Applications call for Montier Photo Competition 2020

Summary

AFPAN “l’Or Vert” (Association for the International Wildlife and Nature Photo Festival – Montier Festival Photo) organizes free digital photography and filmed sequences competition for its 24th International Wildlife Photography Festival taking place from 19th to 22nd November 2020 in Montier-en-Der (Grand Est, Haute-Marne, France). The aim of this competition is to show still or filmed images of wild flora, fauna, landscapes, as well as accounts supporting the conservation of habitats, species, and biodiversity.

Declaration

By entering the Montier Photo Competition, the participants commit to:

• Being the sole owner of the work submitted and having the copyrights and permission to use its content.
• Showing their interest in the environment and being mindful of the welfare of wildlife and habitats.
• Ensuring full compliance with any national or international legislation regarding protected species and habitats where the image was taken.

Themes 

Applicants can submit single-shot images that conform to the original, excluding HDR, focus stacking or overprint.

The editing is limited to slight modifications to give a realistic view of the scene photographed and without distorting the spirit of the original shooting with the improvement of brightness, contrast or color, recovery, correction optical defects, a reversal of reading direction, cropping, black and white processing, and localized retouching.

• Wild birds in nature (3 photos maximum)
• Wild mammals in nature (3 photos maximum)
• Other wild animals in nature (3 photos maximum)
• Wild plants (maximum 3 photos)
• Graphics, form, and matter of nature (3 photos maximum)
• Natural landscapes of the world (3 photos maximum)
• Still image sequences representing a homogeneous sequence, chronological or harmonious of 3 to 5 images on the previous themes
• Film sequence showing a short video of nature (see article 6)
• Man and nature (militant or documentary images, 3 photos maximum)
• Nature revisited (3 photos maximum)

Photo Size

Each participant will deposit the photographs according to the modalities indicated on the platform of the contest with a resizing to 3000 pixels for the biggest side (ex 3000×1995 pixels to 72 Dpi), without margins nor inscription, 6Mo maximum and in sRGB.

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