ROWING PHOTO CONTEST

Winner for August 2009
Photographer: Kristin Comeau
Photo title: Mornings on the Housatonic
Photo location: Stratford Connecticut, USA

Mornings on the Housatonic

Winner for July 2009
Photographer: Felix Schaefer
Photo title: Little details can jeopardise success
Photo location: 2009 Hummel Regatta in Hamburg, Germany

June 2009
No winner awarded

Winner for May 2009
Photographer: Lovisa Niss
Photo title: Lassi Karonen races against a churchboat
Photo location: October 2008 on lake Siljan in Leksand, Sweden

Lassi Karonen races against a churchboat. October 2009 at the lake Siljan in Leksand, Sweden.

Winner for April 2009
Photographer: Rosie Ulrich
Photo title: Dawn on Lake Ruataniwha
Photo location: Twizel, New Zealand

Dawn on Lake Ruataniwha. Canterbury University Women's Intermediate Eight having a morning row on Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel, New Zealand.

Winner for March 2009
Photographer: Mario Cunha
Photo title: Sunrise on Mazoe Dam
Photo Location: Mazoe Dam, Zimbabwe

Winner for February 2009
Ricardo Cardoso, from Portugal
Photo title: Silhouette before sunrise
Photo location: Oporto, Portugal

Contest Description

Each month, World Rowing selects the "best rowing photo of the month" from the favourite rowing photos submitted by rowing fans around the world. At the end of the year, World Rowing will choose the "best rowing photo of the year" from the 12 monthly winners. These photos will be published in the online photo gallery of www.worldrowing.com and in World Rowing e-Magazine.

Conditions

To be taken into consideration, the following information should be submitted along with the photo:

Name of photographer / copyright
Photo title
Photo description (at least indicating place, date and name of people pictured)

Please make sure the photo format matches the following requirements:

Size: approx. 450px wide
Resolution: approx. 72 dpi
Format: ideally JPEG

Only amateur rowing photos are eligible for competition. Photos from professional rowing photographers will not be taken into consideration. By "professional rowing photographer" we mean anyone whose main source of revenue is rowing and sports photography.

Only photos submitted by their owner will be accepted.

How to submit a photo

Please send your photo by e-mail to Débora FEUTREN, FISA's Web & Publications Ediitor and mention "Rowing Photo Contest" in the subject field. (Débora's e-mail address is structured as follows: givenname.familyname@fisa.org)

We are very much looking forward to admiring your photos!

The World Rowing team

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