2025-Photo Competition Rules < Photos >

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A view through the trees

Photo: Peter Smith

A cold morning

Photo: James Gilbert-Milne

Cloud Cover Over Mt Taranaki

Climbing to the crater

Photo: Peter Smith

Peggy Munn Winter Magic

Photo: Peggy Munn

2026 TTC Photo competition

Tuesday 18^th August 2026

Competition entries close on Tuesday 4^th August.

As many entries as possible will be shown at the photo competition club night on Tuesday 18^th August.
All winning entries will be featured on the club's website.

Each category winner will receive a CHAMPION certificate.
Two entries from each category will be submitted to FMC as entries in the 2026 FMC Photo Competition.
These will be selected by the organisers and may differ from the club competition winners as they must comply with FMC criteria.

Have a look at winning photos from the 2025 photo competition results.

Any queries? Please contact Rob Vanderpoel -> mailto:ttc [period] photo [period] competition [snail] ttc [period] org [period] nz?Subject=Query from TTC website&Subject=Photo Competition on 021 455 873 or Alan Knowles on 027 459 3999.

Competition Categories

The eight entry categories are:

• ABOVE BUSHLINE (no human element) ABN
• ABOVE BUSHLINE (with human element) ABW
• BELOW BUSHLINE (no human element) BBN
• BELOW BUSHLINE (with human element) BBW
• HISTORIC HIS
• NATIVE FLORA OR FAUNA NFF
• LONG EXPOSURE LEX

• HUMOUR HUM

Competition Rules

• Entrants must be TTC members
• Photos must have been taken: by the entrant; in Aotearoa New Zealand; after 1^st September 2024, except those entered in the Historic category

reword the above line into bullet points for 2026 as suggested below * Photos must have been taken by the entrant; * Photos must have been taken in Aotearoa New Zealand; * Photos must have been taken after 1^st September 2024, except those entered in the Historic category

• ‘No human element’ means tracks, signs, huts, or people should feature minimally in the photo
• Adjustments are allowed for exposure, white balance, contrast, and levels
• Cropping is allowed
• Stitching is allowed for panoramic images
• Removal of features from the image, or insertion of features not in the original images is not allowed
• A contact phone number must be provided

Each entrant is asked to try to limit their entries to twelve photos in total across all categories.
The FMC has a ‘wild’ category for which photos will be chosen from the overall club entries.

How to enter

All entries must be submitted electronically as .jpeg files, with a file size between 4 MB and 15 MB.

Digital entries, clearly labelled, can be emailed to TTC Photo Competition -> mailto:ttc [period] photo [period] competition [snail] ttc [period] org [period] nz?Subject=Query from TTC website&Subject=Photo competition entry.

• emailed photos should be sent individually if they are large.
• alternatively supply a read-only link to the photo, correctly named, on your OneDrive, GoogleDrive, or similar.

Entries on USB drives can be given to Muriel Christianson at a club night meeting.

File naming

Please name the image file as shown here: CAT[space] TararuaTC[space]Your Name[space]Image title.jpeg

• in the filename use spaces throughput, no dots, dashes, or underscores; for example
  ABN TararuaTC Mere Mete Overlooking Holdsworth.jpeg
• provide your name and phone number with the entries

Confirmation

An email will be sent to entrants to confirm receipt of the photos entered in the competition.

These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
4.0 International License.