Photocompete

• 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 2009" is also free of charge. The photographer will be named in every publication.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 31st March 2008
• Who can enter: Admitted are all photographers having their principal residence in Europe.

The European Nature Heritage Fund (Euronatur) and Euronatur Service GmbH, in cooperation with „natur + kosmos“, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and NaturVision, arrange the 15th 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 2008 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 2009”.

Participation is free; there are attractive prizes to be won, and we will endeavour to return all slides as soon as possible. By participating, you will contribute with your pictures to the wildlife protection activities of Euronatur.

1st prize: 7 adventurous days for 2 persons at the rivers Narew and Biebrza in the northeast of Poland

2nd prize: 1 Zeiss binocular 10 x 40 BT Victory

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

4th prize: 1 Zeiss binocular 8 x 30 B/GA Classic

5th prize: 3 days for 2 persons in Freyung, the gateway to the Bavarian Forest National Park

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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.

Send your photos to:

Euronatur Service GmbH Nature Treasures Europe 2008
Konstanzer Straße 22
78315 Radolfzell
Germany

Official web site: www.euronatur.org/Competition_2008.660.0.html

Rules in PDF file are available for download here.

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