Cameras at the ready.....
This Friday, 1st December from 12pm until 12pm on 12th December entries will be welcomed from visitors and members alike to our annual photography competition. This has been reinstated following the many closures and Covid restrictions over the last few years and it's great to be back!
So whether you've taken a brilliant image of a kingfisher, a bee orchid, a marsh frog or the fantastic landscape of the reserve then enter your photos in the competition for a chance of winning a year's annual membership and possibly your photo on the membership card for the year, 2024/2025
There are several categories and with any competition a few rules of entry but all is detailed below. The photographs will be on display in The Holt from Saturday 16th December until 7th January, allowing visitors a chance to view some of the many images that are taken on the reserve throughout the year. The winners will be announced on 22nd December and the winner of the visitor's choice will be announced on 3rd January and will become the new photo for our membership card for 2024/25.
Please read the details of entry below before you submit your entry to one of the wardens.
Tophill Low Nature Reserve
Wildlife Photography Exhibition 2023
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Terms of entry
• Any
picture entered must have been taken between 01/12/2023 – 12/12/2023. Entry
open to all visitors and members and it must be their own work.
• Exhibitors
may enter every eligible category if they wish, but entries are limited to 2
images per photographer per category.
• All
pictures must have been taken within the Tophill Low recording area (I.e. the
Yorkshire Water owned site, Watton Nature Reserve or the Approach road to
Angram Farm).
• Photo
post processing is permitted.
• Photos
can be submitted from 12pm 1st December and entries close at 12pm on
the 12th of December 2023. No early or late entries will be considered. Entries
must remain in the exhibition for the duration of the exhibition. The
exhibition will start on the 16th December and run until 7th
January.
•
Competition results will be announced at 5pm 22nd December 2023 via
the Tophill Low Nature Reserve blog. Public vote submission will be shared on
social media on 3rd January with the winner being displayed in the
Reception Hide and could become the new Tophill Low membership card for
2024/25.
• All
pictures must be no larger than A2 (or 420mm X 594mm) including any mount or
frame, clearly labelled with your name on the reverse, no images with
names on the front will be considered so public voting is fair.
• ‘Best Young
Photographer’ category is open to ages 17 years and under. Direction and
guidance permitted from an elder – but photographs must be taken by the
younger.
• Photos
will be displayed and judged by a team assembled at the discretion of the
Reserve Warden. It will be the judging panel’s decision and they may refuse
entry to images considered not to meet the criteria. The panel’s decision is
final.
• The
judging panel will not involve any exhibitors in the competition.
• ‘Best in
Show’ will be chosen by public vote via public ballot. The ballot starts on 16th
December and closes at 5pm on the 3rd January 2024. No late votes
will be counted. The vote is limited to 3 selections per voter. Your 3
selections can be taken from any category.
• Tophill
Low Nature Reserve reserves the right to use the images supplied in the promotion
of the site and could be used for the 2024 membership card. Credit will be
given to the photographers wherever appropriate.
• A prize
of a season’s free membership will be given to the winner in each category. The
upcoming membership season start is 1st April 2024.
Tophill Low Nature Reserve
Wildlife Photography Exhibition 2023
Categories:
Best Bird Life
Best Kingfisher
Best Animal
Best Wading Bird
Best Landscape
Best Invertebrate
Best Wildfowl
Best Botanical /
Fungi
Best Young
Photographer
Best in Show
(decided by public)
