2012 Photo Contest for 2013 Calendar

ENDS September 1, 2012

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and 2011's Photo Contests were very popular, with hundreds of entries. The winning photos go into the HU Calendar, (2012 available here), and the calendars have proved to be very popular too! Photos from previous years will continue to be available in 2012 and beyond calendars in case you really like the photos from a particular year.

The contest is an annual event for travellers to showcase their best photographs from their travels around the world, so get your entry in soon! Enter your first photo here!

Check out this years fantastic prizes from Compass Expeditions and Progressive Suspension!

Grand Prize 2011 Winner - by Anna & Claus Possberg, Germany. Mount Everest Base Camp, Tibet; BMW F800.
Anna & Claus receive the Progressive Suspension Makeover prize.

Prizes

Grand Prize is a South America Tour with Compass Expeditions!

28th Dec 2012 to 5th Jan 2013 - This wonderful 9 day tour by Compass Expeditions explores the scenic wonderland of the famous Chilean Lakes District, the frontier lands of Chiloe Island and the epic riding experienced as you cross the Andes and ride into Argentina. As with all Compass Expeditions rides the lucky winner will be aboard a BMW F650GS Twin. Approximate Value at time of writing: $3990. You are responsible for your transport to the start point of the Tour. Airfares and transport are NOT included.

First Prize For Suzuki DL1000 / 650, Kawasaki KLR650, BMW F650GS / F800GS entries wins a Progressive Suspension Makeover, approx value US$650, shipped to your door.
(Winners responsible for any customs and duties payable. Progressive Suspension is awarded rights to use the Photo in promotion and advertising).

The new Progressive Suspension PSi - 465 Series Shock

Second Prize photo gets an HU Fleece jacket and t-shirt, and the latest Road Heroes DVD!

ALSO: The best 13 photos will be used in the calendar, and those photographers will share equally in half the proceeds. All Winners will also get a free 2012 calendar, and 1 year Gold Member status on the HUBB! Your photos could also be in the "Achievable Dream" DVD series!

Previous Winners:

Grand Prize 2010 Winner by Eric Starling, USA, Under dark skies at Muley Point, UT, Wet West Ride, XR650L, F650 GS Dakar TT39, F800 GS.
Eric receives the Touratech Trackpicker Qstarz BT-Q 1000 X prize.

First Prize 2010 by Peter Russell, of Petra Russell, Canada; Riding on the coastal dunes outside Huarmey, Peru, from Buenos Aires to Toronto; 2009 KLR650
Peter receives the Progressive Suspension Makeover prize.

First Prize 2009 Contest: Stefan Cedergren, Sweden; Dades Gorge, Morocco, waiting for the traffic to pass

First Prize 2008 Contest: Tyson Brust, Canada; of Jose Rodriguez, riding the rim of Guagua Pichincha volcano, Ecuador.

First Prize 2007 Contest: Photo by Stefan Thiel, Germany, www.stefan-thiel.info; of Giancarlo 'Carlo' Albrecht (Germany); On the piste from Rissani to Zagora in Morocco, Honda Transalp.

First Prize 2006 Contest: Photo by Michel de Schoutheete; Gerald Regnier crossing a bridge in Park National Torres del Paine, Chile.

First Prize 2005 Contest: Erling Foshaugen, Norway; Curious kid, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, R80GS Basic

Details:

Submit up to 6 photos, in high resolution jpg or tif format using the form below.
Photos must clearly portray MOTORCYCLE Travel. The whole bike doesn't need to be in the picture, but it must be obvious that it's a motorcycle trip.
Copyright remains with the photographer, but Horizons Unlimited (HU) requires the right to:
- publish the photos on the Horizons Unlimited website as we see fit,
- in Horizons Unlimited DVD's, and
- in the Horizons Unlimited Travellers Calendar. If used in the Calendar, you will receive a portion of the proceeds.
- You will always get credit for your photo wherever it's used.
If you are NOT THE PHOTOGRAPHER - please don't submit it!
For the contest entry, you can send any file size from 800x600 up. We MUCH PREFER full 2300x1800+ pics ready to use.

BUT to be a winner, so we can publish the calendar, you must have available at least 2300x1800 (2272 x 1731 will BARELY do) pixel or greater files, at a high jpg quality. Either dimension or both can be larger!
PLEASE don't submit a photo if you don't have this resolution! Lower resolution photos CAN NOT be used.
Photos will be printed at 8.5 x 11 inches (A4/letter).

Remember, contest closes September 1, 2012, so get your entry in soon!

Enter your First photo here:

(subsequent photos get a much simpler form!)

First Name * (*=required field)

Last Name *

Country *

HUBB User Name

Email *

Mobile or Phone number - including country code

* I agree to the Contest Terms:
Copyright remains with the photographer, but HU requires the right to publish the photos on the HU website, in HU DVD's, in HU Promotional material, and in the HU Travellers Calendar, as we see fit. If used in the Calendar, you will receive a portion of the proceeds. The photographer will always get full credit for the photo.

Prize awards:
Winners are responsible for any customs and duties payable.
Progressive Suspension is awarded rights to use the Photo in promotion and advertising.
For the award of the Tour prize from Compass Expeditions, you are responsible for your transport to the start point of the Tour. Airfares and transport are NOT included.

By submitting your photo, you affirm that you agree to all terms and conditions.

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ALL the photos I submit ARE MINE, and are the original, best quality version.
If no, please clarify in the comments.
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We need a GOOD caption for each photo:

Who is in it, who's the photographer, where it is, what year the photo was taken, on what trip/tour, bike model and year e.g.

E.g. "Photo by Joe Blogs, of Mrs. Emily Blogs, Canada; Riding through the mud in Smalltown Cambodia, on our RTW tour, F650GS"

To make admin easy - in other words make sure you get credit for your photo, and we label it correctly,

Please Rename the file BEFORE you upload it to EXACTLY this format:

FirstName-LastName-1-Description-Location.jpg
FirstName-LastName-2-Description-Location.jpg

etc.

NO spaces and NO Áccéñted Chârâctérs in the file name please.
File name can be up to 200 characters total.

Photos not in the above format are lost in the midst of others improperly labelled, and we have no way to connect you to your photos. Sorry!

Find your RENAMED photo to upload. If your name isn't on it, it's lost!

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Note - maximum file size is 16mb, and files must be *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.zip or *.png only.

remember, NO Áccéñted Chârâctérs!

HINT: IMG_123456.jpg just doesn't work for us...

Comments, notes: (not required)

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:

Contest closes September 1 2012!

AFTER submitting this form:

You MUST receive a confirming email within a few minutes after the upload is finished. If you do not receive it within about ten minutes, there is a problem with your email address and you will NOT be entered in the contest. Don't forget to check in your "junk" or "spam" etc folders in your email program. If it still isn't there, resubmit the above form, (without uploading the picture again,) with the correct address.

NOTE: You will receive one email for each photo.

We accept no responsibility for lost, mislabelled, incorrectly uploaded etc pictures.

It will take a while for the file to upload - be patient and do NOT retry/resubmit unless you get an error message!
You will get an error message if there is a problem, or the next page to upload your second photo.