Leopard Contest Rules and Information
! ! To#participate#in#the#Contest,#Kindly#send#below#information#to#each#Email#IDs#mentioned#below#with# complete# data# (basis# category# participation).# Please# read# this# entire# form# &# terms# &# conditions# too.## Kindly# do# not# send# all# 3# images# in# one# email,# three# Separate# emails# to# be# sent.# Follow# the# 7# steps# mentioned#below#to#participate.### # 100%#of#Entry#Fee#is#for#“We#Will#Help#Charitable#Foundation’s”#education#programme#of#uplifting#lives# of#underprivileged#kids#/adults#of#Aarey#Milk#Colony#(Buffer#zone#to#Sanjay#Gandhi#National#Park).# # Follow#Facebook#Page#for#regular#updates#on#people#sponsored#under#this#programme:Y## https://www.facebook.com/pages/WWHYCharitableYFoundation/731756810183993# # # ! STEP#1:#Y#EMAILING#IMAGES# ! Theme%1:%Best%Leopard%Behavioral%Shot%(Leopard%&%their%Behavior)% Please!send!Image!and!also!send!Caption,!EXIF!Info,!Date!&!Location!of!Picture!along!with!Few!lines! describing!the!Image!to!email!ID:!@!leopardcontest2015@gmail.com! ! Subject!of!the!email!should!mandatorily!be:!BEHAVIOR#SHOT! Also!send!your!Name,!Address,!Country,!Email!ID!&!your!Mobile!Phone!number! ! ! Theme%2:%Leopard%&%Humans%(Leopards%alongside%Humans%/%Urban%setup)% ! Please!send!Image!and!also!send!Caption,!EXIF!Info,!Date!&!Location!of!Picture!along!with!Few!lines! describing!the!Image!to!email!ID:!@!leopardcontest2015@gmail.com! (Separate!email!to!be!sent!for!each!category!participation)! ! Subject!of!the!email!should!mandatorily!be:!URBAN#LEOPARDS! Also!send!your!Name,!Address,!Country,!Email!ID!&!your!Mobile!Phone!number! ! ! Theme%3:%Best%overall%Leopard%Picture% ! Please!send!Image!and!also!send!Caption,!EXIF!Info,!Date!&!Location!of!Picture!along!with!Few!lines! describing!the!Image!to!email!ID:!@!leopardcontest2015@gmail.com! (Separate!email!to!be!sent!for!each!category!participation)! ! Subject!of!the!email!should!mandatorily!be:!BEST#LEOPARD#PICTURE! Also!send!your!Name,!Address,!Country,!Email!ID!&!your!Mobile!Phone!number! ! ! ! ! ! ! STEP#2:#Y#SIGNING#&#UNDERSTANDING#THE#PETITION# ! Optional:!@!Sign!the!Petition!urging!the!authorities!to!improve!the!facilities!at!the!Natural!Habitat!of! Leopards!in!Mumbai!! Link:!https://www.change.org/p/government@of@maharashtra@requesting@to@action@on@suggestions! (Petition!also!has!information!/!links!to!current!issues!Mumbai!Leopards!are!facing)! ! ! ! ! STEP#3:#Y#FOLLOWING#THE#ACTION#PAGE# Follow!the!page:!@!www.facebook.com/groups/saveaarey!for!more!actions!to!be!taken!towards!protection! of!Mumbai!Leopards!as!part!of!this!contest! ! All!questions!on!the!contest!can!be!emailed!to:@!!leopardcontest2015@gmail.com! ! ! ! STEP#4:#Y#READ#&#ACCEPT#TERMS#&#CONDITIONS# ! By!participating!in!this!contest!you!certify!that!the!image(s)!submitted!herewith!is/are!the!work!of!the!undersigned! who!is!the!copyright!holder.!You!agree!to!abide!by!the!rules,!terms!and!conditions!of!the!competition!and!accept! that! the! decision! of! the! judges! is! final.! You! are! aware! that! if! your! entry! is! disqualified! due! to! reasons! discovered! later,!you!must!return!the!award!and!prize!conferred!upon!you!(if!any).!You!agree!to!pay!a!sum!of!INR!700!towards! the!entry!fee!(100%!Entry!fees!will!be!donated!to!a!charitable!trust)! All!terms!&!conditions!below.! ! STEP#5:#Y#MAKE#MANDATORY#PAYMENT# ! Mandatory!Payment!Instructions:!INR!700!to!be!paid!for!an!entry!(An!Entry!would!mean!allowance!of!one! Image!each!for!three!different!categories!(so!three!different!Images!allowed!by!payment!of!only!INR!700,! one!each!/per!category).!Note:!Only!one!Image!can!be!submitted!per!category.!! ! Kindly#RTGS/#NEFT#to:#Y# Bank:!HDFC!Bank!Ltd! RTGS!/!NEFT!/!IFSC!Code:!!HDFC0001425! Branch!Name:!!MIDC,!Vijay!Nagar! Address!of!the!Branch:!Shop!No!1&2,!Grd!floor,!Imperium!Bldg,!Opp!Police!Quarters,!Vijay! Nagar,!Marol!Maroshi!Road,!Andheri!East,!Mumbai!400!059! Account#Name:#WWH#Charitable#Foundation# Type!of!Bank!A/c:!Current! Current!Account!No:!50200003211192! PAN!Number!of!Trust:!AAATW3091K! Swift!code:!HDFCINBB! MICR:!400240126! ! Or#Send#Cheques#to:#Y#(favoring#WWH#Charitable#Foundation)# WWH#Charitable#Foundation,#B@108,!Aarohi!C@op!Hsg!Soc,!Marol!Maroshi!Road,!Andheri!East! Mumbai!400059,!India,!Tel!:!+91@22@2920!6713!(Mobile:@!9702148362).!Cheques!should!reach!us!by!20th! June.!# # STEP#6:#Y#SEND#PAYMENT#INFORMATION# # Mandatorily#post#sending#the#payment#send#an#email#to:Y##eugenedas@yahoo.co.in#&# saveaarey2020@gmail.com#with#payment#UTR#/#reference#/#Cheque#Number# ! *!Image!submissions!would!be!disqualified!if!payment!not!received.!We!don’t!accept!Credit!card! payments.!Entry!fees!are!not!refundable!in!any!event.!! ! You#can#optionally#make#a#larger#donation#to#the#above#account.#Your#contribution#will#go#towards#the# We#Will#Help#Charitable#Foundation#(WWH)#for#the#education#of#the#residents#that#live#alongside#the# leopards#of#Mumbai#in#the#buffer#of#the#Aarey#Milk#Colony#and#the#Sanjay#Gandhi#National#Park.#Your# complete#entry#fee#will#be#deposited#into#the#'Aarey#Leopards#Scholarship#Programme',#an#education# initiative#by#the#organisers#of#this#contest.#For#more#information,#log#onto##Y#http://www.wwhtrust.org/# ! ! ! STEP#7:#Y#READ#THE#INFORMATION#/#TERMS#&#CONDITIONS# ! Judging:#Winners!will!be!chosen!by!a!panel!of!judges!whose!decision!will!be!final.!In!the!event!the!entries! do!not!meet!the!judges’!standards,!the!organisers!reserve!the!right!to!refrain!from!making!an!award.!Basis! the!image!quality,!Sanctuary!will!choose!the!publish!the!Winners!in!August!2015!Issue.!A!Online!Winning! Certificate!will!be!submitted!to!Winners!too!from!Organisers.!! Judges:!! Mr.!Bittu!Sahgal!(Editor!–!Sanctuary!Asia!/!Conservationist),!! Ms.!Vidya!Athreya!(Ecologist!@!Centre!for!Wildlife!Studies!(CWS)!and!Wildlife!Conservation!Society!(WCS),! Project!Waghoba),!! Mr.!Dhritiman!Mukherjee!(Highly!acclaimed!Wildlife!Photographer,!Carl!Zeiss!Conservation!Award!Winner,! Images!published!in!almost!all!respected!journals!/!magazines!of!the!World)! ! Ownership:#The!entrant!must!be!the!sole!author!and!owner!of!the!copyright!for!all!photos!entered.!By! entering!the!contest,!the!entrant!certifies!that!the!entries!do!not!infringe!on!the!copyright,!trademark!or! intellectual!property!rights!of!any!other!person!or!organisation.!A!maximum!one!image!per!category!may! be!submitted!by!one!participant!(Maximum!of!3!Images!Per!person!for!the!contest!(one!per!category).!The! last!date!for!submission!of!all!entries!is!midnight,!25th!June!2015,!Indian!Standard!Time.!Person!entering! more!than!3!images!would!be!disqualified.!! Submission#of#images:#Please!submit!photographs!preferably!in!digital!(jpeg)!format!only.!Scans!of! negatives,!transparencies!or!photographic!prints!are!not#acceptable;!the!photograph!need!not!be!taken! with!a!digital!camera.!Note:!We!will!also!not!accept!any!Prints!/!CDs!/!Email.!Images!must!be!submitted! digitally!via!the!Sanctuary!Website.!For!this!contest!we!are!only!accepting!JPEG!format!digital!Images.!Later! basis!requirement!we!may!seek!RAW!images.!! Compatibility#and#format:#Images!must!be!submitted!as!Windows!PC@compatible!JPEG/JPG!at!highest! compression!quality!(setting!11!or!12!in!Adobe!Photoshop)!files.!Files!must!be!ideally!full@size!without! borders,!watermarks!or!signatures.! Size:#Images!for!submission!should!be!1800!pixels!(along!the!shortest!dimension)!to!a!maximum!file!size!of! 10MB.!Once!shortlisted,!entries!may!have!to!be!resubmitted!at!3200!pixels/300!dpi!(along!the!shortest! dimension).!! Manipulation:#The!faithful!representation!of!a!natural!form,!behaviour!or!phenomenon!must!be! maintained.!Images!may!be!cropped!before!submission,!and!limited!digital!manipulation!such!as!‘cleaning’,! sharpening,!adjusting!levels,!minor!burning,!dodging,!curves,!colour!and!contrast!is!permissible!where! applied!to!the!image!as!a!whole.!High!dynamic!range!images!(HDR),!stitched!panoramas!are!acceptable,! but!adding!or!removing!elements!is!not!permitted.!The!RAW!versions!of!HDR!and!panorama!images!have! to!be!submitted!at!the!initial!stage.! Colour#space:#Images!should!ideally!be!colour!profiled/corrected!using!accurately!calibrated!monitors!and! utilising!Adobe!RGB!(1998)!color!space.!!RAW!Images!with!no!manipulation!applied!may!be!requested!at! any!stage!of!the!competition!and!must!be!sent!to!us!when!requested.! Subjects:#Only!images!from!&!taken!in!India!will!be!eligible.! CameraYtrap#images:#Camera@trap!images!are!eligible.!Location,!date!and!time!must!be!mentioned.! Camera@trap!images!taken!by!a!group/organisation!(government/non@government)!are!eligible.!An! ownership!letter!from!the!group/organisation!is!necessary.! Captions:#All!photographs!must!be!accompanied!by!detailed!captions!indicating!clearly!the!equipment! used,!location,!season,!brief!description!of!the!subject!and!how!the!image!was!taken.!Failure!to!provide! these!details!could!render!the!entry!ineligible!for!selection.! Ethics#and#restrictions:#Sanctuary!has!zero!tolerance!for!unethical!practices!that!put!the!subjects!at!risk.! Hand@reared!animals,!those!in!captivity!or!restrained!in!any!way!will!be!disqualified.!Employees!or!those! directly!associated!with!the!organisation!of!the!contest!are!not!allowed!to!enter!the!contest.!! Duration:#Photographs!must!have!been!taken!within!three!(3)!years!before!the!date!of!entry!and!may!not! previously!have!won!an!award!in!any!Sanctuary!Asia!Photography!Contest!or!any!other!national!or! international!photography!contest!at!the!time!of!submission.!Photographs!can!be!sent!as!entries!to!any! other!photography!contests.!However,!in!the!event!of!such!an!entry!winning!a!prize!in!another!contest,! the!photographer!must!inform!Sanctuary)Asia)when!the!results!of!the!other!contest!are!declared!or!before! the!Sanctuary!Wildlife!Photography!Awards!are!announced,!whichever!is!earlier.!Otherwise,!Sanctuary) Asia)retains!the!right!to!disqualify!the!entry.! Rewards:!The!winning!Images!would!be!published!in!the!August!2015!Issue!of!Sanctuary!Asia!Magazine! subject!to!adherence!of!Sanctuary’s!acceptance!criteria.!!! Liability:#While!every!care!will!be!taken!of!submissions,!the!organisers!cannot!be!held!responsible!for!any! loss!or!damage.! Copyright#and#use#of#images:#Copyright,!even!over!winning!images,!will!remain!with!the!photographer.! The!organisers!may!use!the!images!for!conservation!exhibitions.!Proper!credit!would!be!given!for!the! image!when!used.!High!resolution!images!would!also!be!then!called!for.!! !
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