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Natural History Trophy - 2 digital and 2 print – 4 images in TOTAL.
Natural History Trophy - May submission - digital and print – 4 images in TOTAL.
SET Subject only. No Open - please select SET otherwise your image will be rejected and not submitted.
2x Digital - The best digital image (MCC trophy for Natural History Digital Images) entries may be natural history subjects from anywhere in the world.
2x Print - The best print image (Brian Thwaites Trophy entries must be of NZ Natural History subjects only.
Refer to the PSNZ rules: https://photography.org.nz/about/definitions/
Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology. This includes all aspects of the physical world, both animate and inanimate, that have not been made or modified by humans.
- Nature images must convey the truth of the scene that was photographed. A well-informed person should be able to identify the subject of the image and be satisfied that is has been presented honestly and that no unethical practices have been used to control the subject or capture the image. Images that directly or indirectly show any human activity that threatens the life or welfare of a living organism are not allowed.
- The most important part of a Nature image is the nature story it tells. High technical standards are expected and the image must look natural.
- Objects created by humans, and evidence of human activity, are allowed in Nature images only when they are a necessary part of the Nature story.
- Photographs of human-created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domesticated animals, human-created hybrid animals and mounted or preserved zoological specimens are not allowed.
- Images taken with subjects under controlled conditions, such as zoos, are allowed.
- Controlling live subjects by chilling, anaesthetic or any other method of restricting natural movement for the purpose of a photograph is not allowed.
Only scientific names, common names or descriptive titles shall be used.
Images that have been previously entered in any MCC as "Open" may be re-entered into the MCC Natural History Trophy Competition. Up to two digital entries and two prints may be submitted
Two images per medium (prints and digital images) can be submitted for a total of four images - so a very unique opportunity.
ALLOWED SUBJECTS / EDITING RULES
- Subjects shall illustrate untamed animals, birds, and uncultivated plants in their natural habitat, astronomy, geology and phenomena not produced by man. Marine and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) and naturalised subjects are allowed providing taken under natural conditions.
- Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise are allowed. Colour images can be converted to grey-scale monochrome.
- Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning.
- Cropping is permitted.
NOT ALLOWED
- Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are NOT eligible.
- No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements. Stitched images are not permitted. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not permitted.
Jan 2022 - there has been two significant changes to the PSNZ rules. The following are NOW allowed:
- ZOO animal long as not domestic
- Man-made objects if necessary for the image.
PSNZ Current Rules https://photography.org.nz/about/definitions/
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