$70000 prize waiting for you A sky without the bird, a narrower world. Nature breeds birds in thousands of postures. Bird resources are precious natural treasures on earth.<br> On the occasion of the 6·17 Ai-Yakang World Bird Lovers Festival, guided by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation and organized by China Green Development Foundation for Bird Biodiversity Conservation Research Institute, the 6·17 Ai-Yakang World Bird Lovers Festival 2020 International Wild Birds Photography Competition was officially launched.<br> The competition will adopt the international general photography competition rules and all wild birds works took by photographers from China and around the world are all welcome to participate. Aiyakang, the world bird king, is with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon The theme of Competition:<br>A sky without the bird, a narrower world.<br>Guided by:<br>China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation <br>Organized by:<br>Bird Biodiversity Conservation Research Institute of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation<br>Supported by:<br>Sichuan Wanniao Culture Communication Co., Ltd<br>Medias included (in random order):<br>Xinhuanet, People's Network, CCTV, China Net, China New Network, Huanqiu.com, Guangming Online, Phoenix, Sohu, Tencent, Sina, CRI, China Daily, Dazhongnet, China.com, Qianlong.com, CNTV, Sichuan Daily, SCOL, zgceo, etc. <br>On June 17, 2019, the launching ceremony of aiyakang World Bird loving Festival (Wuhan, China) Ⅰ. Works accepted<br> The works accepted by this competition includes one category and two directories. <br> Category: Natural works. It does not accept any bird photos with any other foreign elements including but not limited to road, houses, fences, and wires, nor does it accept photos with bird nest, chicks, and bread-worms. <br> Directories<br> Directory 1: Wonderful Moment (natural works). This includes works that reflect the themes of wonderful moments, stories, relationships, humor, and others.<br> Directory 2: Birds and Environment (natural works). This includes works that reflect the relationship between wild birds and the ecological environment as well as that between birds and other animals.<br> II. Awards<br> 1)This competition has two directories, namely Wonderful Moment (natural works) and Birds and Environment (natural works). Prizes will be given to 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze, 6 Best, 20 Outstanding and 200 Finalists.<br> The photographer who gets the highest scores in total will be awarded as Master of 2020 International Wild Birds Photography.<br> Scores will be calculated as 6 points for Gold, 5 for Silver, 4 for Bronze, 3 for Best, 2 for Outstanding and 1 for Finalists.<br> 2)Prizes<br> A.Wonderful Moment (natural works)<br> 1 for Gold: US$10,000.00 with Gold Medal, Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 1 for Silver: US$5,000.00 with Silver Medal, Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 1 for Bronze: US$2,000.00 with Bronze Medal, Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 3 for Best: US$1,000.00 with Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 10 for Outstanding: US$500.00 with Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 100 for Finalists: Honor Certificate.<br> B.Birds and Environment (natural works)<br> 1 for Gold: US$10,000.00 with Gold Medal, Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 1 for Silver: US$5,000.00 with Silver Medal, Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 1 for Bronze: US$2,000.00 with Bronze Medal, Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 1 for Best: US$1,000.00 with Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 3 for Outstanding: US$500.00 with Trophy and Honor Certificate.<br> 100 for Finalists: Honor Certificate.<br> C.Special Award will go to the winner of the Master of 2020 International Wild Birds Photography, who will get US$20,000.00 with Trophy for Master of 2020 International Wild Birds Photography and Honor Certificate.<br> III. Requirements on Works Submitted<br> The competition only accepts works submitted in digital photos and<br> 1)Works: all digital photos shall be submitted to the email shown on the page of “I want to participate” provided the website. <br> 2)Format and Size: JPG only.<br> a. Maximum 1920 pixels allowed for horizontal, vertical and long edges. <br> b. 300 dpi.<br> c. Maximum 3MB.<br> 3) When uploading the works for the competition, participants should also upload the original document (not JPG format), that is, the document that comes directly out from the digital camera, with camera specification, shooting time and relevant parameters but without being edited in any aspects.<br> 4) Assessment: All referees of this competition will be viewing works from all participants through the big screen with the projector in the venues designated by the organizer. The digital projector has a resolution of 1920x1080 and an RGB color space, ensuring that all works will be displayed at the optimum resolution.<br> 5) Color space: It is suggested that all Contestants set the color space at sRGB before saving the works in JPG so that it will fully present the best quality and color when displayed and viewed by the referee.<br> IV. Competition Rules<br> This competition will adopt the rules suggested by FIAP.<br> All works participating must comply with national laws and regulations. And the original works, filming and post-production work must all be completed by the author himself and copyrighted.<br> This competition is for a global draft. The organizer and the referee reserve the right, in their reasonable judgment, to cancel works that do not meet the rules and conditions for participation. <br> V. Participating Conditions<br> 1)Contestants in each category can cast a maximum of 10 works;<br> 2)Each work must have a title. The title of the work needs to be indicated in English (translated by the sponsor); No punctuation marks such as !@#$^&*()|+:"<>? are allowed;<br> 3)The title shall be not more than 35 characters including spaces.<br> 4)Works of similar style and subject matter can not be submitted in both directories.<br> 5)Works in each directory will be viewed and scored by referee ingress made up of three referees.<br> 6)All contestants must own the copyright to their works, and the organizers of this contest shall not be liable for breach of contract or copyright abuse.<br> 7)All works must be completed by the contestants only through the traditional photosensitive film or digital photosensitive elements. The submission of works means that the contestants guarantee that the works submitted are original, and the sponsor has the right to use the works free of charge and can reuse these images for promoting, publishing and exhibiting purposes that are related to the competition, which includes the use of low-resolution images on the relevant websites.<br> 8)ed on the subject matter of the works, contestants are allowed to modify their works electronically or otherwise (for example, post-processing images using image processing software such as Photoshop or Lightroom is accepted), but they shall all comply with the competition rules, i.e. contestants can only crop the original image and adjust technical indicators such as exposure, color, saturation, sharpness, etc., but the original pixels in the screen cannot be modified. The organizer will take good care of the works, but will not be liable for damage or theft or loss of works during transportation or transmission.<br> 9) Each contestant can submit 10 photos at most in each directory and no works will be accepted after the deadline.<br> 10) Contestants and keen photographers will be welcomed to be presented when the referees are reviewing and scoring the works. However, the results from the referees will be final.<br> 11) The referee committee reserves the right to decide the directories that work belong to.<br> 12) The referee committee reserves the right to interpret the competition rules. VI. Time, Submission Page and Payment for Participation<br> 1)Time for submitting works: Feb. 1, 2020, to March 30, 2020 (GMT+8);<br> 2)Submission Page: please fill in all relevant information and submit all works on the “I want to participate” page.<br> 3)In order to comply with international competition rules and ensure that the works submitted are of good quality, this competition will charge participating fees from all contestants: 10 photos maximum for each directory and 20 photos maximum for one contestant. RMB20.00/photo will be charged. More than 1 photo put in 1 JPG will not be accepted.<br> 4)Should you have any question, please contact the following:<br>Name: Feng Jihao<br>Wechat/Mobile No.: 139-8164-9252<br> 5)<br> A. Email for accepting works: Office@sjanw.com<br> B. Agent pls. contact Feng Jihao (Wechat/Mobile No.: 139-8164-9252.<br> VII. Others<br> 1)Award Ceremony for this competition will be held in the hometown of the panda, Ya’an, Sichuan, China on June 17, 2020.<br> 2)All award winners are obliged to pay personal income taxes.<br><br> 6·17 Ai-Yakang World Bird Lovers Festival<br>2020 International Wild Birds Photography Competition<br> Feb. 1, 2020 Work photo of aiyakang, world bird King (Please scan the above QR code and send the screenshot for the payment together with the works to designated email address.)