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Ada info menarik buat para digiscoper mania. Selamat
mencoba jadi THE BEST DIGISCOPER OF THE YEAR.
Set your sights
Take aim and
Win !
SWAROVSKI OPTIK is looking for the best Digiscoper of
the Year
Entry Conditions:
1. Entrants:
Any person 18 years of age or over may enter by
submitting digiscoping images in compliance with the
conditions specified on www.swarovskioptik.com and
www.digiscoping.swarovskioptik.com. Employees of
Swarovski Optik and their relatives and dependants are
not permitted to enter the competition.
2. Closing Date:
Upload until 30 September 2008. Date of login on the
Swarovski Optik website is decisive.
The results will be announced at the end of October
2008 and will be published on the
www.swarovskioptik.com website. Swarovski Optik will
also notify the winners in writing.
3. Equipment:
Cameras:
Any digital camera format - from a compact digital
camera to a bridge or digital single lens reflex
camera - may be used.
Field Spotting Scopes:
Any commercially available spotting scopes and
eyepieces may be used, with or without an adapter.
4. Images:
Digiscoping images are pictures of animals living in
the wild that are created using a digital camera
through the eyepiece of a field spotting scope.
Each image submitted must be backed up with the
following information:
* Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address
of the photographer/person submitting the image
* How long have you been digiscoping? - optional
* Details of the camera model used (brand,
specific model)
* Details of the spotting scope used (brand,
specific model)
* Details of the eyepiece used (brand, specific
model)
* Details of the adapter used (brand, specific
model) - optional
* Time and place where image created - optional
* Estimated distance from subject - optional
* Short description of the image (title)
* Submission of the files is possible exclusively
by means of upload to www.swarovskioptik.com.
The original image must be available in unedited
format and in a printable resolution (at least 2 MB
data volume) and may be required by the jury prior to
any award. The original image may also be required if
it is selected by the jury for publication in the
Digiscoping Yearbook 2009.
The number of images that may be submitted is
restricted to a maximum of ten images per person.
Images which were awarded prizes in the previous year
will be excluded from this years selection process.
5. Selection Criteria:
Selection criteria are compliance with the Entry
Conditions as well as image definition, relevance in
terms of subject matter (animal images shot in the
wild) and aesthetic aspects of the images submitted.
Images which are sent to us without the additional
information specified above will be excluded from the
judging.
Entrants are also asked to submit a comparison image
that has not been taken through a field spotting scope
to give an idea of the digiscoping subject's range and
surroundings. This optional addition is of interest
and expressly desired particularly with regard to
publication in the yearbook.
If images of protected animal species are submitted, a
permit from the organisation responsible for
monitoring the species must also be presented.
6. Copyright:
The best 20 images will be published, along with the
names of the individual photographers, in the
Swarovski Optik Digiscoping Yearbook 2009.
The submission of any image in conjunction with this
competition implies acknowledgement on the part of the
entrant of the transfer to Swarovski Optik of the
right, should the said image be selected by the jury,
to make use of it, stating the name of the
photographer, for the Digiscoping Yearbook, for
Swarovski Optik advertising material and for editorial
articles in magazines.
Implicit in the above is that the person submitting
the image is able and entitled to transfer this right.
The entrant will receive a one-off publication fee of
EUR 300 for each image which is awarded as a prize.
Submission of the images implies acknowledgement of
the full extent of the published conditions relating
to the competition and the entrant shall confirm that
the images submitted do not infringe any third party
rights such as, for example, copyrights and that
Swarovski Optik is entitled to use the information
disclosed.
7. Data Protection:
By entering the picture, participants accept that the
data referred to under point 4 will be stored in the
Swarovski Optik KG data base and can be revocable used
for occasional distribution of Swarovski Optik
information material.
8. Legal Remedies:
There may only be one winning image per person. The
decision of the international jury is final with no
right of appeal.
Organiser is Swarovski Optik KG, 6067 Absam, Austria
9. Prizes:
The best 20 images (places 1 to 20) will be published
with the photographers name in the Swarovski Optik
Digiscoping Yearbook 2009. This will attract a
publication fee of EUR 300.
The three entrants chosen as Digiscoper of the Year
will receive the following products from Swarovski
Optik as their prize:
1st prize: Swarovski Optik ATS or STS telescope and
eyepiece of the winners choice
2nd prize: Swarovski Optik binocular EL 8.5x42
3rd prize: Swarovski Optik binocular SLC 8x30
These prizes may not be redeemed for cash.
National Winners:
National winners will also be chosen from the five
countries with the largest number of entrants (the
number of images does not count). The five national
winners will receive an award of EUR 200 for
publication in the Swarovski Optik Digiscoping
Yearbook 2009 in addition to the publication fee
referred to above.
