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A photographic competition for images featuring albatrosses and petrels is being run by The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Prizes are to be awarded at the Fifth International Albatross and Petrel Conference to be held in Wellington, New Zealand over 13-17 August.

The museum is aiming to promote the work of seabird biologists and to create a forum where their images can be shared.  The museum also wishes to connect with the community of researchers and enthusiasts for these birds, becausE Te Papa is considering developing an exhibition about albatrosses in the future.

Categories

Best bird(s) portrait
At sea: extreme adaptations
Conservation messages: how birds are challenged in their life cycles by rapid changes to their environments
Researchers in action
Lonely islands: the life-ashore of seabirds and their breeding habitats or islands
Young photographer: marine bird images by photographers under 18 years of age.

Chatham Albatross at The Snares, New Zealnd.
Photograph by Matt Charteris

Prizes

A trip for two with Albatross Encounter, Kaikoura, New Zealand
Wildlife photography workshop with New Zealand photographer, Simon Woolf
Te Papa Press books
Vouchers for photographic material.

The judging will be carried out by a panel of independent judges appointed by Te Papa, and prizes will be awarded at a poster session of the International Albatross and Petrel Conference

To submit go to www.tepapa.govt.nz/albatrossphotos to enter your details and upload your images.  Dates for submission of entries are 13 July - 10 August 2012.  Entered photographs may also be viewed on the web site.

With thanks to Susan Waugh for information.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 14 July 2012