Photo Comp

Please read the competition rules and submit your photo entry with the online form.

CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?

You must be a resident of the Margaret River Region and over 18 years of age.

PHOTOGRAPHIC THEME

• Feature any shade of the colour pink landscape or seascape at sunrise or sunset – – you can choose anything from light pink through to red pink
• Photo should be uplifting
• Not include people (viewer to imagine themself there)
• Named location within Margaret River Region

IMAGE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Submit 1x photo only
• High resolution JPG (JPEG) file – others not accepted
• Size to be between 2MB and 15MB (300dpi & A4 size)
• Using a single exposure camera (i.e. point and click; compact; mirrorless; tablet; or smartphone camera)
• Photographer name, date and location in image name
• Minimal manipulation
• Not include watermarks or any form of identifying signatures or markings

YOUR IMAGE ORIGINALITY

The image must be your original photographic work edited and completed by you without assistance from others or generative artificial intelligence and not previously published or awarded in another competition.

COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS

You must own the rights to your image as it will be used in Directory 2024/2025 promotion. Rotary Directory reserves the right to request the metadata to confirm requirements.

COMPETITION ENTRY SUBMISSION DEADLINE

31 May 2024

OUR JUDGING CRITERIA

• Meet the deadline date
• Comply with the Theme and Guidelines
• Relevance to the theme
• Composition and originality
• Technical quality
• Entrant details must be true and accurate
• Entries not complying will be rejected within the initial vetting process.

OUR JUDGING PROCESS

1. Three person judging panel who will operate as follows:
2. Eliminate non-compliant photographs*
3. Agree on a “Long list”
4. Reduce to a “Short list”
5. Choose winner

*Disqualification: Judges reserve the right to disqualify entries that are deemed inappropriate.

WINNING ENTRY PRIZE

• Winning photograph will be the 8,000 Front Covers for the 2024/2025 Rotary Directory Book.
• The image location and the competition winner will also be recognised on the front cover and within the Directory Online.
• A photo of the winner and an interview will be inside the 2024/2025 Rotary Directory Book.

WINNING ENTRY ANNOUNCEMENT

The winning entry will be announced in the newspaper as well as on Radio Margaret River and in social media.