There are 3 photo categories and 1 video category: Every participant in ISTIB 11 can compete with a maximum of 5 images/movies per category, so 15 images and 5 movies in total. All images/movies must be taken by the participant. Allowed digital manipulations: HDR, focus stacking, dust spot removal, cropping and perspective correction, color optimalisation, noise reduction, … Not allowed digital manipulations: composite images, heavy Photoshopping, multiple exposures, memes, …
- Category 1: Animals. The photo shows living terrestrial isopods. They can be wild or captive, animal manipulation is allowed.
Category 2: Lab Research. The photo shows lab research aspects. This can be all kinds of settings: DNA-sampling, microscopical research, etc.
Category 3: Field Research. The photo shows field research aspects. This can be all kinds of settings.
Category 4: Videos. A short clip or an edited movie with terrestrial isopods or terrestrial isopod research as the main subject.
Technical requirements and participation in the contest: Photos must be e-mailed to photocontest@spinicornis.be. Please use a service like a Dropbox-link, Onedrive-link or Wetransfer. The deadline is July 10, 23:59h CET. The images must be at least 1500 pixels on the longest side and in JPG-format. Resolution (dpi) or filesize are not important. Rename the images with your initials, underscore, year, month, day, underscore, number (example: ABC_20210404_012345.jpg). Movies must be between 5 seconds and 120 seconds long, resolution is not important. Renaming is the same, but as extension all common formats are allowed (.mov, .mp4, …)
No text can be in photos or movies.Include a document with a summary of the images/videos with species and/or subjects/behaviour. Maximum 30 words per photo/video.
Jury-prize: A jury of professional photographers will choose the top 3 in each category and the 4 winners in each category will be announced and a prize will be sent.
ISTIB-prize: Every participant of ISTIB 11 can vote for his favourite 3 images in each category and the 4 winners in each category will be announced and a prize will be sent. Every participant can only win one prize. If someone wins multiple prizes, he/she will only recieve one prize + kisses.