ENTRY RULES
(1) All entries must be contestant’s own creation.
A. The contestant must own full copyrights of the artwork. The contestant must not violate portraiture rights or enter the contest with the name or work of another person.
B. The photo entry must not be a winning entry that had participated in other photo contests or an entry that had been previously exhibited. If a third party disputes the winning work and the organizer confirms the dispute is true, the contestant is disqualified, the placing is not supplemented, and the reward is confiscated. It is the sole responsibility of the contestant; the organizer is not responsible for the violation of copyright or other related legal liabilities.
(2) Valid entries
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All submitted photo entries must be taken within 2 years (June 2023 ~ June 2025).
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Every entry must specify “notion of creation” and the entry should not convey false or misleading impressions.
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Each digital file name for an entry should be saved in the format of the Entry Title. For instance, for the entry titled 'Buddha Light Babies', the digital file name should be 'Buddha Light Babies.jpg'
3) Camera category requirements
i) Entries taken using traditional or digital camera.
ii) The photo file size should be between 5MB and 8MB, and the format must be JPG. The recommended dimensions are 2400x3600 pixels (width x height) with a resolution of 300 dpi. A maximum of three photos may be submitted. Please ensure the file name is correct before uploading.
iii) The work must be completed in one shot. Only brightness, contrast, color saturation, sharpness, and color shift corrections can be adjusted. Continuous operation, plagiarism, decoration, additive color, heavy exposure, modification, grid placement, and synthesis (including increasing or decreasing the elements of the original image), etc. will not be accepted.
iv) Every entry must also submit RAW file at the same time for inspection.
4) Mobile phone category requirements
i) Works taken with mobile phone or tablet, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android mobile phone and tablet, and Windows mobile phone.
ii) It is permissible to use the APP on the mobile device to edit the basic necessary images. Only brightness, contrast, color saturation, sharpness, and color shift corrections can be adjusted. Continuous operation, plagiarism, decoration, additive color, heavy exposure, modification, grid placement, and synthesis, including increasing or decreasing the elements of the original image, etc. will not be accepted.
iii) Other special effects or synthesis using PC are prohibited.
iv) Do not over-compress the picture. The image size must be more than 10 megapixels (10 million pixels).