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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Yes I am...but actually..on this topic, what's with three of your five entries ie The Sun, Cen A and M104..? They are all in clear contravention of the conditions of entry ie already been previously published in print and/or taken before 16 August 2008...?
Sorry but I am a just bit bemused 
Mike |
I was under the impression the rules were relaxed this year, aka:
Entrants to the three main categories may submit up to five photos per month to the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Flickr group and five photos in total to the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. By adding a photo to the group on Flickr you confirm to the Royal Observatory Greenwich that it:
- was taken and processed by you
- is consistent with the Flickr Community Guidelines
- is your original work
- does not infringe the copyright or any other rights of any third party
- does not contain any obscene or defamatory content or material
Hence I didn't see a problem....are there more rules elsewhere? As I couldn't find them.
P.S.
Opps! I just found this bit way down in their blurb:
Photos that have already been previously published or submitted to a print publication, or that have won a prize in a major competition (one receiving more than 500 photos) are not eligible. Photos taken more than two years before the competition closing date are also not eligible (i.e. taken before 16 July 2008).
Doh! Of course I'll withdraw any offending entries
In any event, the photo's used in the current RGO exhibition are not so constrained