Registrations are open! It is possible to upload photos and videos to the contest until 1st December, 2018.

The Maria Luisa Memorial is calling the twenty-ninth edition of its photo and video contest, with the purpose of continuing with the promotion of the artistic, and at the same time, continue with the diffusion of the natural environment and with its necessary protection.

Mountain, nature, wildlife, mountaineering, climbing, landscape, underwater world, biodiversity, flora, extreme and adventure sports, etc. will be the reference of the edition in this contest one more year, not only in the photography categories but in the section dedicated to videos, films and documentaries as well

In addition, on this occasion, a new thematic category dedicated to photography and videos in the National Parks has been created, as a way to contribute to the commemoration of the Centennial of the Peaks of Europe National Park, the first park in Spain.

Year after year photographers from all over the world take part in this contest, having done it already from more than 100 different countries. With the passing of the years has become a meeting place not only for widely recognized international photographers, but also for undiscovered talent and new photographers.

With the rules, instructions and advice provided you will easily be able to prepare your photographs and/or videos to compete in a contest that lacks any commercial purpose, and in which, as usual, only you and your work will be the true protagonists.

One more year, good luck to everyone and good light.

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R U L E S

PARTICIPANTS
All photographers and filmmakers who so desire, amateur or professional, may take part. The participation fee for this year will be 22 euros (VAT included) for adult photographers, a single payment will allow competing in all categories including videos and films; for the novice-under 20 photographers, participation is free.

CATEGORIES
A/ Mountain Landscape: Captions showing mountains and their environment, in any of their forms.
B/ Alpinism: Captions showing alpinism, climbing on ice, mountain ski and the world of heights from a sports point of view, as well as the rest of the sports typical of high mountain and winter mountain.
C/ Mountain climbing: Captions showing rock climbing, bouldering and the vertical world.
D / Adventure and extreme sports: the purpose of this thematic category will be the photographs of all types of adventure activities and extreme sports which are practiced in the area mountains and nature, other than those referred to in paragraphs B / and C /, such as kayaking, highline, mountain biking, paragliding, mountain running, canyoning, caving, cave diving, scuba diving, wingsuit, surf, etc.
E / Man in the Mountain and / or Nature: the photos showing a sociocultural content referred to the native people of the mountains and to natural environments, as well as to their customs, traditions and ways of life, also those representative of hiking and trekking activities which can take place in these natural areas will fall within this category.
F/ Animal World: Any animal photographed in their environment.
G/ The world of birds: any bird photographed in their environment.
H/ Vegetal world: Any vegetal species photographed in its environment. Fungi are included.
I / Submerged World: The theme of this category are the photographs of fauna, flora and ecosystems characteristic of the submerged areas, both freshwater and saltwater.
J/ Biodiversity: captions in this category will show animals or plants in their natural habitat. Judges will take into account the link between the different species and their environment and, also, the image composition criteria on the environment. 
K/ Nature landscapes: Rest of landscapes not included in the A Category.
L/ Creative photo: Captions where forms, textures, colours, etc are determining in the composition. Abstract and creative photo.
M/ Macro picture: the world of the smallest ones. Macro photography.
N - Topic of the year: The photography in the National Parks: Its fauna, flora, landscapes and ecosystems as well as life forms that are peculiar to them and also any of the sports practiced in them.
O/ Videos, films or documentaries: Its conductor axis should be the mountain, nature and / or adventure, as well as sports and other activities that are practiced in those environments, referring to its theme to any of those described for the previous categories.

WORKS
 Photographs
Irrespective of the support employed in their execution, the works will be presented as digital archives in JPEG format, preferably with colour profile Adobe RGB 1998 and must be 1,920 pixels wide in its largest side, and a maximum weight of 2 MB (72ppp), no addings such as frames, borders or foot notes allowed.
There is a limit on the number of entries per person: five photographs per entrant in each category entered (5x14).

 Videos, films or documentaries.
Likewise, the works will be presented only as digital files, preferably in H.264 codec, with a maximum weight of 2GB, for the initial phase of the contest.

ADMISSION DATE
Until 1st December 2018. 

SUBMITTING
When you opt for postage mail, please send them to: "Memorial María Luisa" / Concurso de Fotografía de Montaña y Naturaleza / Apartado de Correos 19 / 33530 Infiesto (Principado de Asturias) - Spain.
The organization will inform each contestant by e-mail of the reception. 

PRIZES
 The Overall Winner of the "XXIX Memorial Maria Luisa", will be awarded a cash prize of 3.000 Euros *, a Trophy, a Diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala. The Overall Winner will be chosen from the fourteen category winners; the Jury will give the Prize to the most memorable & shocking caption. The overall winner will receive a cash prize 3.000 Euros, including the amount corresponding to his/her category.
* These amounts are subject to tax deductions that apply.
 Winner Prize of each Category: € 300, Trophy, Diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
 Young Photographers Prize: It will be awarded to the best photograph submitted by contestants not having reached the age of 20 years on 1 December 2018. It will consist of a Samsung Tablet 4G, trophy, diploma, book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
 Special award for the theme of the year: it will be a BN008 Citizen Watch, trophy, diploma, a book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
 Award for best video, film, documentary of 29 MML-Photo. This prize will be endowed with a voucher worth 3000 euros, which can be exchanged, directly and at the request of the winner, for products marketed by Foto Ruano, trophy, diploma, book portfolio and two invitations to the awards gala.
The Judges Panel will also grant the consolation prizes or honorable mentions as it deems pertinent in each of the thematic categories. 

Information and enquiries
Web: http://www.memorialmarialuisa....
E-mail: certamen@memorialmarialuisa.com

Telephone:: +34 609 82 33 10
“Memorial María Luisa”
Certamen Internacional de Fotografía de Montaña, Naturaleza y Aventura
Apartado de Correos 19
33530 - Infiesto - Principado de Asturias - Spain