Photo and video competition

Deadline: 1st December 2019

The Maria Luisa Memorial is calling, one more time, photographers and filmmakers, both amateurs and professionals, to the thirtieth edition of their contest, with the purpose of being able to find new and innovative images that allow us to continue with the promotion of the artistic work at the same time as with the diffusion of the natural environment and its necessary protection.

CATEGORIES
A/ Mountain    Landscape:Captions    showing    mountains    and    their environment, in any of their forms.

B/ Alpinism: Captions showing alpinism, climbing on ice, mountain ski and the world of heights from a sports point of view, as well as the rest of the sports typical of high mountain and winter mountain.

C/ Mountain climbing: Captions showing rock climbing, bouldering and the vertical world.

D/ Adventure and extreme sports:the purpose of this thematic category will be the photographs of all types of adventure activities and extreme sports which are practiced in the area mountains and nature, other than those referred to in paragraphs B / and C /, such as kayaking, highline,mountain biking, paragliding, mountain running, canyoning, caving, cave diving, scuba diving, wingsuit, surf, etc.

E/  Man  in  the  Mountain  and/or  Nature:the  photos  showing  a  socio-cultural  content  referred  to  the  native  people  of  the  mountains  and  to natural  environments,  as  well  as  to  their  customs,  traditions  and  ways  of life,  also  those  representative  of  hiking  and  trekking  activities  which  can take place in these natural areas will fall within this category.

F/ Animal World:Any animal photographed in their environment.

G/ The world of birds:any bird photographed in their environment.

H/  Vegetal  world:Any  vegetal  species  photographed  in  its  environment. Fungi are included.

I/  Submerged  World:The  theme  of  this  category  are  the  photographs  of fauna,  flora  and  ecosystems  characteristic  of  the  submerged  areas,  both freshwater and saltwater.

J/ Biodiversity: captions in this category will show animals or plants in their natural habitat. Judges will take into account the link between the different species and their environment and, also, the image composition criteria on the environment.

K/ Nature landscapes:Rest of landscapes not included in the A Category.

L/ Creative   photo:Captions   where   forms,   textures,   colours,  etc  are determining in the composition. Abstract and creative photo.

M/ Macro picture: the world of the smallest ones. Macro photography.

N -Topic of the year:Photography using drones, with aerial and zenithal perspective.The mountain, nature and adventure as well as the life forms that  are  their  own  and  any  of  the  sports  that  are  practiced  in  them, photographed using a drone, with aerial or zenithal perspective.

O/  Videos,  films  or  documentaries:  Its  conductor  axis  should  be the mountain, nature and / or adventure, as well as sports and other activities that are practiced in those environments, referring to its theme  to any of those described for the previous catego


Entry fee
 €22 for adult photographers.
Free for the young photographers (under 20).

Prizes
The overall winner will receive 3,000 €.
The category winner will receive 300 €.
Young Photographers Prize: Samsung Tablet.
Special award for the theme of the year: Citizen Watch.
Award for best video, film, documentary: voucher worth 3,000 € for shopping in Foto Ruano.