2nd Bird Photography Contest 2018: forest.goa.gov.in

2^nd Bird Photography Contest 2018 will be held as an event under the 2^nd Bird Festival of Goa 2018 which is organized by Goa Forest Conservation Network. The contestants of all the age groups and gender can participate in the contest. The entries for the 2nd Bird Photography Contest are to be made in online mode only and each of the participants can submit only 2 Photographs and Best Photographs of 2nd Bird Photography Contest will be printed in A3 photo print and exhibited by the organizers at the Bird Festival venue.

About Bird Festival of Goa: The festival will be held in Goa Forest Department from 12-14 January 2018 at Eco Tourism Complex of Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary. The events in this programme will be talks by the prominent ornithologist, workshops by professional photographers, and artists, guided birding trips and a first of its kind pelagic birding trip. One photo exhibition will also be there featuring some of the best works of different photographers, artworks and a special workshop on Origami. Registration forms will be available online and the last date to send your entry is 20 December 2017.

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2^nd Bird Photography Contest 2018 Dates

• Best photographs of the Vihang Bird Photography Contest will be printed on the A3 sheet and will be showcased by the organisers at the 2nd Bird Festival of Goa.
• The selected entries may be used or reproduced by the organisers for the educational and Promotional Purpose where the credits of the contestants will be acknowledged.

The participants are required to submit their photographs in online me only at the gbcn@gmail.com. Only 2 Photographs per candidates are allowed to be submitted. Before the submission of the application form, candidates are required to check the given below instructions related to the Photography Contest.

• It is an individual competition and there will be no teamwork.
• The photographs, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken by the Contest entrant.
• Images must be submitted with no borders and also no watermarks.
• EXIF information for the image must be intact to prove the date taken.
• All submitted images must be minimum 1024 pixel on the long side.
• All entries must be original (must show original RAW or JPG image file). Optimization of images or colour correction, colour contrast, brightness is acceptable, as is cropping.
• The file name has to be in the following format e.g. Ravi Desai_Shikra.
• The details of the photographer(name, contact No. & email id), location, date, time and caption is to be written on the back of the print.

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• Deputy Conservator of Forests,
  Wildlife & Ecotourism (South ) Division,
  Forest Department,
  2^nd Floor, Aquem,
  Margao- Goa. 403 601

  Phone : 0832-2756980, Fax : 0832-2756980
  Email: dcfwlsouth-forest.goa@nic.in

• Conservator of Forests,
  (Wildlife & Ecotourism),
  3r^d Floor, Ist Lift, JUNTA HOUSE,
  18^th June Road,
  Panaji – Goa. 403 001

  Phone : 0832-2422864, Fax : 0832-2422261
  Email: cofwl-fore.goa@nic.in

• Range Forest Officer,
  Cotigaon Wildlife Sanctuary,
  Poinguinim – Goa.
  Phone: 0832 2644263