Photocompete

• Copyright: The award-winning images and the images of the preselection may be used free of charge by the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach for any activity related to the Institute’s photo competitions. In particular, these rights include the publication of the photos on the Internet, in print publications, exhibitions, media coverage of the competition as well as promotional activities.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 31st May 2019
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

Prizes:

• Overall Winner – Canon EOS 5D MIV worth CHF 3618.–
• Category «General» – Prize  Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5–5.6L IS II USM worth CHF 2458.–
• Category «Emotion» – Prize  Canon EF 24–70mm f/2.8L II USM worth CHF 2088.–
• Category «Action» – Prize  Canon EF 70–200mm f/2.8L IS III USM worth CHF 2378.–
• Category «Youth» – Prize  Canon EOS 77D EF-S 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6 IS STM worth CHF 1109.–

Categories:

Notification of the winners – September 2019

Photos of birds in captivity (pets, farm animals, zoo animals) are not permitted.

Participants can submit in each category a maximum of 10 photos

Image requirements: at least 1400 pixels on the longest side. The chosen section of the original file must be at least 4000 pixels on the longest side, or 3000 pixels for square images. JPEG format, saved at the highest quality setting and Adobe RGB or sRGB colour space.

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