Competition Extended till Friday 9 September 2022!!!
The Kinjarling (Albany) Coast is like no other, boasting stunning natural beauty and unique features, rich biodiversity as well as an outstanding renewable energy potential.
The Great Southern Science Council is hosting a free-to-enter photography competition that seeks to inspire the exploration and celebration of our exceptional coastal environment and all it has to offer. Help us to showcase these many natural and sustaining values of the Kinjarling coast.
Capture the power of physics and maximise your camera’s capabilities to bring the extraordinary to light. This is a great opportunity to learn, practice, teach and inspire others. Plus there are awesome prizes to be won!
The photo competition has three categories:
1. Wooyan Gaba (Blue Ocean) and the hinterland - documenting the diversity of marine ecosystems including flora and fauna above and below the water
2. Sustainability / Under threat - examples of sustainable and renewable resource development and or and an exploration of the impact of human activities on the environment, for example climate change and ocean plastics
3. Youth - an open category that provides an opportunity for younger participants (under 16 years) to showcase their photographic skills and creativity
Winners of each category will receives $150, with second place receiving $100 and third place $50.
Entries close at midnight on Friday 9 September 2022.
Winning entries from each category will be exhibited at the Albany Public Library (first floor) from Saturday 24th September, for the duration of the school holidays and during normal library opening hours.
Images with photographer credit will be shared on the Great Southern Science Council web site www.greatsouthernsciencecouncil.org.au/
The entries must be submitted electronically to greatsouthernscience@gmail.com in accordance with the competition guidelines and subject to the competition rules.
Competition rules
The contest is open to entrants of all skill levels.
A maximum of 3 entries per person is allowed.
Our competition emphasizes technique, creativity and unique images, so we highly encourage photographers to avoid familiar or iconic compositions.
Photo contest staff and judges are not allowed to enter the contest.
Each individual can only win one prize.
Entry images must be taken within the Kinjarling Albany Coastal region and hinterland within the past 12 months
Images must be accompanied with location of the image and a sentence or two on why this subject was chosen.
Images that have already been published, won or placed in photo contests may not be submitted.
Winners will be announced at the opening exhibition evening in Albany and featured on social media.
Conservation Rules
Conservation rules will be strictly observed. All entries must be captured in accordance with local laws and regulations including any permits, licenses and permissions (including drone laws).
Flora and fauna should never be stressed or endangered for the sake of a photo. Entries suspected of exhibiting the following behaviour will be disqualified:
Photographers visibly damaging the environment (e.g. gear dragging or kicking up sand)
Animals with signs of stress (e.g. inking octopus)
Animals moved to an unnatural environment or risky location
Marine life being touched (e.g. nudibranchs, coral polyps, seahorse tails)
Divers exhibiting poor buoyancy control
Image Preparation
Minor post-processing images is allowed. This includes global adjustments to exposure, contrast, burning, dodging, cropping, sharpening, noise reduction, and tone. Images that appear to be overly processed may be disqualified at the judges’ discretion. Judges may request submission of raw files or original jpg files for comparison.
Photo Submission Guidelines
Entries must clearly state which category it is entered
Entries must be submitted digitally, saved in jpeg format (max 10 MB)
Entries must be wholly original work and under sole ownership
Use the Adobe RGB 1998 colour space
3000 px or higher on the long edge
Image must have been taken in the last 12 months
An image can be uploaded into one category only.
Images must not contain borders, watermarks or signatures
Terms and Conditions
1. The promoters of the competition are the Great Southern Science Council, a non for profit volunteer organisation based in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and UWA Marine Energy Research Australia (the promoters).
2. The competition is funded by the Australian Government via Inspiring Australia.
3. By entering the Competition you hereby accept all of the competition’s rules, terms, and conditions, including the rules above.
4. You agree that any or all of your submissions may be disqualified by the competition for not adhering to the rules.
5. No photographer may submit more than 3 images for Main Competition. One entry form per image.
6. The photographer retains full copyright of each entry to the contest.
7. By entering the Contest, the entrant agrees to be bound to and abide by these Competition Terms and Conditions and the decisions of the judges. These competition Terms and Conditions form a binding legal agreement between the entrant and the Promoters.
8. By entering the Contest, the entrant consents to have the photo publicly displayed on the Promoters’ websites and social media platforms, as well as published in promotional materials, and for any purposes based on the Promoters’ sole discretion.
9. Entries will be categorised and randomly ordered for review by the judging panel.
10. By entering the Competition, you agree and acknowledge that the Promoters are permitted to receive your registration data, which will only be used according to their Privacy Policy.
11. To enter the Competition, you must email your upload images to the prescribed email address.
12. The Promoters reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify and remove any entry that does not comply with the following requirements:
· You must be the sole owner and author of each entry including all post-processing done to finalize the image.
· Entries must be 100% photographic in origin.
· Entries must not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libellous, defamatory, obscene, or pornographic content.
· Entries must not contain any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or violate any law.
· Entries must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, or intellectual property rights of any other party.
· Entries may not include any elements purchased through stock images or produced from the public domain – 100% of the content must belong solely to the entrant.
13. By entering the competition, you agree to accept the decision of the judges and agree not to contact any judge directly in relation to your entries or the competition or engage in attacks on judges, organizers, or the competition in any media, including social media.
14. The Promoters will strive to include a credit line for any images used to promote the competition; however, any failure to provide a credit line shall not be deemed to be a breach of this agreement as long as the Promoters seek to rectify this failure within a reasonable period of time.
15. The Promoters assume no responsibility for technical, hardware, or software failure of any kind, including lost network connections, failed or garbled transmissions, or other technical malfunctions regarding the competition or entering the competition.
