Monday, April 23, 2012

3rd International Photography Contest of Cave Fauna and Flora

Organised by the "Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarrillo" (G.E.V.)

Objective: Encourage the diffusion and preservation of the subsurface environment ecosystems.

CONTEST RULES
Topic: Flora and Fauna of the caves
Number of Works: Unlimited
Modality and Technique: Free
Format: Digital image format whose minimun dimensions are 2000 x 2000 píxels.  Attach the image to a text document indicating the title, autor, email, address, group of speleology, name of the cavity, municipality, country, date of the image and national identity.
Jury: The jury will include members of the GEV. A dedicated jury, selected from the associations that offer the special awards will decide upon these. The jury’s decision is final.

Shipping: The pictures have to be sent to the email bioespeleologiaGEV@hotmail.com with the subject “International Photography Contest”.

The photos that don’t meet the above characteristics and don’t have sufficient quality will be denied.

Exhibition: The best photos received will be displayed in the 8th Championship of Spain of T.P.V. of Speleology to take place on 13 and 14 October 2012 in Villacarrillo (Jaén).

The period is from April to the 23th September 2012.

All the photos can be published later in any of the blogs of the GEV and related works.

The same photography may not be awarded the Special Prize BIOSP, but can be eligible for the two other special awards. No rewards work that were awared in previous contests.

AWARDS
The International Awards of the Contest are:
  • 1st Place:  € 250 plus the technical and scientific publications of the sponsors plus a discount voucher in HUMAVENTURA.
  • 2nd Place:  € 150 plus the technical and scientific publications of the sponsors plus a discount voucher in HUMAVENTURA.
  • 3rd Place:  € 50 plus the technical and scientific publications of the sponsors plus a discount voucher in HUMAVENTURA.
Special Award BIOSP: 100 € of the Asociación Catalana of Biospeleology plus the publications of the G.E.V.

Special Award “Spider of the Year”: Publications SEA and GIA, plus the publications of the G.E.V. Will be awared to the best picture of spiders of the caves of the genus Meta.

Special Award MVHN: Publications of the Museum Valencià d’Història Natural plus the publications of the G.E.V.
SPONSORS:
Asociación Catalana de Biospeleologia (BIOSP)
Asociación española de Entomología (AeE)
Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (SEA)
Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología (GIA)
Museo Valencià d’Història Natural (MVHN)
Sociedad Andaluza de Entomología (SAE)
Sociedad Entomológica Canaria “Melansis” (SECM)
HUMAVENTURA

Monday, April 23, 2012

3rd International Photography Contest of Cave Fauna and Flora

Organised by the "Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarrillo" (G.E.V.)

Objective: Encourage the diffusion and preservation of the subsurface environment ecosystems.

CONTEST RULES
Topic: Flora and Fauna of the caves
Number of Works: Unlimited
Modality and Technique: Free
Format: Digital image format whose minimun dimensions are 2000 x 2000 píxels.  Attach the image to a text document indicating the title, autor, email, address, group of speleology, name of the cavity, municipality, country, date of the image and national identity.
Jury: The jury will include members of the GEV. A dedicated jury, selected from the associations that offer the special awards will decide upon these. The jury’s decision is final.

Shipping: The pictures have to be sent to the email bioespeleologiaGEV@hotmail.com with the subject “International Photography Contest”.

The photos that don’t meet the above characteristics and don’t have sufficient quality will be denied.

Exhibition: The best photos received will be displayed in the 8th Championship of Spain of T.P.V. of Speleology to take place on 13 and 14 October 2012 in Villacarrillo (Jaén).

The period is from April to the 23th September 2012.

All the photos can be published later in any of the blogs of the GEV and related works.

The same photography may not be awarded the Special Prize BIOSP, but can be eligible for the two other special awards. No rewards work that were awared in previous contests.

AWARDS
The International Awards of the Contest are:
  • 1st Place:  € 250 plus the technical and scientific publications of the sponsors plus a discount voucher in HUMAVENTURA.
  • 2nd Place:  € 150 plus the technical and scientific publications of the sponsors plus a discount voucher in HUMAVENTURA.
  • 3rd Place:  € 50 plus the technical and scientific publications of the sponsors plus a discount voucher in HUMAVENTURA.
Special Award BIOSP: 100 € of the Asociación Catalana of Biospeleology plus the publications of the G.E.V.

Special Award “Spider of the Year”: Publications SEA and GIA, plus the publications of the G.E.V. Will be awared to the best picture of spiders of the caves of the genus Meta.

Special Award MVHN: Publications of the Museum Valencià d’Història Natural plus the publications of the G.E.V.
SPONSORS:
Asociación Catalana de Biospeleologia (BIOSP)
Asociación española de Entomología (AeE)
Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (SEA)
Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología (GIA)
Museo Valencià d’Història Natural (MVHN)
Sociedad Andaluza de Entomología (SAE)
Sociedad Entomológica Canaria “Melansis” (SECM)
HUMAVENTURA