2015 SKYPIXEL PHOTO CONTEST

• Photographs must have been captured during 2015
• Photographs from any type of aerial platform are welcome
• There is no maximum number of photos that can be submitted per entrant
• Entrants must choose to participate as either Professional or Enthusiast and make all submissions within the same group
• Entrants must guarantee that all information provided is correct and that the photo was taken in 2015. Inaccurate information may lead to disqualification

• Submission start: 10/26 00:00
• Submission end: 12/26 23:59
• Awards announcement: 1/7

(All times in GMT+8.)

This competition is open to two groups of participants: Professionals and Enthusiasts. If photography is what you do for a living, enter the Professional group. If you simply love aerial photography, you can enter as an Enthusiast.

You’re free to decide which group to enter, but you may only enter one group. Prizes will differ between the two groups.

Photos submitted to the Enthusiast group must be at least 2MB in size. Submissions to the Professional group must be 5MB or larger. Submissions are recommended to be no less than 300dpi.

For each group, entrants are invited to submit photos to one or more of the three following categories:

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  • Photographs that show the beauty of the world from an aerial perspective. This could be nature, wildlife, architecture or people – as long as what’s captured in the photograph is deserving of the description “beautiful”
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  • Images of UAVs in flight, captured from the sky or from the ground
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  • Photograph yourself and your friends in a way that’s only possible from the sky

All submissions to the Beauty and Unique Dronies categories must be captured with aerial platforms. Submissions to the Drones in Use category can be captured with regular cameras including smartphones, and by aerial platforms.

Grand prize – 2015 SkyPixel Photo of the Year

Combined prize for the Professional and Enthusiast groups, to be selected from the Beauty category

• x1) DJI Inspire 1 RAW + Osmo + Adobe Creative Cloud (One-Year Subscription) + Zeiss VR ONE (Total Value: USD 9,725)

There will be a first, second and third prize in each category, all selected by a jury of experts.

• First prize (x3):DJI Inspire 1 with Single Remote + Adobe Creative Cloud (One-Year Subscription) + Zeiss VR ONE (Total Value: USD 3,976)

• Second prize (x3):DJI Phantom 3 Professional + Lowepro DroneGuard CS 400 + Zeiss VR ONE (Total Value: USD 1,538)

• Third prize (x3):USD $500 Coupon + Zeiss VR ONE (Total Value: USD 629)

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  • First prize (x3): DJI Phantom 3 Professional + Lowepro DroneGuard CS 400 (Total Value: USD 1,409)
• • Second prize (x3): USD $500 Coupon
• • Third prize (x3): USD $200 Coupon

Additional Popular Awards will be given out based on the number of likes received on SkyPixel. The top 5 most popular photographs at the end of the submission period (12/27 00:00 (GMT+8)) will automatically be awarded the HUAWEI Mate S, while the top 6-10 most popular photos will be awarded the HUAWEI TalkBand B2.

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  • Top 1 - Top 5: HUAWEI Mate S (USD 684 Value)
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  • Top 6 - Top 10: HUAWEI TalkBand B2 (USD 199 Value)

The panel of judges is made up of well-known names in the world of photography. See some of their profiles

Ken Geiger

Ken Geiger is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and also National Geographic Magazine's Deputy Director of Photography.

Jahangir Razmi

Jahangir Razmi is an award-winning Iranian photographer and winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography. His photograph was taken on August 27, 1979 and published anonymously in Iran's oldest daily newspaper. The photograph was the only anonymous winner of a Pulitzer Prize in the 90-year history of the contest. The identity of Razmi as the photographer was not revealed until 2006.

WANG Jianjun

Wang Jianjun is a famous Chinese contemporary landscape photographer and winner of the China Golden Photography Award. He is the author of multiple photography books and has hosted personal exhibitions across the world.

Manish Mamtani

Manish Mamtani is an award-winning photographer whose work has been published in magazines including National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Better Photography Magazine and Digital Photo.

Sudhir Shivaram

Sudhir Shivaram is a renowned wild-life photographer and one of the 5 most influential people within Asia’s photography industry (Asian Photography 2015 Awards).

Matt Waite

Matt Waite is a professor at the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at University of Nebraska, and also runs the Drone Journalism Lab.

Questions about the 2015 SkyPixel Photo Contest? Please email   skypixel.campaign@dji.com