Rhinos In Focus 2009 Photo Contest - Express Your Inner Rhino

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Rhinos have walked the Earth for more than 50 million years. Today, all but one of the world’s five rhino species face extinction within the next 10 to 50 years.

To help raise awareness about rhinos and their plight, the International Rhino Foundation invites photography enthusiasts of all skill levels to enter RHINOS IN FOCUS, the 2009 IRF Photography Contest. Winners will be chosen from three categories and will receive prizes as well as recognition on the IRF website and in other publications. The GRAND PRIZE winning photo will be featured in IRF’s 2008 Annual Report.

1. Enter a digital photo in one of three categories between February 1, 2009 and February 28, 2009.

1. Rhinos in Zoos
2. Rhinos in the Wild
3. Express Your Inner Rhino (be creative!)

2. Our panel of judges selects 10 finalists from each category by March 14, 2009.

3. Vote online for your favorite finalist photo March 16, 2009 thru March 27, 2009.

4. Votes are counted and highest average score in each category wins, with the overall highest score declared the grand prize winner. Finalists will be announced April 1, 2009. Each category winner will receive a gift package with IRF and rhino merchandise.

4. Winning photos will be posted on IRF’s website (www.rhinos-irf.org) on April 1, 2009

The overall RHINOS IN FOCUS GRAND PRIZE WINNING photo will be featured in IRF’s 2008 Annual Report and on our website.

Entering the Contest:

Who can enter?
ANYONE! If you are 18 and younger, please ask your parents or guardian for permission to enter. IRF staff and consultants and their families may not participate.

When do I submit my photo?
Photos will be accepted February 1, 2009 thru February 28, 2009.

How many photos can I enter?
One per category

How do I submit my photo?
The contest will be run on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com), a photo sharing web site. You will need a Flickr account to score finalists because only Flickr members can leave comments. You can get a free account quickly and easily here (www.flickr.com)

How to enter your photo using Flickr:

1. Rhinos in FocusSelect a category and photo you would like to enter.
2. If you don’t have a Flickr account, create one. (www.flickr.com)
3. Once the contest opens, upload your photo to your account. Enter the following information in the description field:

a. Where the photo was taken

b. Up to 3 sentences describing your photo

c. Add a tag for the category you are entering so it’s easy for people to find pictures other than looking at the group pools. Use quotation marks around the whole tag so it doesn’t split them into multiple tags:

i. “Rhinos in Zoos”

ii. “Rhinos in the Wild”

iii. “Express Your Inner Rhino”


4. For the category you would like to enter, join the appropriate group and upload your photo to that group’s pool.

Other Information:

* Photos may be any size, Flickr will resize them and produce multiple versions. (http://flickr.com/help/photos/#18)
* Add Flickr member Rhinosirf as a contact – this allows us to email you through the Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/people/rhinosirf/) – that’s how we’ll let you know if you’re a finalist.



What Kind of Photos Can I Enter?

* Enter photos taken anywhere in the world
* You may enter color, black and white, or partially desaturated photos
* Edit your photos however you like
* Enter photos that may have been published or used elsewhere

* Enter photos of other kinds of artwork, as long as you own the artwork too.


Please don’t enter photos that:

* You didn’t take or to which someone else owns the copyright
* Show someone else’s copyrighted work (for example, a rhino painting)
* Serve to mainly advertise a product
* Show nudity, drugs, violence or symbols or acts of hatred
* Are illegal or prohibited
* Violate Flickr’s community guidelines www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne


We reserve the right to disqualify photos for any reason.


Who gets the copyright?

By submitting photos, you give the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) permission to use them for non-profit purposes, including but not limited to rhino education and awareness. The permission includes, but is not limited to, publication by the IRF in printed materials, television broadcasts, web sites and internal communications. You will not be compensated for such use. However, where reasonable, we will give you credit for the photos.

By entering the contest, you agree to all of the above.


Scoring

How will finalists be chosen?
A panel of IRF judges will choose 10 finalists in each category based on artistry and how well they show the meaning of the categories. IRF will then contact the finalists and invite them to post their photos in three new Flickr groups.

Beginning on March 16, 2009– anyone with a Flickr account can score the finalists. The photo with the highest average score in each category wins.

How do I give out scores?
With a Flickr account, leave your score as a comment on the photos. Choose a score of 1 to 10 (10 being the highest). Note that you score each photo independently; don’t rank them from 1st to 10th.

* Please score each photo only once.
* You don’t have to score all of the finalists, but if you score a photo in a category, please try to give a score to all photos in that category.
* You do not have to be entered into the photo contest to score the finalists.

Winners:
Photos with the highest average score in each category will win an IRF totebag jam-packed with an IRF tshirt, a stuffed rhino, IRF notecards and notepad, the DVD Patrols of Hope, and a Cardboard Safari rhino head puzzle.

The photo receiving the most votes will win the RHINOS IN FOCUS Grand Prize –publication in IRF’s 2008 Annual Report.

Timeline At A Glance:

* February 1-28, 2009 – Photo contest open to submissions
* March 14 – Category Finalists Announced
* March 16-27 – Voting Period
* April 1 – Winners Announced


Need more information? Please contact us at info@rhinos-irf.org

http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinosinfocus/