2020-Photo Competition Rules < Photos > 2022-Photo Competition Rules

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Full moon eclipse over Mt Ruapehu

Photo: Jim Gibbons

Albatross Argument

60 Essence of Tararuas - Descending from Baldy Spur - January 2008

Photo: David Grainger

Whiff of Sulphur between East Holdsworth and Holdsworth summit

Photo: Lynne Pomare

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Photo: Trish Gardiner-Smith

2021 TTC Photo competition

Tuesday 12^th October 2021

This year’s competition will be held on Tuesday 12^th October.

Entries close on 7th September.

The early closing date allows winning photos to be entered in the 2021 FMC Photo Competition by the deadline of 15 September. Two winning entries in each category except Documentary and Humour will be forwarded to the FMC (the FMC competition does not include documentary or humour sections).

Have a look at previous winning photos on the 2020 photo competition results page, and the 2021 winning entries.

Categories

• 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
• DOCUMENTARY DOC
• HUMOUR HUM

The winners of the six categories will each receive a copy of their winning entry on canvas stretched onto a frame. A single prize is awarded in each of the Above Bushline and Below Bushline sections.

Rules

• Each entrant may enter up to TWO photos in each category
• Adjustments for exposure, white balance, contrast and levels are allowed
• Cropping is allowed
• Stitching for panoramic images is allowed
• Removal or insertion of features not in the original images is not allowed.
• All photos except those entered in the Historic category must have been taken in New Zealand after 1^st January 2019

rule for 2022 * Photos must have been taken by the entrants

How to enter

All entries must be submitted electronically as .jpeg files, with a file size of a maximum of 3MB.

Please code the file name correctly: e.g. ABNTararuaTCMereSmithOverlookingHoldsworth.jpeg

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. Photo DVDs and USB drives with correct file names and packaged can be given to the organiser, Muriel Christianson, at a club night meeting.

We suggest sharing images using WeTransfer. Emailed photos should be sent individually if they are large.

On the night of the photo competition, we show as many entries as we can, within the constraints of a club night meeting.

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.

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