Abu Dhabi Through Your Eyes 2010-Photography Competition

For those who are into "Photography" and interested to join the competition. Hopefully I can find time to visit Abu Dhabi for some photo shoots to be able to submit my own entry here.

Entry Form: Click here

Online Submission: Click here

For more Information Read the Terms and Condition





TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Participants must submit entries with a completed competition entry form firmly secured to the back of the photographs and sealed in an envelope and then submitted in any of the drop boxes that are placed in prominent locations around the emirate of Abu Dhabi.


2. Photographic entries must be submitted by 6pm on 31 December 2010 by either drop box or online submission. Late entries will not be accepted.


3. Photographic entries should not be submitted twice. If a participant will submit through a drop box, he/she are not allowed to submit via online. The participation will be disqualified from the competition.


4. Participants can submit a maximum of four photographs. Please note that each photograph requires a separate entry form and placed all together in one envelope.


5. Incomplete entry forms or absence of required information may disqualify the entry.


6. Entries must be submitted as a digital file on a CD or memory stick together with a print (no larger than A4 size). Images submitted online should be uploaded via online submission page, along with the competition form.
   1. The name, email address and telephone number of the entrant must be written on the reverse of each print.
   
   
   2. The digital image must be of sufficient size and resolution for the judges to assess the sharpness and quality of the image (we recommend a minimum of 1800 x 2700 pixels) and not less than 300 dpi. Entrants may crop images before submission.
   
   
   3. Mobile phone shots will be disqualified from the competition.
   
   
   4. Prints/photographs must be free of any borders, watermarks or signatures and must not be digitally enhanced. Normal balancing and toning of a digital image is allowed, other electronic alterations or manipulations to images are not permitted.
   
   


7. Entry forms are available from www.brand.abudhabi.ae. Please see competition entry form.


8. The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers.


9. Submitted photographs must be the original work of the applicant and must not have been previously published.


10. Photographers must be UAE citizens or residents.


11. Winners will be notified by phone or email.


12. Winning entries must agree to provide OBAD the copyright of the winning images in exchange for the prize value. OBAD reserves the right to use photography of winners in the promotion of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as a tourist or investment destination.


13. Non-winning images will not be reserved under OBAD copyright.


14. Participation in the competition is at participants/photographer’s sole responsibility. Participants must comply with all applicable legislation and public moral in the UAE.


15. All participants must refrain from taking photographs of military bases or any unauthorized photography area in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.


16. Any commercial entities wishing to use non-winning photographs for commercial purposes will negotiate a separate usage fee directly with the winners (through OBAD).


17. The decision of the judges is final.


18. Entries will not be returned after submission to OBAD.