Hello everybody,

I would like to update you about this prize with the following rules:

- The 3 photos are referred *not to one group* but as individuals, so *more than one people for every group* can partecipate
- the photos should have been obtained during the *last 12 months*
- the photos will *not* have to be obtained with *professional instrumens* or *downloaded* from other websites and processed
- images acquired in *remote are allowed*
- all the graphic formats *except fit/fits* are allowed (*jpg, gif, png,pic, tiff*, etc)
- image sizes should *not exceed the 800 x 600 px*
- there will be taken into consideration *aesthetic images* as well as *scientific images*
- each image should contain the following data:

1 - name of the author and group (if any)
2 - object identification
3 - date and time of the exposition
4 - orientation and scale
5 - location of the exposition
6 - instrument data
7 - CCD sensor, filters, technical data of the exposition and type of post processing

All the images should reach us *before May 31 st, 2009*

As all the images will be kept in an archive and *mastered on a CD* available to everyboby at production and delivery costs, it's important to specify us if on the sent images *exist a copyright*.

Thanks for your cooperation and best regards.

Paolo Corelli
Alpe-Adria Coordinator