, removal of dust and scratches, cropping, black and white conversions and use of HDRI (high dynamic range imaging).
Not acceptable are photos created by combining two or more images not of the same scene, the addition, duplication, deletion or moving of objects in the photos, or the use of artistic digital filters and effects. Examples of artistic filters and effects are watercolor, neon glow, posterizing, stained glass, grunge, and others which do not show the scene in its natural way.
Photo submissions will be emailed as attachments to a message. The file must be in JPG format. Any aspect ratio is acceptable, but please size the file so that the longest dimension is 800 pixels and set the quality to “high.” (Not sure how to do this? Try http://webresizer.com/resizer/ or http://pixlr.com/editor/.)
In order to ensure anonymous judging, please include no signatures or watermarks that would reveal the name of the photographer.
Winners may be asked to provide a higher resolution file that we can print and display at Audubon. This higher resolution photo may contain the phtographer’s signature.
Contestants will submit their entries online in a 3-step process. (1) The entry form must be filled out giving contact information and permissions. (2) Photo files must be emailed. (3) Entry fees must be paid. Complete instructions for completing this process are on the website at http://jasphotocontest.com.
There will be one winner per category per division, a total of three (3) adult prize winners and three (3) youth prize winners.
All winning entries will be announced and exhibited on-line.
Winners will also be announced in a widely-circulated news release, including to their hometown newspaper.
Adult winners will receive:
Youth winners will receive:
The photographer retains full copyright to his or her images, however, participation in the contest requires the contestant to give Jamestown Audubon permission to use the photographs without compensation on the Contest Website as well as on other Jamestown Audubon websites and in news releases which may appear in print or on third party websites for the purpose of publicizing the contest.
