MCPC Photo ContestThe Murphey Candler Park Conservancy, City of Brookhaven and the National Wildlife Federation are pleased to announce the winers of our first Wildlife Photography Contest! Thank you for helping us in celebrating Brookhaven's unique natural heritage. The winning entries are posted below: First Place is "Air Brakes" from Daniel Elyosius; Second Place is "Turtles" from Arlynn Filomeno-Suarez; Third Place is "Deer in MC Park" from Marjon Manitius. Thank you to all the fine people that entered the contest and congratulations to the winners!
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The Official Rules of MCPC Digital Photo Contest
ELIGIBILITY
The Digital Photo Contest is open to all city of Brookhaven residents (professional and amateur photographers) who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. Trustees, Board Members of the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy (“MCPC”), as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of employees, are not eligible to enter.
By submitting an entry to the Photo Contest, entrants certify that their participation in this Photo Contest is not illegal or in violation of any law, regulation, treaty or administrative act, and that the laws of their governing jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry do not prohibit or restrict the receipt of any Prize under this Photo Contest.
The MCPC reserves the right to reject any entry if, in the MCPC’s sole discretion, the laws of an applicable jurisdiction, including but not limited to the entrant’s jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry, would prohibit or limit the MCPC from proceeding with the Contest as intended or the consideration or awarding of any Prize would impose additional administrative, tax, operational, or legal burdens on the MCPC.
SPONSOR
The Photo Contest is sponsored by the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy 1560 Brawley Circle, Brookhaven, GA 30319 (“Sponsor”) in partnership with the City of Brookhaven and the National Wildlife Federation. This Photo Contest is in no way sponsored by, endorsed by, administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
ENTRY PERIOD
The Photo Contest begins at 12:00am on March 1, 2018 and ends at 11:59pm on May 1, 2018 (the “Entry Period”). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will not be eligible. Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Photo Contest.
WHAT TO ENTER
The MCPC in partnership with the City of Brookhaven and the National Wildlife Foundation is looking for photos of wildlife in Murphey Candler Park for our 2018 Photo Contest.
To ensure eligibility for the contest, please submit files no larger than 10MB at the time of entry. Higher resolution files of at least 240 dpi/ppi will be requested should an entry be preselected to be awarded a prize or an honorable mention. All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have
been digitally altered beyond standard optimization (removal of dust, cropping, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast, etc.) will be disqualified.
Entries may originate in any format — including, but not limited to digital files, digital prints, color transparencies, color prints, or black and white prints — so long as they are submitted electronically in a .JPEG .jpg, or.png form. Multiple exposures that have been combined to produce a single "High Dynamic Range" image are acceptable.
Entries should include metadata if at all possible. Caption information should include:
* Location (must be geotagged within boundaries of MC Park)
* Date and Time stamped
Previously published material for which non-exclusive rights were granted may be entered as long as you still maintain the right to grant us a license (see "Your Rights" below). You must be able to disclose when and where the photo appeared previously to MCPC upon request.
If you choose to include people in your submission, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary releases from the individuals depicted, and must be able to provide copies of those releases to MCPC upon request.
The following submissions are ineligible:
* Photos that violate or infringe upon another person's rights, including but not limited to copyright and photographs of persons without the necessary consent required by law in your jurisdiction. The MCPC reserves the right to require entrants to submit evidence of the subject’s legal consent to be photographed for the submitted photograph, which may include a signed waiver from the subject. NOTE: Waiver requirements vary by jurisdiction, and the entrant is responsible for obtaining a legally enforceable waiver from any photographed subject.
* The MCPC shall determine entry eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion.
Submissions may be watermarked if desired, but the watermark should be inconspicuous enough to not interfere with the judging of the photo. A watermarked photo might not be honored by the competition (at the judges’ sole discretion) if the photographer is unable or unavailable to provide a pristine, watermark-free version of the image when asked. Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit.
HOW TO ENTER
All images must be submitted to our photo contest via email: [email protected]
You may enter an unlimited number of times, but you may not use an agency or automated system to enter. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any additional entries or entries that do not comply with these Official Rules. By entering, you indicate your unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding. You cannot win a prize unless you comply with all requirements in these Official Rules.
Entrants may be asked to supplement their submission (such as with a paragraph about their photo or the highest resolution version of their photo) anytime on or after March 1, 2018.
JUDGING
Photos will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, artistic merit and subject matter relevance to wildlife and nature. Judging will be conducted by a panel of Conservancy employees and a group of guest judges to be selected by the MCPC at its sole discretion (the “Panel”). The Panel will evaluate all valid entries and pick the following winners as follows:
Overall (3 winners. 1 first prize, 1 runner-up, 1 second runner-up each selected): You’ve nailed it. Your images demonstrate the beauty in our park and wildlife in a spectacular way.
All potential winners will be revealed at our Volunteer Day on May 5, 2018.
All judging decisions are final. Please do not contact us about the status of entries or judging.
The MCPC will notify the winner via the contact information provided at the time of entry.
POTENTIAL WINNER REQUIREMENTS
Except where prohibited, a potential winner may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility, including proof of age, and liability/publicity release within 14 days. If a potential winner fails to return these documents on time, an alternate potential winner may be selected in his/her place.
PRIZES
The MCPC will award the following prizes:
* First Place $250; Second Place $150; Third Place $100
To the maximum extent permissible by law, All winners are responsible for paying any taxes and any and all other costs and expenses not listed above, including but not limited to customs fees if applicable.
QUESTIONS
Questions and inquiries about contest rules can be emailed to mcpcphoto[email protected]
YOUR RIGHTS
You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit -- including ownership if applicable.
If you submit a photograph to enter the Photo Contest, you grant the MCPC and the City of Brookhaven a royalty-free, nonexclusive right to:
* Display the photograph online at the MCPC and City of Brookhaven's website.
* Allow third-parties to share the photograph on social media.
* Use the photograph on the Internet and in
Social Media in support of our mission.
* Use the photograph in MCPCs internal and external communications materials including but not limited to web sites and web publications, fact sheets, fund raising publications, advertising, multimedia, presentation and membership services, annual report and MCPC newsletter.
* Provide your photograph to other individuals and organizations for Conservancy-related use in news stories, newsletters, reports, slide shows, displays, web pages, videos, membership premiums, and the like
* Use, in connection with the Photo Contest, your name, city, state and country of residence in promotions and other publications
* Retain a digital copy of your photograph that will be archived in the MCPC photo library and accessible to MCPC staff via the MCPC internal online photo archive
The MCPC will endeavor to credit all photographs with the caption "Person's Name" when the full name is available.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Photo Contest is impaired in any way, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either: (a) suspend the Photo Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Photo Contest; or (b) award the prize(s) from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and seek damages from any individual who tampers with the operation of the Photo Contest, violates these Official Rules, or acts in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Proof of sending any communication to Sponsor by mail shall not be deemed proof of
receipt of that communication by Sponsor. In the event of a dispute as to the owner of an online entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter will be deemed to be the owner. The Photo Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.
RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
By entering, you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Facebook, their respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Photo Contest or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Photo Contest; (b) technical errors; (c) printing errors; (d) late or undelivered mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Photo Contest; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property. You waive the right to claim any attorneys’ fees and any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.
ELIGIBILITY
The Digital Photo Contest is open to all city of Brookhaven residents (professional and amateur photographers) who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. Trustees, Board Members of the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy (“MCPC”), as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of employees, are not eligible to enter.
By submitting an entry to the Photo Contest, entrants certify that their participation in this Photo Contest is not illegal or in violation of any law, regulation, treaty or administrative act, and that the laws of their governing jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry do not prohibit or restrict the receipt of any Prize under this Photo Contest.
The MCPC reserves the right to reject any entry if, in the MCPC’s sole discretion, the laws of an applicable jurisdiction, including but not limited to the entrant’s jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry, would prohibit or limit the MCPC from proceeding with the Contest as intended or the consideration or awarding of any Prize would impose additional administrative, tax, operational, or legal burdens on the MCPC.
SPONSOR
The Photo Contest is sponsored by the Murphey Candler Park Conservancy 1560 Brawley Circle, Brookhaven, GA 30319 (“Sponsor”) in partnership with the City of Brookhaven and the National Wildlife Federation. This Photo Contest is in no way sponsored by, endorsed by, administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
ENTRY PERIOD
The Photo Contest begins at 12:00am on March 1, 2018 and ends at 11:59pm on May 1, 2018 (the “Entry Period”). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will not be eligible. Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Photo Contest.
WHAT TO ENTER
The MCPC in partnership with the City of Brookhaven and the National Wildlife Foundation is looking for photos of wildlife in Murphey Candler Park for our 2018 Photo Contest.
To ensure eligibility for the contest, please submit files no larger than 10MB at the time of entry. Higher resolution files of at least 240 dpi/ppi will be requested should an entry be preselected to be awarded a prize or an honorable mention. All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have
been digitally altered beyond standard optimization (removal of dust, cropping, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast, etc.) will be disqualified.
Entries may originate in any format — including, but not limited to digital files, digital prints, color transparencies, color prints, or black and white prints — so long as they are submitted electronically in a .JPEG .jpg, or.png form. Multiple exposures that have been combined to produce a single "High Dynamic Range" image are acceptable.
Entries should include metadata if at all possible. Caption information should include:
* Location (must be geotagged within boundaries of MC Park)
* Date and Time stamped
Previously published material for which non-exclusive rights were granted may be entered as long as you still maintain the right to grant us a license (see "Your Rights" below). You must be able to disclose when and where the photo appeared previously to MCPC upon request.
If you choose to include people in your submission, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary releases from the individuals depicted, and must be able to provide copies of those releases to MCPC upon request.
The following submissions are ineligible:
* Photos that violate or infringe upon another person's rights, including but not limited to copyright and photographs of persons without the necessary consent required by law in your jurisdiction. The MCPC reserves the right to require entrants to submit evidence of the subject’s legal consent to be photographed for the submitted photograph, which may include a signed waiver from the subject. NOTE: Waiver requirements vary by jurisdiction, and the entrant is responsible for obtaining a legally enforceable waiver from any photographed subject.
* The MCPC shall determine entry eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion.
Submissions may be watermarked if desired, but the watermark should be inconspicuous enough to not interfere with the judging of the photo. A watermarked photo might not be honored by the competition (at the judges’ sole discretion) if the photographer is unable or unavailable to provide a pristine, watermark-free version of the image when asked. Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit.
HOW TO ENTER
All images must be submitted to our photo contest via email: [email protected]
You may enter an unlimited number of times, but you may not use an agency or automated system to enter. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any additional entries or entries that do not comply with these Official Rules. By entering, you indicate your unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding. You cannot win a prize unless you comply with all requirements in these Official Rules.
Entrants may be asked to supplement their submission (such as with a paragraph about their photo or the highest resolution version of their photo) anytime on or after March 1, 2018.
JUDGING
Photos will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, artistic merit and subject matter relevance to wildlife and nature. Judging will be conducted by a panel of Conservancy employees and a group of guest judges to be selected by the MCPC at its sole discretion (the “Panel”). The Panel will evaluate all valid entries and pick the following winners as follows:
Overall (3 winners. 1 first prize, 1 runner-up, 1 second runner-up each selected): You’ve nailed it. Your images demonstrate the beauty in our park and wildlife in a spectacular way.
All potential winners will be revealed at our Volunteer Day on May 5, 2018.
All judging decisions are final. Please do not contact us about the status of entries or judging.
The MCPC will notify the winner via the contact information provided at the time of entry.
POTENTIAL WINNER REQUIREMENTS
Except where prohibited, a potential winner may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility, including proof of age, and liability/publicity release within 14 days. If a potential winner fails to return these documents on time, an alternate potential winner may be selected in his/her place.
PRIZES
The MCPC will award the following prizes:
* First Place $250; Second Place $150; Third Place $100
To the maximum extent permissible by law, All winners are responsible for paying any taxes and any and all other costs and expenses not listed above, including but not limited to customs fees if applicable.
QUESTIONS
Questions and inquiries about contest rules can be emailed to mcpcphoto[email protected]
YOUR RIGHTS
You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit -- including ownership if applicable.
If you submit a photograph to enter the Photo Contest, you grant the MCPC and the City of Brookhaven a royalty-free, nonexclusive right to:
* Display the photograph online at the MCPC and City of Brookhaven's website.
* Allow third-parties to share the photograph on social media.
* Use the photograph on the Internet and in
Social Media in support of our mission.
* Use the photograph in MCPCs internal and external communications materials including but not limited to web sites and web publications, fact sheets, fund raising publications, advertising, multimedia, presentation and membership services, annual report and MCPC newsletter.
* Provide your photograph to other individuals and organizations for Conservancy-related use in news stories, newsletters, reports, slide shows, displays, web pages, videos, membership premiums, and the like
* Use, in connection with the Photo Contest, your name, city, state and country of residence in promotions and other publications
* Retain a digital copy of your photograph that will be archived in the MCPC photo library and accessible to MCPC staff via the MCPC internal online photo archive
The MCPC will endeavor to credit all photographs with the caption "Person's Name" when the full name is available.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Photo Contest is impaired in any way, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either: (a) suspend the Photo Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Photo Contest; or (b) award the prize(s) from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and seek damages from any individual who tampers with the operation of the Photo Contest, violates these Official Rules, or acts in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Proof of sending any communication to Sponsor by mail shall not be deemed proof of
receipt of that communication by Sponsor. In the event of a dispute as to the owner of an online entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter will be deemed to be the owner. The Photo Contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.
RELEASE AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
By entering, you agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Facebook, their respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Photo Contest or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Photo Contest; (b) technical errors; (c) printing errors; (d) late or undelivered mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Photo Contest; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property. You waive the right to claim any attorneys’ fees and any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.