Hummingbird Print Photo Competition
Photographers – this is your chance to share your hummingbird images with an appreciative audience!
We are looking for portrayals of hummingbirds in their natural environment that capture their behaviors, habitats, or relationships with each other or other species.
Winning photographs will be displayed on the International Hummingbird Society’s website for one year, so be prepared to supply a digital copy of your photo with your signature/name embedded in the photo.
Entry is Easy!
- Maximum 3 photos per person
- Do not mat or frame your photos. Photos will be attached to a display system using a non-destructive method (but we cannot guarantee photos will not be damaged).
- Place a label on the back of each photo stating your name, the image title, and the species of hummingbird.
- On the Festival ticketing page, pay the $5 entry fee for each photo.
- Drop off your photos and a copy of your completed entry forms at the Festival Registration Desk on Thursday, July 25, between 9am and 3pm or no later than 10am on Friday, July 26.
Can’t attend the Festival? You can still use the registration page to pay your entry fee, then mail your prints (with your name, image title and hummingbird species labeled on the back) to:
International Hummingbird Society
P.O. Box 4222
Sedona, AZ 86340
Note: Mailed entries must arrive no later than Friday, July 19th
Image Requirements
Images shall be created by the photographer using in-camera techniques.
Normal processing of the original file is acceptable. That includes:
- Cropping
- Minor adjustments to color, white balance, tone, lighting levels and curves, shadows and highlights, saturation, contrast, sharpness
- Moderate dodging and burning
- Removal of dust spots and moderate reduction of image noise
- Adding a vignette
- Moderate background blurring
Disallowed Photographs
Photographs that have been digitally or otherwise altered beyond standard optimization will be disqualified.
That includes:
- AI-generated images
- Composite images such as sky replacement or combining elements from multiple photographs
- Images of the same subject that are combined in-camera or with software by focus stacking or exposure blending
- Images that have been manipulated by the addition, removal, or alteration (painting over, cloning, or blurring) of anything in the original subject and scene
- Signatures, watermarks or other identifying marks such as the photographer’s name.
- Changes in color so significant that the processed colors are widely different from the original colors
Print Size Requirements
Maximum 10”, minimum 6” on the longest side. 10” is the preferred size because it is easy to view.
Pick Up and Permissions
Photographers can pick up their prints at the end of the festival, but IHS is not responsible for returning them or for any loss or damage to them. Photos not picked up will become the property of IHS; the copyright remains with the photographer.
Photographers give permission to IHS to use the winning images on its website in relation to the contest and to promote future IHS contests. Should the IHS wish to use the image in advertising and marketing of the festival the photographer will be contacted for permission and will be credited.
Judging and Awards
Awards will be announced at the Festival at 2:15pm on Sunday, July 28.
First through fourth place awards will be given in two categories:
- People’s Choice: Festival attendees may vote for their favorites during the festival prior to 10 am on Sunday, July 28th.
- Judges’ Choice: determined by a panel of professional and expert bird photographers
Winning photos will be featured on the International Hummingbird Society home page for a full year.
Each person submitting photo(s) will receive a participation prize.
Bronzy Inca
Sponsors
Hummingbird Print Photo Competition
Photographers – this is your chance to share your hummingbird images with an appreciative audience!
We are looking for portrayals of hummingbirds in their natural environment that capture their behaviors, habitats, or relationships with each other or other species.
Winning photographs will be displayed on the International Hummingbird Society’s website for one year, so be prepared to supply a digital copy of your photo with your signature/name embedded in the photo.
Entry is Easy!
- Maximum 3 photos per person
- Do not mat or frame your photos. Photos will be attached to a display system using a non-destructive method (but we cannot guarantee photos will not be damaged).
- Place a label on the back of each photo stating your name, the image title, and the species of hummingbird.
- On the Festival ticketing page, pay the $5 entry fee for each photo.
- Drop off your photos and a copy of your completed entry forms at the Festival Registration Desk on Thursday, July 25, between 9am and 3pm or no later than 10am on Friday, July 26.
Can’t attend the Festival? You can still use the registration page to pay your entry fee, then mail your prints (with your name, image title and hummingbird species labeled on the back) to:
International Hummingbird Society
P.O. Box 4222
Sedona, AZ 86340
Note: Mailed entries must arrive no later than Friday, July 19th
Image Requirements
Images shall be created by the photographer using in-camera techniques.
Normal processing of the original file is acceptable. That includes:
- Cropping
- Minor adjustments to color, white balance, tone, lighting levels and curves, shadows and highlights, saturation, contrast, sharpness
- Moderate dodging and burning
- Removal of dust spots and moderate reduction of image noise
- Adding a vignette
- Moderate background blurring
Disallowed Photographs
Photographs that have been digitally or otherwise altered beyond standard optimization will be disqualified.
That includes:
- AI-generated images
- Composite images such as sky replacement or combining elements from multiple photographs
- Images of the same subject that are combined in-camera or with software by focus stacking or exposure blending
- Images that have been manipulated by the addition, removal, or alteration (painting over, cloning, or blurring) of anything in the original subject and scene
- Signatures, watermarks or other identifying marks such as the photographer’s name.
- Changes in color so significant that the processed colors are widely different from the original colors
Print Size Requirements
Maximum 10”, minimum 6” on the longest side. 10” is the preferred size because it is easy to view.
Pick Up and Permissions
Photographers can pick up their prints at the end of the festival, but IHS is not responsible for returning them or for any loss or damage to them. Photos not picked up will become the property of IHS; the copyright remains with the photographer.
Photographers give permission to IHS to use the winning images on its website in relation to the contest and to promote future IHS contests. Should the IHS wish to use the image in advertising and marketing of the festival the photographer will be contacted for permission and will be credited.
Judging and Awards
Awards will be announced at the Festival at 2:15pm on Sunday, July 28.
First through fourth place awards will be given in two categories:
- People’s Choice: Festival attendees may vote for their favorites during the festival prior to 10 am on Sunday, July 28th.
- Judges’ Choice: determined by a panel of professional and expert bird photographers
Winning photos will be featured on the International Hummingbird Society home page for a full year.
Each person submitting photo(s) will receive a participation prize.
Bronzy Inca
Sponsors