UK wildlife photography competition 2010

The overall winner will win the following:- BRONZE SCULPTURE BY DAVID MAYER Bronze sculpture of a Scottish wildcat chasing a rabbit, by David Mayer, 265mm x 85mm x 50mm. Click here to read more about David Mayer and to see a larger age of this piece. £500 TO BE DONATED TO A UK WILDLIFE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE. Wildlife Extra will donate £500 to a UK wildlife charity, nominated by the winner.

PRIZES OLYMPUS CAMERAS Each category winner will win an Olympus camera. See categories for details. The Olympus super zoom cameras are the market leaders in high level optical zooms, super macro technology and toughness. EACH CATEGORY RUNNER-UP WILL WIN A COPY OF PHOTOGRAPHING PATTERN & DESIGN IN NATURE This book contains many amazing images of patterns in nature as well as the information to help guide you towards making your own.. Click Photographing Pattern & Design in Nature for details.

Rules for the Wildlife Extra UK wildlife photography competition. By entering the competition, the entrant verifies that he/she has read the Rules and agrees to abide by them. Your entry must be entirely your own original work, not defame anybody nor breach any copyright All finalists will be required to provide all the details about their pictures. EG species, where, when and how the image was taken. Also details of equipment used. EG camera, lens, exposure, speed, and any other equipment. Digital adjustments are only acceptable if limited to minor cleaning work, for instance removing dust spots. Any image that appears to have had too much digital enhancement may not be considered by the judges. If successful, the winning entrants agree to provide Wildlife Extra with the original file for the image and agree that it may be printed and used in a public exhibition of winning entries. The competition is not open to employees, or immediate families of staff, of Wildlife Extra, or anyone professionally associated with this competition. The competition closes on 31st October 2010 at midnight. Winners will be notified by phone, email or via http://www.wildlifeextra.com/ Prizes will only be posted/delivered to UK addresses. The winners will be picked by judges from Wildlife Extra - The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The prizes are non transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash. The prizes will be despatched to the winners within 1 month of the end of the competition Wildlife Extra reserves the right to change or cancel this competition at any time. For details of the winners, please send a stamped and self-addressed envelope marked 'Wildlife Extra Competition' to Wildlife Extra, Mill House, Brinsop, Herefordshire, HR4 7AX. Your personal contact information will be held by Wildlife Extra.  By providing your contact details you are agreeing to receive the latest newsletters from Wildlife Extra Wildlife Extra will not pass your details on to any other third party other than that specified. Unsubscribe. If you do NOT wish to receive newsletters from Wildlife Extra, please start your email with the word "unsubscribe". If your photograph features any recognisable person or people, written permission should be obtained for the image to be entered in the competition and to be published online and in all media as required.Written permission from each recognisable person (or their parents/guardians if under 16) should be submitted for each entry. If a winning entrant is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made to do so, Wildlife Extra reserves the right to either offer the prize to the next best entry or to withhold the prize. Wildlife Extra reserves the right to disqualify any entry which breaches any of these rules or to withhold a prize if in its opinion entries do not reach the required standard. The rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Images of pets, zoo animals, captive animals and domestic animals will not be considered

How to submit your images Pictures should be submitted by e-mail to editor@wildlifeextra.com, the emails should be entitled "UK wildlife photo competition", or by post to Wildlife Extra, Mill House, Brinsop, Herefordshire, HR4 7AX. We regret, we will not be able to return your images to you. Images sent by email should be no more than 3 mega bytes By submitting your images, you agree that Wildlife Extra may use them in the future, free of charge unless you specifically request otherwise. By submitting your images you agree that any short listed or prize winning images may be used free of charge at any time by Wildlife Extra. Each picture should be accompanied by:- + The name of the photographer, address and contact number, and age if under 17. + The category in which it is entered + Where the picture was taken Please name your images in the following manner. name.subject EG johnbrown.tiger . If there is more than one omage of the same subject, then johnbrown.tiger1, johnbrown.tiger2. If you need a longer name, use a hyphen in the description. EG johnbrown.masai-mara Privacy policy   Your personal contact information will be held by Wildlife Extra. The data will be used for the purpose of this competition. By providing your contact details you are agreeing to receive the latest newsletters from Wildlife Extra. Wildlife Extra will not pass your details on to any third party. If you do NOT wish to receive newsletters from Wildlife Extra, please start your email with the word "unsubscribe". For details of the winners, please send a stamped and self-addressed envelope marked 'Wildlife Extra Competition' to Wildlife Extra, Mill House, Brinsop, Herefordshire, HR4 7AX.