“Nature Treasures in Europe” Photography Competition

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Nature Treasures in Europe Photography Competition

The EuroNatur-Foundation in cooperation with „natur + kosmos“, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and NaturVision, arrange the 16th nature photography competition "Nature Treasures in Europe".

Send us your most beautiful photos of nature in Europe: animals, plants or landscapes!

The best takings will be presented in autumn 2009 in an exhibition at Schloss Wolfstein in Freyung, in the heart of the Bavarian Forest, and prized with valuable awards. The winner photos will be published in „natur + kosmos", in the magazine EuroNatur, on the hosts’ Internet pages as well as in the large-sized wall calendar "Nature Treasures in Europe 2010".

1st prize: 7 adventurous days for 2 persons in the Cantabrian Mountains innorthern Spain

2nd prize: Carl Zeiss Mono 20×60 S T*P* telescope

3rd prize: 3 days for 2 persons in the "Senne", a landscape in Eastern Westphalia.

4th prize: 3 days for 2 persons in Freyung, the gateway to the Bavarian Forest National Park

5th prize: Minox compact camera DC 7011

Prize 6 to 12 and the prize of the jury is each one book from the assortment of EuroNatur Service GmbH.
Furthermore, each winner receives a wall calendar "Nature Treasures of Europe 2010".

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Max. 5 pictures per photographer are permitted. Admitted are digital pictures on CD and slides of all formats without glass mount. Please only send original slides or very good duplicates! Scans of slides are also permitted; however, please bear in mind that an excellent technical quality (focus, exposure) is an essential requirement for prize awarding. Minimum resolution for digital pictures: 6m pixels. Digital pictures must be submitted in two separate files on CD:

1st file: "preview": jpeg of 1200×800 pixel
2nd file: "high-resolution quality data": jpeg in full size and of highest quality (e.g. saved in Adobe Photoshop with quality level 12).

Send your photos to:
EuroNatur Service GmbH
Nature Treasures Europe 2009
Konstanzer Straße 22
78315 Radolfzell
Germany

Official web site: www.euronatur.org/Photo-Competition.photo.0.html

Finished

Copyright: By participating in this competition, the photographer agrees that his/her pictures may be used, free of charge, by EuroNatur within the scope of their wildlife protection activities, in exhibitions and publications of the organisers as well as in the magazine "nature + kosmos". The print in the wall calendar "Nature Treasures in Europe 2010" is also free of charge. The photographer will be named in every publication.
Eligibility: Admitted are all photographers having their principal residence in Europe.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: 31 March 2009

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