Contest Rules
2021
Timelines
This is a contest with two parts:
Part1: Send the best of your photos (shot in the East Kootenay) from the previous year (April 1, 2020 - May 9, 2021), limit of 3 per category.
Part 2: During the Festival, April 10 until 7:00pm on Friday, May 14th, limit of 3 per category.
1. Age Categories – Up to 15, 16 and over.
2. If people are included in the winning shot the
submitting photographer must provide signed
releases from them
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3. Photos taken with Drones: landscapes only, not
wildlife, to demonstrate there was no threat to
wildlife.
4. Size must be submitted as minimum of 3000
pixels long side (no larger than 4 - 5 MB) in JPG
Photos must be submitted via WeTransfer
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using wingsphotocontest21@gmail.com
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5. Limit of 3 per category for year before, and
during Festival 3 per category per day
6. Each photo file must be identified thus:
7. No fee to enter.
8. 1 GRAND PRIZE (selected from all categories)
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A weekend photo workshop for two with adventure photographer Pat Morrow at a date and location in the East Kootenay to be decided upon in consultation with the winner. Coaching on how to operate your digital camera, based on artistic and journalistic techniques developed over a 35 year freelance career, and critiques of your images on a laptop screen are guaranteed to accelerate the learning curve. You will also acquire the basics of post-processing to bring out hidden details in your images. Value $1000
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1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention
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COOL PRIZES for every category: First Edition bird books, Topographic maps, Prints and framing, and much more.
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9. Winners will be announced on the website & at
the drive-in theatre Friday, evening,
May 14, 2021
10. Some of your photos may be shown, with your
credits on social media, galleries, and the Drive
In theatre during the contest and into the future.
11. By entering this contest you confirm that the
photos were taken within the geographical
boundaries of the East Kootenay, and that Wings
Over The Rockies Nature Festival has your
permission to use them to help promote the festival.
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Pat Morrow
Following retirement as a globe-trotting adventure photographer and film maker, Pat continues to document the human and natural world in and around the place of his birth, the East Kootenay.
The Judges
Ross MacDonald
Retired from a career in the mountain national parks, Ross is a keen naturalist and amateur nature photographer. He observes the word “amateur” comes from the Italian root amatore, meaning “to love” and perfectly describes how a love of wild things inspires his photography. Ross is the chair of the Wings Festival.
Denise Hoffgaard
Denise is originally from Germany and came to Canada in 2018. She immediately fell in love with the beautiful East Kootenays and continues to work on her nature & wildlife photography career.