1. The Owners of the competition are Peregrine Adventures Pty Ltd, Olympus Imaging Australia, Australian Geographic and W. L Gore & Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd. The competition is open to past and future clients of Peregrine Adventures, those that have taken a photo while visiting a Peregrine Adventures tour destination, Olympus Imaging Camera owners, Australian Geographic subscribers and GORE-TEX® product owners. Professional photographers and employees of the owner companies are not allowed to enter.
2. Entries
All submitted images must be in a digital format (entered online at www.peregrineadventures.com/imagesoftheworld/submitphotos.asp) or submitted on CD or DVD to Images of the World, Level 4, 380 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Up to three digital images may be entered in each category per month. However, the same image cannot be entered in more than one category. Slides and prints are not permitted. You may crop images before submission. Images must not be adjusted beyond rule 3 and 4 prior to submission. Please submit originals where possible. Any duplicates should be of the same format as the originals. No allowances will be made for poor-quality duplicates.
3. Digital guidelines - Format
Supply all images on online or on one CD or DVD compatible with a Windows-based PC. Do not use subfolders when saving images onto the CD/DVD. Images should be submitted at their native resolution with no interpolation applied. Save images as JPEGs at the highest possible quality setting (e.g. 12 in Photoshop). The online submission file limit is 5Mb. The original capture, as it was recorded by the camera, with no manipulation applied (e.g. *.DNG, *.JPG, *.NEF, *.CR2, *.CRW) may be requested. Peregrine Adventures will contact you to request this.
4. Camera requirements
Four million pixels or above. Calibration: Images should ideally be colour profiled/corrected using a correctly calibrated monitor and utilising Adobe RGB 98 colour space. Adjusting your image: Digital adjustments are only acceptable if limited to minor cleaning work, levels, curves, colour, saturation and contrast work. The faithful representation of a natural form, behaviour or phenomenon must be maintained. Compositing and multiple exposures are not allowed. Sharpening is allowed. Manipulation Sandwich shots, double exposures, photographs which consist in any way of more than one separate image and images that have been digitally manipulated outside of rule 4 are not eligible. Cropping is allowed.
5. Labelling
The file name should carry a simple description of the image including the category name in which you are entering the image (e.g. Rhino-wildlife.jpg or Annapurna-trek.active.jpg). Please label all images using the same format.
6. Mailing
Entries should be in one package with your name on the back, with one copy of the entry form
(printed from the website: www.peregrineadventures.com/imagesoftheworld/submitphotos.asp) and sent to Images of the World, Level 4, 380 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
7. Copyright
You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all images entered. By entering your images into the competition, you grant to Peregrine Adventures Pty Ltd, Olympus Imaging Australia , Australian Geographic and W.L Gore & Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual licence to reproduce the images, without compensation, for any purpose (with credit where possible) including, but not limited to, the following:
• inclusion within the Peregrine Adventures Pty Ltd, Olympus Imaging Australia, Australian Geographic, W. L. Gore & Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd brochures/journals, websites, printed and or electronic advertising, promotions and editorial publicity or similar.
• inclusion within promotion of the competition organised by Peregrine Adventures Pty Ltd, Olympus Imaging Australia, Australian Geographic and W. L. Gore & Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd.
• use on competition website. In addition, you grant Peregrine Adventures Pty Ltd, Olympus Imaging Australia, Australian Geographic and W. L. Gore & Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd. the right to sub-licence images to the press for reproduction in connection with the competition and/or general publicity.
8. Subjects
If for any reason any of the owners decide an entry not appropriate for display it will be disqualified and will not be displayed. You must declare if a picture has been taken in captivity or conditions that are unnatural. In some cases, the photographer may be asked to sign a statement detailing how and where a picture was taken. If cruel or unethical or illegal practices are suspected by the Owners or any of the judges, the entry will be disqualified.
9. Legal issues
Where necessary under national or international legislation (e.g. in the case of protected species), pictures must be accompanied by copies of the relevant permits. 10. Other competitions
A picture that has already won a prize (winner, runner up or commended) in a major competition (one receiving more than 500 images) is not eligible for entry.
10. Other competitions
A picture that has already won a prize (winner, runner up or commended) in a major competition (one receiving more than 500 images) is not eligible for entry.
11. The judging
Judges will be appointed by the Owners. The Owners’ decision on all matters relating to the competition is final, and no correspondence will be entered into concerning the competition’s judging and organisation. Should the quality of entries fall below the standard required, the Owners reserve the right not to award prizes.
12. The prizes
The competition closes on 27 November 2009 and the winners will be decided on or before 18 December 2009. Winners will be notified by phone or email by Peregrine Adventures. No notification will be sent in regards to other entries. Prizes must be claimed in person unless the winner is otherwise advised. Prizes are not refundable and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
1st Prize
• AU$10,000 worth of Peregrine Adventures’ holidays including; international and local flights in conjunction with the chosen Peregrine tour(s). International entries: AU$10,000 worth of Peregrine Adventures holidays (international flights not available) The prize is valid for travel up to 30th September 2010. Ancillary costs, such as travel insurance are the responsibility of the winner. Booking conditions apply as per current Peregrine Adventures brochure booking conditions. If the winner is under 18 years of age, restrictions as to which tours can be taken will apply and their legal guardian must accompany the winner on any tour. Other conditions may apply.
• Olympus E-620 single lens kit valued at $1399 AUD*
• GORE-TEX® Pro Shell jacket valued at approx $700AUD. To be claimed within two months of notification.
• 2 years subscription to Australian Geographic Journal valued at $100 AUD.
Prize must be claimed within two months of notification. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery of the first issue.
2nd Prize - Category winners
There will be five category winners, one per category.
• AU$1000 towards a Peregrine Adventures’ holiday land cost (excludes international and local flights). The prize is valid for travel up to 30th September 2010. Ancillary costs, such as travel insurance are the responsibility of the winner. Booking conditions apply as per current Peregrine Adventures brochure booking conditions. If the winner is under 18 years of age restrictions as to which tours can be taken will apply and their legal guardian must accompany the winner on any tour. Other conditions may apply
• Olympus Tough 8000 underwater compact camera valued at $599*
• GORE-TEX® Paclite® Shell jacket valued at approx $449AUD. To be claimed within two months of notification.
• 1 year subscription to Australian Geographic Journal valued at $60 AUD. Prize must beclaimed within two months of notification.
Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery of the first issue.
3rd Prize - Highly commended winners
5 Highly commended winners.
There will be five highly commended winners from all images.
• AU$250 towards a Peregrine Adventures’ holiday land cost (excludes international and local flights). The prize is valid for travel up to 30th September 2010. Ancillary costs, such as travel insurance are the responsibility of the winner. Booking conditions apply as per current Peregrine Adventures brochure booking conditions. If the winner is under 18 years of age restrictions as to which tours can be taken will apply and their legal guardian must accompany the winner on any tour. Other conditions may apply.
• Olympus Mju 9000 compact camera valued at $599AUD*
• GORE-TEX® Paclite® Shell jacket valued at approx $449AUD. To be claimed within two months of notification.
• 1 year subscription to Australian Geographic Journal valued at $60 AUD.
Prize must be claimed within two months of notification. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery of the first issue.
Vote and Win - Monthly prizes
Each month one voter will win a GORE-TEX® Paclite® Shell jacket valued at $449AUD and the photographer of the winning image an Olympus Camera voucher worth $100 and one year subscription to Australian Geographic valued at $60AUD. Subscription prize must be claimed within two months of notification. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery of the first issue.
Camera vouchers are valid for the purchase of OLYMPUS brand cameras and accessories only , of a single item retail price equal or exceeding $100 only, and are not valid for the purchase of any and all other brands of camera equipment, accessories or photographic supplies. The vouchers are to be spent at the Digital Camera Warehouse Pty Ltd (DCW) only either at their physical store outlets or online at the DCW website at http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/. If purchases of Olympus cameras and accessories are to be made online by the winner of a voucher, the actual voucher itself must be mailed to DCW at their head office address for the voucher to be honoured. Photocopies or scanned copies of the voucher are not acceptable. Please be aware that the purchased product will not be shipped by DCW until the voucher is physically received. Please send your voucher to
OLYMPUS/PEREGRINE IOTW CONTEST ONLINE PURCHASE
Digital Camera Warehouse Pty Ltd.
PO Box
20 Canterbury
NSW 2193
The voucher is not valid at any other store than the Melbourne store or the Sydney store where the voucher may be physically presented. The address of their stores in Sydney and Melbourne can be found at http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/webcontent36.htm. Fax and other digital transmission methods are not acceptable. This is non-negotiable. Each voucher is valid only for 12 months from the date on the voucher. All matters relating to issues with purchases from DCW and the buyer (the $100 voucher winner) are between DCW and the buyer. Olympus is not responsible for transactional difficulties or any other issues arising from purchases from DCW by the buyer.
Only one vote per month per person is allowed. Multiples votes for one image by one person will disqualify the voter. No correspondence will be entered into. Images entered prior to the 20th of each month will be eligible to be voted for in that month, e.g. if an image is entered on the 23rd of April it will eligible (and appear) for voting in May. The winners need to claim their respective prizes in person within one month of notification.
13. Notification
Winners and commended photographers will be notified in December 2009. The results will be published on the Owner companies’ websites in December 2009; they will also be sent out in the Peregrine e-newsletter in January
14. Liability
All entries are sent at the photographer’s risk. As all entries are submitted in a digital format, either online, or via a DVD or CD no entries will be returned.
* RRPs stated are valid on 1 April 2009 and may change over time.
