You can pay your entry fee- perhaps taking advantage of any discount offers, and then upload your photographs later on - at any point up to 30th November 2010 - midnight GMT.
Being a finalist of International Garden Photographer of the Year will not only bring you a prize - it could be a life-changing event!
We are embarking on a series of events that will help you improve your photography. Some of these we are offering as prizes. Find out more about the prizes.
The judges will select around 100 finalists whose photographs
will be printed to exhibition standard and planned to be shown at
a major
exhibition at Kew Gardens, London in the summer of 2011, with substantial press coverage. All finalists
will receive an invitation to the private view. The mounting of the exhibition is subject to prevailing circumstances and will be confimed before the end of 2010.
One finalist will win the title ‘International Garden Photographer of the Year’ and an under 16 finalist will win ‘Young Garden Photographer of the Year’.
Each category
will have a winner and two runner-up prizes. An additional
prize will be awarded for the best portfolio and there
will be two portfolio runners-up prizes. For more on prizes, click here.
Each seasonal competition will have one winner and two runners-up.
Another 50 highly commended photographers will receive
a prize. All finalists and commended photographers
will have their photographs shown on the Garden Photographer
of the Year website during 2010.
How to Enter
You must first register
then login.
Follow the instructions on screen.
More detailed information on entering can be found on the Help page.
The competition costs £10 to enter. You can pay in British Pounds, Euros, or US Dollars.
As at 03.02.09 - £10 = €11.5 approx
As at 03.02.09 - £10 = $16 approx
(Note that the exchange rate applied will be that defined by the banking system; we do not have any control over this.)
First, you
must choose which category fits your image best. You can also choose a seasonal competition if you wish.
For £10 you can enter up to 4 photographs in one
of the categories.
If you wish to enter another category, then this costs
an additional £10 for up to 4 photographs . You can
enter as many photographs in as many categories as you
like.
So you can, for example, buy 4 entries for 'Plant Portraits'. You can then, if you wish, buy 4 more entries for 'Plant Portraits', or 4 more entries for a different category- it is entirely your decision.
Or you may choose to enter a portfolio of 6 themed photographs . This costs £20 per category entered.
You can enter as many portfolios as you like.
So you can, for example, buy a portfolio entry for 'Plant Portraits'. You can then, if you wish, buy a second portfolio entry for 'Plant Portraits', or a portfolio entry for a different category- it is entirely your decision.
As at 26.03.08 - £20 = €23 approx
As at 26.03.08 - £20 = $32 approx
Note that portflio photographs will not be judged as single images. They will only be judged as one of six themed photographs.
How to Pay
The easiest and quickest way to pay is by PayPal. You can also pay by credit card, via the PayPal that is linked to our shopping basket. Note that the credit card transaction is undertaken by your card issuer in the normal way and will appear on your credit card statement marked 'GALPA.'
In certain circumstances we can accept payment by cheque or electronic bank transfer. See Help for more information.
Preparing your Images
For detailed information on how to prepare your images, see Help.
We recommend that you make your final decision on which photographs you are going to enter before you upload them to the competition.
You must have taken the picture on a camera that will enable good prints to be made from them for
the exhibition at Kew .This means that if your photograph is shortlisted, you will need to supply high quality jpeg images of around 1 megabyte as a minimum. More advanced users should aim to supply image files in 8bit TIFF format, with a filesize between 20-50 mb – this size would enable us to make larger prints if desired. See also rules.
You can still be a winner with a small camera - commended pictures will also be shown in a special online gallery during 2010.
Digital manipulation by software such as Photoshop is allowed.
No responsibility can be taken by the organisers for images that are incorrectly submitted.
Types of entry
Single images: These are judged as
individual, stand-alone photographs.
Portfolios: A portfolio is a group
of photographs that work both as individual images
and as part of a themed collection. A portfolio can
explore a location, a mood, a colour, a plant group,
in fact any garden-related subject that fits into
one of the categories - but all the images should relate to one another
and to the theme as a whole.
Enter
now
Fourth competiton opens: February 2010. Deadline 30th November 2010.
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