The 1st Photo Nature Brazil is a contest and exhibition of nature photography of national character organized by Ong União Pró Jahu, Jaú - São Paulo.

Photo Nature only has one general category of nature with sending digital photo archive. The applicant may register and send four photos.

<b>Beginning of the entries: 12.02.2017
Closing date: 30.04.2017
Judgment: 01 - 21.05.2017
Result and Notification: 28.05.2017
Date of Exposure: 10.06.2017
Sending of catalogs 15.08.2017</b>

Participation fee is mandatory for all participants is 7 USD or R$ 20,00 for a section. The fee can be paid:
• Via Pay Pal will be 7 dollars through the email: [email protected]
• Via bank transfer of R$ 20.00 to Banco do Brasil – Agency 6527-7 account nº 19.377-1 Variation 51

Photo Nature Brasil is open to amateur and professional photographers all of Brazil.

Entries must originate as photographs (images captured from objects by sensitivity to light) made by the participant in photographic emulsion or digitally acquired.

The contest is open to anyone over 18 years of age on the date closure of applications. However, an entry can be rejected when the organization, in its reasonable discretion, believes that the entry is not according to the rules and conditions of the exhibition. There are no restrictions on the nature category except as described in rules and definitions by presenting an entry, the participant certifies the work as your own. The participant allows the organizers to reproduce all or part of the material inserted free of charge for publication and / or media related to the contest and the exhibition. This may include posting in a website or social network.

Note: Participants who indicate that their images cannot be reproduced or used "shall not be eligible for prizes" or the inclusion in audiovisual works of the contest and exhibition "and may be subject to disqualification" by the organizers.

Images can be treated, either digitally or otherwise subject to restrictions of the nature category. It is mandatory to the EXIF data intact in the uploaded files, in order to facilitate any investigations.

Photographs of the authors will be submitted as follows: upload through of our website:
www.photonature.com.br (Form completed online)

To participate in the 1st Photo Nature Brasil, the authors will submit the papers in black and white or in colors.
The maximum number of photographs is 4 (four) per author. No title or the author's ID must be written anywhere on the face of the image. Not even dates produced by the camera. The four a participant will be evaluated by all judges.
<b><i>Photographs must be submitted in digital format, in maximum dimensions of 3000x2000 pixels at 300 dpi in jpg file and sRGB color space. In maximum size of 4Mb. </b></i> The file should be named with the title of the photo itself. Titles cannot be repeated and all photos must have title.
The file should be named with the title of the photo itself. Titles cannot be repeated and all photos must have title.

<b>Evaluation of the work and body of evaluators</b>
The evaluation will be carried out in an appropriate monitor for this purpose. The evaluators submit the photos in accordance with the definitions and criteria set out in this Regulation. By giving notes all the photos submitted in this contest.

<b>Body of evaluators</b>
<b>Flávio Ubaid</b> - Biologist, photographer and university professor
<b>Guilherme Simões</b> - Photographer, printer and owner of Arte em Giclê
<b>Haroldo Palo Jr. </b> - Brazilian photographer, documentarist, naturalist and owner of Vento Verde Editora
<b>Lourdes Salarini</b> - Photographer, participates in Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante
<b>Paulo Guerra</b> - Photographer and Moderator of WikiAves

The Photo Nature Brazil Competition will be awarded:
• Gold Medal
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medal
• 12 Honorable Mentions:

- Best wildlife photo
- Best bird photo
- Best macro photo
- Best photo of flora
- Best landscape photo
- And 7 other Honorable Mentions at the discretion of the body of evaluators

Acceptance in the contest will respect the international standard of up to 25 per the number of photos entered. Among the photos accepted, will be the winning photos.
The prized photos will be printed and exposed at first in the city of Jaú, State of São Paulo.
After the result, the authors of all the winning photos should send via email a description of your photos: title, date, location, name of the and how was the process of image capture to facilitate the dissemination communication and complete the registration, being able to compose the catalog.

Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to describe all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, such as a well-informed person will be able to identify subject and certify your honest presentation.
• The narrative value of a photograph must be weighed more than the quality pictorial, while maintaining the high technical quality.
Input Conditions Checklist
• Human elements should not be present.
• Scientific bands and rings, scientific tags or radio tags on animals are allowed.
• Photographs of hybrid plants, cultivated plants, wild animals, or captive specimens are not eligible, as manipulation that changes the truth of the photographic statement.
• Techniques that add, reposition, replace pictorial elements, except for cutting.
• Techniques that improve the presentation of the photograph without alter nature's history or pictorial content, or without altering the contents of the original scene. Stacking of focus or technique that does not content will be allowed.
• Techniques that remove elements added by the camera are allowed, such as dust spots, digital noise and film scratches.
• Mounted pictures or photo mounts are not allowed.
• All allowable settings should look natural.
• Color images can be converted to monochrome grey.
• Infrared images, direct captures or shunts are not allowed.
Images inserted in the category of nature that meet the definition of nature photography above may have landscapes, geological formations, meteorological phenomena and existing organisms as the main subject.
This does not include images taken with subjects under controlled conditions, such as zoos, animal screening center, botanical gardens, aquariums and any room where the subjects are totally dependent on the man to feeding. Or even, animals captured momentarily with objective scientific.
Therefore, photos are taken in Brazil:

• Native fauna
• Native flora
• Natural landscapes
• Astronomical photography
• Macro photography
• Underwater photography

Notification cards will be sent by email.
All participants in the competition (the authors who presented papers and paid the participation fee) will receive a pdf catalog of the photos.

Contact: Paulo Guerra, e-mail: [email protected]