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The Hawk Conservancy Trust
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Photographic competition 2009

The Hawk Conservancy Trust 2009 international photographic competition is now closed for entries and judging has taken place.

Full results are available here.

Featuring 6 categories, this competition gives photographers, both amateur and professional, the chance to show off their talent.

The categories are:
  1. Portrait. Best portrait shot of a Hawk Conservancy Trust Bird of Prey.
  2. Action. Best photograph of a Bird of Prey in a flying display at the Trust.
  3. Working relationship. Best photograph demonstrating the relationship between a member of Trust staff and a Bird of Prey.
  4. Flora and fauna. Best photograph of the wildflowers, shrubs and plants around the grounds of the Trust or the wildlife that is found there.
  5. In the wild. Best photograph of a wild Bird of Prey (e.g. wild hawks, eagles, vultures, buzzards, owls etc, but not Herons).
  6. Junior. Best photograph in any of these categories, taken by an under 16 year old.

Closing date for the competition was 31st December 2009.

Entries received during each month of 2009 can be viewed by clicking on the name of the month in the table below.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Photographers
0
0
0
21
17
20
17
24
29
32
32
35
Images
0
0
0
137
136
143
 135
165
199
226
211
208

Entries and winners in our previous competitions

Entries were judged by a panel including TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham, a representative of our competition sponsor Wild Arena, wildlife artist Antony Rhodes, Trust staff and representatives of our corporate sponsors, Arqiva and Festo.

Each category was awarded a winner and a highly commended award. Both will receive a wildlife digital photography book to enhance their skills, and the section winners will win a photographic day at the Trust.
The overall winner will be named Trust Photographer of the Year and their prize will include a chance for themselves and a guest to attend one of Wild Arena’s UK photographic workshops, at a collection of their choice.

All the winning and highly commended entries will feature in the Hawk Conservancy Trust’s 2011 calendar, and those that feature a Trust bird will also be entered into the BIAZA 2010 photographic competition (where appropriate sections exist).

Competition Rules

  1. All entries must be taken during 2009, and must feature only birds at the Hawk Conservancy Trust or birds of prey in the wild.
  2. A maximum of two entries per photographer, per category may be submitted each month.
  3. All entries may be sent electronically or on disc. Images should be supplied in JPG format at a minimum resolution of 72 dpi or in an alternative high resolution format suitable for printing.
  4. Images sent by email may be resized to a minimum of 800 pixels on the longest side. The images must be sent as email attachments and the size of each email with its attachments must not exceed 10MB
  5. We are sorry but we are unable to accept entries in print format.
  6. All images must be originals and must not have been digitally enhanced or manipulated (other than simple cropping).
  7. The competition is open to amateur and professional photographers. Please indicate on the entry form.
  8. In order to enter the competition the entrant must pay a one-off entry fee of £5. The fee may be paid on line, in person at the Trust shop, by credit or debit card by calling the main office on 01264 773850, or by cheque made payable to The Hawk Conservancy Trust.
  9. An entry form must accompany each entry, and must contain the photographer’s name, address, telephone number and email address.
  10. There will be no cash alternative to the announced prizes; the judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into by the judges.
  11. Copyright. You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all images entered. By entering your images into the competition, you give the Hawk Conservancy Trust (HCT) a non-exclusive licence to reproduce the images for any purpose in connection with the competition including, but not limited to, the following purposes: judging the competition, display of winning entries held at the HCT, inclusion into the BIAZA photographic competition, inclusion within HCT marketing and promotional material and for use in HCT merchandise. The HCT reserves the right to display, reproduce and publish in any media any entry, without payment, for the sole purpose of the HCT and its promotion and publicity. Should the Trust use any image for promotional or other purposes every effort will be made to give credit to the photographer.
  12. The competition is not open to members of the Hawk Conservancy Trust staff and their immediate family.
  13. Junior entries must show entrant's age.
  14. Entries will be displayed, organised by month of receipt, on the Hawk Conservancy Trust’s web site at www.hawkconservancy.org.
 

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