| Copyright | You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit. By entering the contest, you grant to The Qatar 2022 Bid Committee a nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and publicly perform the photographs you submit to the contest. |
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| Eligibility | Open to ALL photographers at least 16 years of age. |
| Finish | 23 May 2010 |
| Entry fee | Free |
FinishedThe Passion for Arab Football Photography Competition invites images that show local enthusiasm for the sport, football players, football fans, street football, even people watching football on tv… in short. We are looking for striking digital images of football moments, highlighting the passion for the game in the Arabian Gulf region.
Prizes:
- First Prize
Best photo chosen by judging panel gets QAR10,000– - Second Prize
Second best photo chosen by judging panel gets QAR 5,000– - Third Prize
Third best photo chosen by judging panel gets QAR 3,000— - the awesome 22
Judging panel will shortlist 22 awesome photos before final judging. Shortlisted submissions will receive a voucher worth QAR 350 in Qatar 2022 Bid Merchandise, to pick and choose what they want from our e-shop.
Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit.
All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization (removal of dust, cropping, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast, etc.) will be disqualified. Multiple exposures that have been combined to produce a single "High Dynamic Range" image are acceptable. Images that do not meet these requirements may or may not be judged at the judging panel’s sole discretion.
Photo captions must accompany all submissions, and should included the subject of the image, the location the image was taken, and the name of the photographer(s). All photographs will be credited with the caption "© Person’s Name."
To ensure eligibility for the contest, entries must have a resolution of 4 megapixels or greater. Images that do not meet this standard may or may not be judged at the judging panel’s sole discretion.
Entries may originate in any format — including, but not limited to digital files, digital prints, color transparencies, color prints, or black and white prints — so long as they are submitted electronically.
Official web site: www.qatar2022bid.com/photocomp
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Who can enter free photography contests?
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