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How the Contest Works

  • All photos must be RGB or Greyscale JPEGs, minimum size 1000x1000 pixels.

  • Only one image can be entered per contestant for each round of the contest.

  • All entries must be submitted via our contest submission form, photos received via email or by other means will not count.

  • Only registered members will be able to vote for the entered photos, and if you have an image in the contest, you will not be able to vote for your own entry.

  • The winner will be determined 50% by public vote, 50% by the judges' votes.

  • All entries must be submitted before each week's deadline. The deadlines can be found here.

  • Once an entry has been submitted it cannot be changed, so make sure you submit the correct and final version of your image.

  • We do not accept prints or slides for the contest, these must be scanned to be submitted.
 

Full contest terms and conditions:

 
  1. Each photographer may only submit one entry per contest round. To be eligible to submit images to the contest, a fast and simple signup as a registered user at www.crestock.com is required. Participation is free of charge. Crestock.com employees, contest judges and their immediate family may not participate.
  2. Submitted photos must relate to the stated subject of the respective contest rounds. Beginning with Round 2, due to the overwhelming interest in the contest, all entries will be put through a pre-voting selection process, based on this criteria.
  3. Post-processing is allowed, including adjustments of colour levels, contrast and similar corrections and manipulations. The addition of elements not found in the original image is not allowed. In cases of doubt, the jury and/or the Crestock staff may request to see the original image file.
  4. Submitted entries must be free of signatures, frames or similar elements that are not part of the actual photograph.
  5. All photos must be RGB or Greyscale JPEG files, minimum size 1000x1000 pixels, maximum 6000x6000 pixels.
  6. All submissions for the contest must be made through the competition form. Photos submitted by e-mail, or as slides, prints etc, will not be eligible for consideration in the contest.
  7. Submissions must be accompanied by a description written by its creator, preferrably describing both the image in itself, and the process of creating it and/or any special methods used.
  8. By submitting a photograph to this contest, the photographer confirms that he/she is the creator of the photograph, and is in legal possession of its copyrights. The photographer retains the copyright of the photograph.
  9. All entries must be submitted before each week's deadline. Once an entry has been submitted it cannot be changed.
  10. The submitted photographs will be displayed without watermarks at a size of 500 pixels high/wide on the www.crestock.com website.
  11. By submitting a photograph to this contest, the photographer grants Crestock the rights to freely publish said image online or in other media in relation to the contest, without remuneration.
  12. Photos submitted for the contest will not be entered into our image collection or re-sold in any way.
  13. Crestock reserves the right to remove material deemed to be abusive, harmful, harassing, pornographic or in other ways unsuitable for display at www.crestock.com. We reserve the right to use our discretion on this point.
  14. The winner of each round is determined 50% by public vote, and 50% by votes from a jury of highly qualified judges. To be able to vote in the public vote, you must register an account at Crestock.
  15. The submission with the highest score wins. If there is a draw, the judges' vote gets preference. The winner decision will be final, no discussion will be entered into.
  16. After the votes cast have been tallied, the winner will be asked to submit the original image file for his/her submission, for examination by the judges and Crestock. If this examination reveals a breach of contest rules/requirements, Crestock may at their discression disqualify the winner. Failure/refusal to submit the original image file for examination, will result in the disqualification of the photographer, and the photographer in second place will move up to first place.
  17. Any one person may only cast a single, positive vote for each contest image. To be eligible to vote, you must register as a user at www.crestock.com, which is 100% free of charge. Attempts at obtaining added personal voting power by registering multiple accounts, or otherwise exploit the system, is strictly forbidden, and attempts at doing so may result in the voiding of votes cast and/or the removal of any entries submitted by the offender. The maximum number of eligible votes from any single organisation or IP location is 5. Our decision in this respect will be final, no correspondence will be entered into.
  18. Crestock reserves the rights to, if necessary, modify the rules and/or proceedings of the contest, in order to ensure a fair contest. Crestock has taken the necessary steps to monitor the contest in its entirety, and will actively root out any users attempting to cheat.