- The Grand Prize (USD $120,000) will be chosen from any category available this season, and not only from the main theme.
- ‘The Moment’ will be the main theme of the Seventh Season of competition.
- The deadline for submissions will be on the 31st of October 2017 at 11:59 pm (UAE local time)
- Other categories in the Seventh Season are: General, Time-lapse (Video) and Portfolio.
- There are now THREE Special Awards for the Seventh Season and they are; ‘The Photography Appreciation Award’, ‘The Photography Content Creator Award’ and the ‘Emerging Person/Organisation in Photography Award’.
- Participants are allowed to submit a black and white photograph in all categories except for the ‘General Colour sub-category’.
- Submitted photo(s) must be in JPEG format, with high quality and resolution, of a minimum 5 MB in size. The minimum of the longest edge should be no less than 2000 pixel and the quality no less than 300dpi.
- There are various technical specifications related to the ‘Time-lapse’ category that must be met for submissions to be accepted. For all technical specifications for submissions and specific rules for this category – Click HERE
- Participants are requested to submit the RAW/original camera files at the time of uploading their photographs.
- Finalists in the ‘Time-lapse’ category will be required to provide sample photographs/video material to prove the authenticity of their submissions.
- Some form of editing and digital manipulation in submissions is permitted but this must be kept to a minimum and not affect the authenticity of the photograph.
- In the Portfolio category, participants are required to submit 5-10 photographs of the same subject.
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