CAPA – 2024 Nature/Wildlife Competition – Submission Deadline

Submission Deadline : Oct 04, 2024

06 images from the Club, all six (6) images must include images entered into 2 different themes and all images must comply with the respective theme definition.

• Botanical – ONLY wild plants photographed in their natural environment are permitted in this theme such as: flowers, scrubs, bushes, trees, fungi and algae.  Human created hybrid plants or “cultivated plants” are not permitted.  Cultivated plants are ones that are planted and maintained by humans as opposed to emerging naturally in the environment.  Wild flowers or plants grown in a botanical garden are accepted in this theme. In cases where a plant species is known to occur in the wild and has been cultivated by humans, the judging panel will give the image the “benefit-of-the-doubt” and accept the image as meeting the definition of this theme. “Hand-of-man” elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral part of the nature story (10% or less of total image area).

• Insects, Reptiles & Amphibians – such as: alligators, ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, crickets, crocodiles, dragonflies, frogs, gecko, hornets, iguana, lizard, mantis, mosquitoes, snakes, turtles, wasps, etc… “Hand-of-man” elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral part of the nature story (10% or less of total image area).
• Landscape – subjects such as weather phenomena, geological formations, landscapes, seascapes and natural phenomena, planets, stars and astronomical events. “Hand-of-man” elements shall not be present.
• Nature – such as living animals (including arthropodes such as: spiders & crustaceans), birds  and marine subjects – under the control and feeding of humans if not obvious – such as zoos, game farms, animal preserves, aquarium, etc… No domestic or escaped animals or birds are permitted in this theme (e.g. horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, camels, pigs, chickens, etc…). “Hand-of-man” is permitted in this theme provided that it is deemed as an element of an “adaptive environment” (e.g. barn owl) and consists of 10% or less of total image area.
• Wildlife –ONLY living and untamed wildlife mammals, birds and marine subjects. No traditional zoo, open-range zoos, game farms or other areas where animals/birds are restrained or confined and must be living free.
  Nature parks are considered natural environments because animals are not in “controlled conditions“.
  Wild animals and birds are permitted to have scientific bands, tags or radio collars but no tethers or harness attachment.
  No domestic or escaped animals or birds are permitted in this theme (e.g. horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, camels, pigs, chickens, etc…). – No hand-of-man is permitted.
  Wildlife images can also be entered into the Nature theme.