International Garden Photographer of the Year

Most likely you have heard of the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London. If you ever get the chance to visit London, be sure to add the Kew Gardens to your "bucket list".

The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens run an ongoing photography contest known as the "International Garden Photographer of the Year" which has 4 seasonal contests each year, plus one annual garden photography contest per year. 2011 marks the 5th year of the contest.

The first of the "4 seasons" contests for 2011 is for monochrome and toned photographs. There's a good post at their blog on how you might turn some of your own color photos into black and white or toned photos at http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/monochrome.htm.

For more information on the "International Garden Photographer of the Year" contests, visit the IGPOTY site at http://www.igpoty.com.

Fuchsia Flower, Sepia

See some of my monochrome floral art.

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International Garden Photographer of the Year Contest



Ranunculus Flower Print
(c) John Corney 2010

 You probably don't have to dig too deep into your computer hard drive to find something to enter into the International Garden Photographer of the Year contest. After all, who doesn't have photos of flowers?

The contest is hosted by Kew Gardens in London, perhaps the most famous botanical gardens in the world. The categories to which you can enter photos are:

Plant Portraits

Garden Views
Wildlife in the Garden
People in the Garden
Wildflowers
Trees
 
The £10 British pound (approx $16US) entry fee is levied for each category you enter. Each £10 fee allows you to enter up to 4 images in that category. You may enter as many categories and photos as you like.
 
Cash prizes are generous - £5000 for the grand prize winner. There is also a portfolio prize of £2000.
There's not all that much time left to enter - entries close at midnight on November 30th GMT. (There's a countdown clock on the competition homepage that will help you determine the equivalent of Big Ben striking midnight in London on November 30th wherever it is that you live.
 
All the details of the contest can be found at http://www.igpoty.com/.



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