irl.co.za Amateur Wildlife And Birding Photography Competition : Indlovu River Lodge

Organization : Indlovu River Lodge
Competition Name : Amateur Wildlife And Birding Photography Competition
Applicable For : Amateur
Competition Deadline : 28 February 2017.
Prize : R184,400

Website : https://www.irl.co.za/

Amateur Wildlife & Birding Photography Competition :

** We are proud to announce our first Amateur Wildlife and Birding Photography Competition!

Related : Kariega 2017 Wildlife Photo Competition : www.southafricain.com/4995.html

 Prizes worth R184,400 up for grabs:
Monthly Winner : Public Favourite Most Facebook Likes
** R500 cash and of course the all-important bragging rights that is part and parcel of being a winner

Bi-monthly Winner : Selected by Panel of Judges
** Two-night all-inclusive stay at Indlovu River Lodge with access to our photography hides.
** The winning photograph will then come into contention for the Grand Prize

Grand Prize Winner : Selected by Panel of Judges from Bi-Monthly Winners
** Four-night all-inclusive guided photography safari for two at Indlovu River Lodge.
** Four-night self-catering stay for two at Strand Beach Lodge in Strand Cape Town.
** Morning trip with Apex Shark Expeditions, owned by world renowned Chris and Monique Fallows, for winner to photograph the great white sharks.

Runner-up : Selected by Panel of Judges
** Four-night all-inclusive guided photography safari for two at Indlovu River Lodge.

Who Can Enter?
** Entries must be e-mailed to competition AT irl.co.za with the following subject line: Photo Competition
** Only five entries per person per month.
** Only one photograph per e-mail.
** Each photograph must be entered as an attachment to the e-mail, and may not be attached inline.
** Title of the photograph should be used as the file name.

The following information should be in the body of the e-mail :
** Your full name.
** Your e-mail address.
** A contact phone number.
** Title of the photograph.
** The exact location of the photograph.
** The date the photograph was taken.
** Brief scene description.

** Common name of the main species in the photograph.
** The photograph’s exposure settings, and camera and lens used.
** The competition will run from 1 March 2016 to 28 February 2017.
** Photographs submitted in March will be on our Facebook page during April for judging.
** Share your photograph and ask your friends to facebook-like your photo to come into contention for the R500- cash prize for Public Favourite.
** Winner will be announced on the 5th of the following month.
** First bi-monthly winner to be announced 5 June 2016 and every second month following that.
** Grand prize winner and runner-up to be announced on 15 April 2017.

What can I Enter?
** Photos of any free-roaming wildlife may be entered.
** The subject matter can include any wild, fresh water or land animals, as well as insects and birds.
** The species must be endemic to the Lowveld and may have been taken anywhere in Africa.

What are the Criteria of that Winning Photograph?
** Originality
** Overall impact
** Technical excellence
** Composition
** Artistic merit

What are the Rules?
** Colour as well as black and white photographs will be accepted.
** Each photograph must be submitted as a high-resolution (at least 240dpi) JPEG and not exceed 3MB in size.

** While moderate editing will be allowed, each entry must be authentic, must be the photographer’s original work and must not infringe the rights of any other party.
** Each entry must accurately reflect the subject matter as it appeared in the viewfinder when the image was captured.
** Each entry should not be digitally enhanced beyond the basics required to achieve realistic colour balance, sharpness and contrast.
** Cropping – Cropping is acceptable, but not to the extent that this degrades the quality of the image.
** HDR images – “High dynamic range” images are eligible, however all exposure and post-processing details must be submitted along with the HDR entry.

** Panoramas – Panoramas or stitched images are allowed.
** No borders, watermarks or text on the photograph.
** You will be required to submit the original RAW files for judging in the finals.

What Happens with my Photograph?
** The copyright of all entered photographs will remain with the copyright holder.

** Each entrant grants Indlovu River Lodge a non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to reproduce, publish and communicate their entered photographs to the public through our social media channels – website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

** In all cases images used in this way will be credited to the photographer.
** No remuneration will be offered.