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The Panasonic LUMIX AWARD is on the lookout for impressive shots of real-life moments to put on stage for the world to admire.
But never mind, the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD 2011 has many great artists and images to discover.
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*Plexiglas print formats will be selected according to the suitability of the original winning photo.
Monthly Prize:So grab your digital camera and join the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD competition. Every month, for the six months of the competition, you can enter a photo to the LUMIX AWARD. All you have to do is register and upload your digital photo (no scanned shots). The Panasonic LUMIX AWARD starts in October 2011 and ends in March 2012. The stage is yours!
The Theme Life is all around us: interesting people, unique places and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Express your personal eye for detail in the life you see around you. Days left You didn’t upload a picture this month Your entry will be reviewed shortly Upload your photo October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 February 2012 March 2012 E-Mail Forgot your password? Log in to your account Not registered yet? Password Create an account Log in Back Confirm password Continue E-Mail First name 1. Enter your login data Password Surname Back Continue Choose Country 2. Enter your contact data No. [Required in case of winner] Postcode Street Tel. Town Back 3. Legal Agreement Sign up Yes, I agree to the Terms and Conditions of the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD digital photography competition. An e-mail was sent to the e-mail address you provided. Please confirm your registration and activate your account by clicking on the link provided in the e-mail. Thank you for registering Please activate your account Welcome! Your account has been activated. You are now logged in. Back To create a new password, just enter the e-mail address you used to register. We will immediately send you an e-mail with a link to reset your password. E-mail Reset your password Send Did you forget your password? No problem. To create a new password, please follow the instructions within the email. Please check your e-mails An e-mail was sent to the e-mail address you provided. Confirm password Change your password Password Please enter your new password. Your new password is saved You can now use your new password to log in. Checklist Continue 1. Choose a photo Search file All material must be digital (no scanned hard copies allowed) The photo needs to have a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels The size of your file should not exceed 10MB Please upload JPG files only (no RAW files) Please note that you can only submit one photo per month Back Continue 2. Enter a title Title Back Continue 3. Check for conformity 1. No photos are allowed that could be deemed offensive or inappropriate to normal standards of decency. 2. No photos are allowed to contain copyright logos, trademark rights, other intellectual property rights, right of privacy and right to use of personal images. 3. Make sure the photo corresponds to the theme of the competition and is aesthetically relevant. 4. No low-quality or blurred photos and no analogue pictures are allowed. 5. Don’t composite, manipulate or post-produce photos, e.g. framework. 6. No watermarks, text, URL or other form of personal data is allowed. Back I expressly agree that my photo may also be published on Flickr. (This is optional and will not affect your chances of winning.) 4. Legal agreement I confirm to own all rights to the photo that I am uploading and have the consent of any persons shown. Submit photo To ensure that your photo complies with our Terms and Conditions, the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD competition committee will review your submission first.With kind regards,
The Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team
2. Entrants to the competition must be at least 18 years old. Underage individuals and other individuals limited in their legal capacity require their legal representative’s approval. The competition is not open to Panasonic employees or their family members.
3. No purchase or admission fee is necessary to participate.
4. This competition is only open to entrants from the countries listed in the language selection menu. Entrants from countries not listed may not take part in the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD competition.
5. The Promoter of this competition is:
Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH
Street address: Hagenauer Strasse 43
Postcode: 65203
City, Country: Wiesbaden, Germany
Managing Directors: Laurent Abadie, Werner Graf, Helmut Kuster
Amtsgericht Wiesbaden: HRB 13178
Ust.-Id.: DE118587560
EAR Reg.-Nr. DE 92081004
6. To enter the competition, entrants must submit their digital photos (‘material’) to the LUMIX AWARD website at www.lumixaward.com according to these Terms and Conditions. Correct entries will be reviewed, uploaded to the website and are then subject to selection for the monthly shortlist entries, according to these Terms and Conditions.
7. LUMIX AWARD categories
The competition has one category – ‘single image’.
The theme for the entries is ‘Life is a Stage’.
The size of your photos must be a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixels. Photos outside this range will not be accepted. The maximum file size for a single photo is 10MB.
8. LUMIX AWARD
The Panasonic LUMIX AWARD takes place from 5 October 2011 to 31 March 2012 (00:00 h CET). Photos submitted during this period enter the monthly competition and the final competition.
8.1 LUMIX AWARD monthly competition
For the competition in October 2011, photos submitted between 5 October and 31 October will be eligible for the monthly competition.
For the competition in the months of November 2011 to March 2012, photos submitted between the first day and last day of each month enter the respective monthly competition.
8.2 LUMIX AWARD final competition
The winners of the LUMIX AWARD monthly prize will also participate in the LUMIX AWARD final competition.
8.3 Each entrant can only submit one photo per month to the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD competition. Your photo is eligible for the competition once it has been approved by the LUMIX AWARD competition committee.
8.4 Entering the LUMIX AWARD
Submit your photographs taken with your digital camera.
8.4.1 Registration for the competition
The registration on the LUMIX AWARD website requests your account details. Please read and accept the rules and Terms and Conditions of this competition.
Please also check and accept if you want us to keep you updated on Panasonic corporate and product news, for example by sending you the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD newsletter, future Panasonic product promotions or special product offers.
8.4.2 Upload your photo following the technical specifications
Registered users will be able to view their selected submissions in their personal ‘My portfolio’ area of the LUMIX AWARD website.
9. The photos submitted for the LUMIX AWARD monthly competition can be assessed by other users on the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD website, on Facebook and via Google. The monthly shortlist consists of the five best photos determined by user voting and another five photos determined by the LUMIX AWARD jury. The LUMIX AWARD jury will finally determine the monthly winner out of the Top 10 shortlisted photos. The six monthly winners will be eligible for the LUMIX AWARD final competition. The LUMIX AWARD jury will select the final LUMIX AWARD winner.
10. LUMIX AWARD monthly prizes
At the end of each month, following the month of submission, the monthly winner will be announced on the LUMIX AWARD website (the last monthly winner for March 2012 will be announced by end of April 2012).
Each month, the following prize will be awarded: A print of the month’s winning photo on Plexiglas.
11. LUMIX AWARD final prizes
The Panasonic LUMIX AWARD final winners will be announced at the latest by 31 May 2012 on the LUMIX AWARD website.
1. First Prize:
One LUMIX DMC-GF3X Kit*, featuring the LUMIX GF3 and LUMIX G X VARIO 14-42mm Power Zoom Lens (H-PS14042).
Additionally, the first prize winner will experience – in line with the theme ‘Life is a Stage’ – how Panasonic exclusively displays the winning photo on a European stage.
2. Second Prize:
One LUMIX DMC-TZ20* 14.1 Megapixel Super-Zoom Travel Camera
3. Third Prize:
One LUMIX DMC-FT3* 12.1 Megapixel Rugged Outdoor Camera
*While every effort will be made to supply the prizes specified, in the event that they are not available, a product of equal value will be supplied. Colours will vary due to stock availability. Colours of cameras may vary to the ones shown here.
A payout in cash is excluded. The prizes cannot be altered or exchanged for cash. The prizes are not transferable to other persons than the participant.
The winners will be announced every month on the LUMIX AWARD website. The decision is final and the result of the decision will not be subject to review.
12. Winners will be notified personally by e-mail and winners must acknowledge their prize by contacting Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH within 21 days of notification. If the winner fails to contact Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH within the 21-day period, the prize will be withdrawn from the initial winner and another winner will be selected.
13. Prizes will be sent via post to the winners once they have acknowledged their prize with Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH. We may contact you by e-mail or by telephone to confirm that you have received your prize.
14. All material submitted must be free from third-party rights, including but not limited to copyright, trademark rights, other intellectual property rights, right of privacy, right to the use of the personal image, etc. Entrants will hold Panasonic harmless of all claims of third parties due to infringement of such rights. Panasonic may, at its sole discretion, disqualify from the competition any submitted material that could constitute breach of third-party rights.
15. The prize winner will be responsible for any taxes and/or additional costs that may be associated with the winning of the prize.
16. Panasonic will use the personal data provided by entrants for the performance of the LUMIX AWARD competition and in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions. Personal data (including e-mail addresses, etc.) relating to the entrant will not be transferred to third parties or shared with third parties for their usage. The only exception in this regard applies to LUMIX AWARD winners who expressly grant Panasonic permission to publish his/her name. For subscription to the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD newsletter, the data provided will be filed for distribution purposes. Subscription to the newsletter may be cancelled at any time via the link provided in the newsletter.
17. Entrants agree, in relation to any photos selected as winning photos, to grant Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH, Panasonic Corporation companies, and other members of the Panasonic Group (‘Panasonic’) and their respective agents a licence to use photos for 5 years at no charge for marketing and promotional activities, especially for publishing in the ‘Panasonic European General Audio Visual Catalogue’. Winners will be named as authors in any published reproduction of their photographs made by Panasonic or its agents. Furthermore, the entrant agrees that photos submitted may be published on third-party sites and in social media website communities.
18. The Promoter reserves the right to remove uploaded photos which it, in its sole discretion, considers may cause offence or may be unsuitable or inappropriate for this competition, for example (without limitation) because of their violent, criminal, religious, political, racial, sexual or exploitative content.
19. The Promoter accepts no liability whatsoever for any damage that may be caused by any prize awarded to any person in this competition.
20. If you agree, photos you submit to the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD digital photography competition will also be published on Flickr. With this agreement, you also accept that your photos are stored on Flickr, a free photo storage and sharing site owned by Yahoo!. The photos are uploaded to Flickr via an account owned by Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH. Panasonic reserves the right to only upload selected files to Flickr.
It is not possible to enter the competition via Flickr.
Participation is not dependant on the consent or rejection of the upload option to Flickr.
21. Any information and/or services provided by third-parties on the LUMIX AWARD website are the sole responsibility of the respective parties.
22. Additional information for users choosing the option to vote for photos via Facebook and/or Google:
The sharing of content (photos) and voting for the LUMIX AWARD photos is possible via Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) and via Google (http://www.google.com). The LUMIX AWARD competition is not connected to Facebook and/or Google and is neither sponsored, supported nor organised by Facebook and/or Google. Addressee of any information provided by entrants is neither Facebook nor Google, but Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH. Any questions, comments or complains about the competition are to be addressed to Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH.
22.1 The recipient of the information which you provide via Facebook Connect is Panasonic. Facebook receives the information you provide only indirectly, and to the extent described in Facebook’s own terms and conditions of use. Panasonic will only use the information provided for this promotion. Please note, however, that providing it may entail further use of it in accordance with Facebook’s terms and conditions of use, without Panasonic being able to prevent or influence that.
22.2 The recipient of the information which you provide via Google is Panasonic. Google receives the information you provide only indirectly, and to the extent described in Google’s own terms and conditions of use. Panasonic will only use the information provided for this promotion. Please note, however, that providing it may entail further use of it in accordance with Google’s terms and conditions of use, without Panasonic being able to prevent or influence that.
23. Any personal data will be treated confidentially and in accordance with the applicable laws. In addition to the above, the Terms and Conditions of use and Data Privacy regulations at www.panasonic.eu apply.
24. Should any provisions of these Terms and Conditions be void or invalid, this will not affect the validity of the remaining Terms and Conditions. These will be replaced with an appropriate provision that is most likely consistent with the original purpose of the invalid provision.
25. German law applies exclusively.
26. Data Protection
26.1 Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH is the responsible data controller in the sense of German Data Protection Law (“Bundesdatenschutzgesetz”).
26.2 First and last name, e-mail address and all further user information will be collected, processed and stored for the sole purpose of the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD, except otherwise expressly confirmed by the entrant.
26.3 Participants can revoke their consent to the use of data effective in the future by sending an e-mail to the following address: enter@lumixaward.com with subject matter “Revoke the consent”. The data will not be processed any longer and promptly, at the latest within 5 days deleted.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE REGISTERING. BY CLICKING THE ‘I AGREE’ BOX, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR CONSENT TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE COMPETITION. LEGAL RECOURSE INCLUDING THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT IS EXCLUDED.
Good Luck!
© 2011 Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH
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Unfortunately, your photo was not permitted for submission to the LUMIX AWARD 2011 competition for the following reason:
Your submitted photo does not provide the expected outstanding artistic merit, e.g. is a holiday snapshot. Submissions to the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD should ideally reflect an artistic value as well as be in line with the theme.
Why not try again! You can always submit another photo for entry to the competition. Our committee will then contact you shortly with information about the approval status.
Best regards,
Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team
Unfortunately, your photo was not permitted for submission to the LUMIX AWARD 2011 competition for the following reason:
It seems that the submitted photo has either been composited or undergone post-production changes, e.g. framework. The competition rules stipulate that only photos are accepted which have not been manipulated in any way.
Why not try again! You can always submit another photo for entry to the competition. Our committee will then contact you shortly with information about the approval status.
Best regards,
Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team
Unfortunately, your photo was not permitted for submission to the LUMIX AWARD 2011 competition for the following reason:
The content of your submitted photo is unsuitable for entry to the competition, as it may include scenes of blood, violence, racist content, imagery of a sexual or criminal nature and drug abuse. Photos may not show content that might be deemed offensive or inappropriate to certain religious or political groups. No form of exploitative content is permissible.
Why not try again! You can always submit another photo for entry to the competition. Our committee will then contact you shortly with information about the approval status.
Best regards,
Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team
Unfortunately, your photo was not permitted for submission to the LUMIX AWARD 2011 competition for the following reason:
The photo shows content which could lead to legal issues for Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH, for example a brand logo or famous personality. We are not authorised to post and use photos of celebrities and brands with third-party rights. This includes copyright, trademark rights, other intellectual property rights, rights of privacy and rights to use of personal images.
Why not try again! You can always submit another photo for entry to the competition. Our committee will then contact you shortly with information about the approval status.
Best regards,
Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team
Unfortunately, your photo was not permitted for submission to the LUMIX AWARD 2011 competition for the following reason:
The submitted photo contains a watermark, text, URL or other form of personal data The competition rules stipulate that only photos are accepted which have not been personalised by the photographer.
Why not try again! You can always submit another photo for entry to the competition. Our committee will then contact you shortly with information about the approval status.
Best regards,
Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team
Unfortunately, your photo was not permitted for submission to the LUMIX AWARD 2011 competition for the following reason:
Unfortunately, the submitted photo is of low picture quality or blurred. Please only submit photos that have been taken with a digital camera and are therefore of high quality, sharp and crisp.
Why not try again! You can always submit another photo for entry to the competition. Our committee will then contact you shortly with information about the approval status.
Best regards,
Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team
Unfortunately, your photo was not permitted for submission to the LUMIX AWARD 2011 competition for the following reason:
The submitted photo unfortunately misinterprets the competition theme ‘Life is a stage’. The visual or object does not correspond to the theme as explained on the Panasonic LUMIX AWARD website. Please refer to the description of the award’s theme for more information.
Why not try again! You can always submit another photo for entry to the competition. Our committee will then contact you shortly with information about the approval status.
Best regards,
Panasonic LUMIX AWARD Team