BirdlifeSA

BirdLife South Africa is calling for photos for the Save Our Seabirds Festival “Oceans of Life” competition.

Photos can be of cetaceans, fish, coastal species and any marine life as well as seabirds.

The grand prize is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera and a 100-400mm L IS USM Lens- worth R42 000!

Visit their website for details http://www.birdlife.org.za/

MyPhotoExhibits offers a creative way to transform the way images are viewed and shared: Photographers simply set up a user avatar and bio, upload their favorite high-resolution images, and create a personalized exhibit space. After organizing the exhibit and captioning the photographs, users can put the finishing touches on their exhibit space, choosing from a variety of gallery spaces (wall and floor textures and colors), photo frames, furniture, and lighting options. It’s easy to go back into the MPE interface at any time to add more photos, tweak presentation specs, or create an unlimited number of new exhibits that feature travel pictorials, special events, projects, and more.

Spreading the word about these custom 3D exhibits is another way in which MyPhotoExhibits stands out from other online galleries. Once an exhibit is ready to “open,” it’s easy to share it with friends: Users simply send out an invitation from the website or iPhone app to Facebook or other social media platforms, or by email, to direct friends to their exhibit, which can be viewed by “invitation only” or remain open to the public. Viewers are able to sign the photographer’s guestbook, choose “favorite” exhibits and “follow” exhibiting photographers.

Visitors can check out all available public exhibits on the site or browse by category. Tamron will also suggest favorite exhibits for further photographic inspiration — users can even submit their own exhibits for consideration in this coveted “Featured by Tamron” category. To maximize photographers’ MyPhotoExhibits experience, Tamron-created exhibits will also be prominently featured on the site to instruct users on how to take better photos.

Companion iPhone App for On-The-Go Viewing and Sharing
To enhance the convenience and user-friendliness of the MyPhotoExhibits site, a companion iPhone application for photography enthusiasts on the go accompanies the site launch. The convenient app, found at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tamron-mpe/id420404201?mt=8, offers easy access to MyPhotoExhibits wherever users may be. Through their iPhone, users can browse through all available MPE exhibits; view their own 3D exhibits; check out exhibits of other photographers that they may “follow”; and share their exhibits by sending out an e-mail or Facebook invite to friends.

My Travel Exhibit Photo Contest Winner Gets a Spread in American Photo Magazine and Tamron Zoom Lens
To kick off the launch of MyPhotoExhibits, Tamron is sponsoring the “My Travel Exhibit” photo contest. Photographers will create a 3D virtual exhibit on MyPhotoExhibits featuring 8 to 14 of their best travel images shot with Tamron lenses. The winning exhibit chosen by American Photo and Tamron, selected based on the overall image quality and originality of the collection, will be featured in a two-page spread in the September/October 2011 issue of American Photo magazine. The winner will also receive a Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD 15X all-in-one zoom lens (valued at $649) in the winner’s choice of Canon, Nikon or Sony mount. Entrants without computer or Internet access may send in entries by mail. The deadline for submissions is May 30, 2011; complete contest information and rules are available at http://tamron.myphotoexhibits.com/contest.

About Tamron
Tamron is a leading manufacturer of photographic lenses. Among its many optical and mechanical innovations since the founding of the company in 1950, Tamron’s development of mass-produced hybrid Aspherical elements paved the way for today’s compact high power all-in-one lenses when, in 1992, this technology was incorporated into the groundbreaking 28-200mm. Tamron continues to lead in this category of lenses with the new 18-270mm Di II VC PZD — the world’s smallest and lightest 15X zoom lens featuring Tamron’s proprietary VC (Vibration Compensation) system for blur-free hand-held shooting of photos in low light and at telephoto settings and PZD (Piezo Drive) autofocus system for fast and quiet AF operation. Tamron has garnered international acclaim for its extensive line-up of professional and consumer lenses.

Article by http://www.photography-news.com/

Here are the details of the competition: (also see http://www.photocomment.net/)

Sony and PhotoComment
2009 YEAR END PHOTO COMPETITION
We want your image that best defines your 2009
2009 is fast drawing to a close and with it memories of an exciting yet challenging year for us at PhotoComment and most likely you, our readers as well.

Before the year comes to a close for good we thought we would launch our first PhotoComment competition. Submit your image with a brief story of the moment that made your year to stand in line to win the grand prize.

Judging will look particularly at the emotion evoked by the image in relation to the theme and caption.

Closing Date: 15 December 2009

Send your entries to: competition2009@photocomment.net

Sony

Terms & Conditions Apply

Here are the full details:

Attention all travelers and aspiring photographers — National Geographic wants your photographs. Readers of National Geographic around the world are invited to take part in the 2009 National Geographic International Photography Contest. Readers of the English-language edition in eight countries, as well as readers of 20 of the magazine’s international local-language editions, are eligible to participate. The international grand-prize winners will receive a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., a digital camera kit, and their winning entries will be published in all participating editions of National Geographic magazine. But act soon — the submission deadline is Oct 31, 2009. Full details can be found at http://www.ngphotocontest.com

WASHINGTON (Aug. 6, 2009) — National Geographic readers around the world are invited to take part in the 2009 National Geographic International Photography Contest. Readers of National Geographic’s English-language editions in eight countries as well as readers of 20 of the magazine’s international local-language editions are eligible to participate. The international grand-prize winners will receive a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., and their winning entries will be published in all participating editions of National Geographic magazine. Winning entries from each territory will be featured in their local editions of National Geographic magazine.

English-language-edition readers in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom are eligible to enter up to a total of six photographs across three categories: People, Places and Nature. Entries should be submitted electronically to www.ngphotocontest.com. The contest began Wednesday, Aug. 5, and ends Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (ET). Photos can be black-and-white or color, shot with a digital camera or with conventional film, and must be submitted digitally. Each entry consists of an entry form, a single image and an entry fee. The entry fee is U.S. $12 per photo for entries received before 11:59 p.m. ET Oct. 15, 2009, and $22 per photo for entries received between Oct. 16 and Oct. 31. For details and official contest rules, visit ww.ngphotocontest.com. Void where prohibited.

English-language-edition entries will be judged at National Geographic headquarters by a panel of three judges: National Geographic staff photographer Mark Thiessen; design editor of the international editions of National Geographic magazine Darren Smith; and White House photo editor Jenn Poggi. First-place category winners of the English-language-edition competition will win a digital camera kit.

The participating international local-language editions will submit their winning entries in each category to National Geographic headquarters to be judged alongside the winning English-language entries by Thiessen, Smith and Poggi. The judges will announce three international grand-prize winners in December 2009.

“We are thrilled to continue our annual photography contest,” said David Griffin, National Geographic’s director of photography. “The work we have been seeing in recent years is truly astounding and speaks to the truth that photography is a worldwide, universal language — one that everyone can appreciate and enjoy.”

The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to “increase and diffuse geographic knowledge,” the Society works to inspire people to care about the planet. It reaches more than 370 million people worldwide each month through its official journal, National Geographic, and other magazines; National Geographic Channel; television documentaries; music; radio; films; books; DVDs; maps; exhibitions; live events; school publishing programs; interactive media; and merchandise. National Geographic has funded more than 9,000 scientific research, conservation and exploration projects and supports an education program promoting geographic literacy. For more information, visit nationalgeographic.com.