This Wildlife only competition will be between the Northern Ireland Photographic Association (NIPA) and the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF). The definition of Wildlife will be as per FIAP rules. While this is competition between the respective Nature Groups, the entry will be an individual one, with no selection process. The competition will be hosted by alternative organisations, with the IPF hosting the first one in November 2018. NIPA will host it in 2019. It is a PDI only competition.

In Summary:

This will be an annual competition hosted by alternative organisations.
It will be PDI only.
Closing date for entries will be Sunday 29th December 2019, emailed to northvsouthnature@gmail.com
There is no entry fee.
Entries will be restricted to Wildlife only as per FIAP rules.
Entries will be limited to 4 PDIs per person. They should be jpg format, not exceed 1600px by 1200px and be in the sRGB colour space.
The format of file names is not important so long as we can identify the author e.g "ImageTitle_YourName_Your Club"
3 prizes will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd, with certificates for other placed images, 2 highly commended and 3 commended.
Where the top images score the same mark, the judge will be asked to pick their 1st, 2nd and 3rd and placed images.
The overall honours will go to the organisation with the highest score after summing the scores of the top 30 images from each organisation.
No trophy will be awarded for the top organisation, just the honour of winning.
Date: 1pm, Saturday 18th January 2020
Venue: Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Oxford Island National Nature Reserve, Craigavon, Co. Armagh, BT66 6NJ Google Maps

Inter-Regional Wildlife Competition

In its 4th year this Wildlife only competition (following the definition of Wildlife as per FIAP rules) is between the Northern Ireland Photographic Association (NIPA) and the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF). While this is a competition between the respective Nature Groups, the entry will be an individual one, with no selection process. This year the competition results and feedback will be hosted by the NIPA via Zoom on Saturday 22nd January 2022

Judges: Dr. Roy Anderson B.Sc. 2.1 Hons, Ph.D.

Victoria Hillman MSc in Wildlife Biology and Conservation

In Summary:

1. This is an annual competition hosted by alternative organisations.

2. It is for PDI only.

3. Closing date for entries will be Saturday 18th December 2021, emailed to northvsouthnature@gmail.com

4. There is no entry fee.

5. Entries will be restricted to Wildlife only as per the current, not the Jan 2022 PSA/FIAP rules.

6. Entries will be limited to 4 PDIs per person. They should be jpg format, not exceed 1600px by 1200px and be in the sRGB colour space.

7. Images entered in a previous Inter-Regional Competition are not eligible.

8. The format of image file names should be "ImageTitle_YourName_Your Club"

9. Prizes will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd, with certificates for other placed images