YHA Bushwalking
Photo Competition 2010/11

Once again YHA Bushwalking is running a competition to encourage the photographers amongst its members to submit their favorite pictures from a recent or upcoming YHA bushwalk. Entries need to be received by March 31st 2011 (extended from original Nov 2010 closing date), winners will be announced at the AGM in May 2011. The judging will be done by staff from Wild magazine.

As well as the general categories of Landscape, People and Wildlife, there will be a special one-off theme for this and competition. This year's special category is Fungi - with the damp weather upon us, there's plenty of colourful examples of these tucked away in the forests.

There will be prizes for:

• The best overall photograph (judged independently of the category a photo was submitted under)
• Best photograph in each category (a year's subscription to Wild or Outer Edge magazine)

All you have to do is upload your photo via e-mail to yhabushphotocomp@yahoo.com.au with your name, walk title and the name of the leader.

You can enter up to three times per category, Landscape, Wildlife, People plus this year's special category - Fungi.

Entries close 31st March 2011

Terms & Conditions of Entry

1. Digital photographs must be sent via email (jpg format) to yhabushphotocomp@yahoo.com.au
Photographs must be between 500kB - 5MB in size.

2. Photographs must be from YHA Bushwalking trips on or after 9th November 2009.

3. Make sure you label each digital image with a title, also in your e-mail message list the walk name, who led it and include your contact details and a brief description of the photograph.

4. A maximum of three photographs per category may be entered; as there are four categories, you can submit up to twelve entries. The Categories are: Landscape, Wildlife, People and Fungi.
The category is determined by what you consider to be the main subject (point of interest) of your Photograph.
eg. Landscape; may contain people to provide perspective, but they should not dominate the picture.
eg. If you have a photograph of a bird standing on someone's head, it is up to you to judge whether the bird or the person's reaction is the most interesting aspect of the picture and hence what category you enter it under.

5. The first three Photographs sent by an entrant in each category will be deemed their official entries. It is not possible to replace an entry with a later submission.

6. Wild or Outer Edge Magazine and YHA Bushwalking have the right to publish any prize-winning entry.

7. You must be the copyright holder of any entry submitted (ie have taken the photograph).

8. Digital manipulation is not permitted. Cropping, brightness, contrast and colour-balance adjustment is allowed, however the original image may not have any elements added, removed or relocated.

9. If you are submitting entries in the "People" category, it is your responsibility to ensure that the people in it will not object to the photograph being published. In general if it is evident from the photograph that the people in it were aware and consenting for it to be taken, it is not necessary to obtain formal permission for publication, however you are advised to obtain it for:
- Close-ups (head-and shoulders) where a subject was unaware they were being photographed.
- Photographs of anyone in a situation they may consider embarrassing or defamatory.

10. The winning entries in each category and the overall winner will selected by an independent panel of judges from Wild Magazine.