Wonderful Wild Wetlands Photography Competition
Wonderful Wild Wetlands Photography Competition
Over €500 in prizes
Closing Date Friday 17th January 2014
To help celebrate International Wetlands Day on 2nd February, Wexford County Council in partnership with the Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee is holding an amateur photography competition.
There are two competition categories with 18’s and under and over 18’s categories in both;
- ‘Wetlands in Wexford’ - County Competition, photographs may be taken in any location in Wexford
- ‘Wetlands and Farming’ - National competition, photographs may be taken anywhere in Ireland.
‘Wonderful Wild Wetlands’ Photography Competition
The value of wetlands in the Irish landscape is that wetlands embody and sustain a substantial percentage of our natural and cultural heritage in Ireland hosting a complex interaction of water, soil, plants and animals that fulfil many basic functions and provide important ecological services as well as being places of inspiration and consolation.
How to Enter
The winning images will be displayed in a special Wetlands photographic exhibition to be held in the County Hall, Wexford County Council during International Wetlands Day on 2nd February 2014.
Competition Guidelines:
- All photographs must be original work, submitted as 10” (25cm) X 8” (20cm) hard copy, unframed and on digitally on disc (original copies will be available for collection after exhibition)
- Please include competition category being entered, location and date photograph was taken.
- Title, name, age (if 18 and under), address and contact telephone number on each entry.
- Maximum of 2 entries per competitor.
- 2 categories - Adult (over 18’s) Junior (18 and under).
- Photographs can be in black & white or colour.
- Wexford Local Authority Employees are not eligible to enter.
- The decision of the judging panel is final.
- Please note you need a licence to take photographs of breeding birds, or any protected species at or near their breeding site. These can be sought from www.npws.ie.
Contact
Niamh Lennon, Biodiversity & Forward Planning, Wexford County Council, County Hall, Carricklawn, Wexford.
Email: niamh.lennon@wexfordcoco.ie
For more information please see www.irishwetlands.ie and www.wexford.ie
