Photo contest The Best Speleo Photo 2008
The caving club Aenigma is organizing the contest for the Best Speleo Photo for the third time already. Everybody whose photos meet the requirements of the contest are allowed to participate in the contest.
The photos are submitted and evaluated in these categories:
- The man and the cave. Photos must depict a person in the cave. Enacted or unnatural photos are not welcome. Photos must be documentary.
- The portrait of the caver. A person shown in the photo must have qualities specific to the caver.
- Life of expedition. Photos must depict moments of expedition life taking place on the surface. There must be speleological or karst element found in these photos.
- The photo of underground landscape. Directed photography taken in the cave and depicting cave formations or spaces.
- Mountain landscape. Photos of the mountains taken during speleological expeditions.
Photos must be taken from 2007 11 01 to 2008 11 01. Only small corrections (exposition, color balance mistakes) made by computer programs are allowed.
The submission of the photos:
1. Digital photos of maximum resolution must be sent by e-mail vidmantas[eta]speleo.lt no later than November 7 inclusive.
2. Printed photos (format at least 30 x 40 cm) must be sent by postal address: Peteliškių 46-15, Vilnius, Lithuania. Photos are accepted to the contest if they are sent no later than November 1 (determined by the postal stamp on the envelope).
On November 8 at 10.00 the beginning of the contest will be announced and the voting will be started by internet in the contest photo gallery: https://galerija.speleo.lt/v/metufoto2008/ The voting will be anonymous. The voting will end on November 13 22.00.
The photos will be evaluated by the commission of 5 professional photographers. The results of internet voting will have an additional weight while selecting photos for the final stage. The final of the contest will take place on November 15 at the season closing event in Marcinkonys, Lithuania. During the final the public prize photo will be chosen and all the winners will be announced.
Prizes
There are 1 main nomination (best speleo photo) and 6 secondary nominations (best photos of each category and the public prize) in this contest.
The winner of the Best Speleo Photo 2008 contest will be awarded a tent Ferrino Eclipse 3. The winners of each category and the public prize will be awarded vacuum-flasks Primus Food Bottle 1,2L.
In case of questions or requests please write to vidmantas[eta]speleo.lt
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