Photocompete

• Copyright: Owner of copyright retains all copyright on any photo submitted to the Contest. Apex Publications Inc. reserves publication rights of winning images in its magazines and electronic medias, as well as for possible use in future promotional material of the Contest. All photos will be credited to the photographer.
• Entry fee: From $10 for 10 images
• Entry deadline: 30th November 2012
• Who can enter: Open to residents of Canada and The United States, 18 years of age or older

Themes:

• Humanity: Our world has recently exceeded 7 billion people, and each has a story to tell. Capture images of people around you: your family, your neighbours, people you’ve encountered while travelling or even yourself. Show us some of the many facets of humanity.
• The Environment: Nature and wildlife will never cease to amaze us. Show us the outstanding beauty of our living world, whether through wide landscapes or close-ups of natural elements, animals, plants or insects.
• Interconnections: Humans are by nature interactive beings. Show us how we transform and create things. This can be seen in architecture, domestic pets, urban life, objects, transportation, machines, agriculture, fishing, cooking and almost anywhere you look!

Categories: Pro / Amateur

Prizes: Adventure travel vouchers as grand prizes for both categories and three places in each theme in both categories (photography equipment)

Winners will be selected on December 15, 2012.

Judging criteria:

• originality
• relevance to theme
• composition
• lighting
• technical quality

Image requirements: JPEG format; from 400 to 2000 pixels on their longest side; up to 1 MB in file size.

Online submission of digital images via the website. Participants will be required to provide a high-resolution version (maximum quality JPEG, 10 inches on the longest side @ 300 dpi) of their images for publication in the magazines.

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