As we reported earlier a new sculpture at Freshwater Bay has been proving a big hit;  Community Pebble Sculpture A Big Success .

Pebble people, comprising of a family and their dog enjoying a picnic on the beach, was a community collaboration and created using wire netting and of course pebbles from the beach. 

Now a Pebble People Photography Competition to capture the essence and flavour of the sculpture and the surrounding area has been launched. The sculpture will be there for the next six weeks, during which time the West Wight Landscape Partnership is running the photography competition which closes on Friday 10th September 2010. Full details of the competition are below.

Since its completion the sculpture organised by the WWLP, has been proving a big hit with visitors and walkers, with everyone stopping to admire it or have their picture taken alongside the pebble family.

Take a look on YouTube at how the Pebble People Picnic sculpture was constructed at Freshwater Bay www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxj_QeGFJBU

Photo Competition Details:

Macro Shots

Close ups of aspects of sculpture or beach features of the West Wight
Categories: Age 8-14 years and 14+ years

Landscape Shots

Photos of sculptures in the wider landscape / seascape of the West Wight
Categories: Age 8-14 years and 14+ years

Closing date for entries noon on Friday 10th September 2010.

Prizes for winners and runners up in each age category, including membership of the National Trust and Hants & IW Wildlife Trust plus a framed copy of their winning entry.
There will be an exhibition of the entries at a later date.

Pebble People Photography Competition Rules

1) Entrants can submit up to four photos either as prints or electronically, in colour or black & white.
2) Entries must have been taken in the West Wight area.
3) The judges reserve the right to exclude any image they believe may have been excessively
enhanced or manipulated.
4) All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not have been previously submitted
as entry to any other photographic competition.
5) Entrants must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs and must have
obtained permission of any people featured in all photographs entered, together with parental
consent of any children included under the age of 16 years.
6) Entrants under 18 years of age must have parental permission to enter.
7) Entrants must not be professional photographers.
8 Each entry must be marked with the entrants name, address, contact telephone number and
where the photograph was taken.
9) Photographs can be submitted electronically as JPEG images at 300dpi. Analogue or digital
format photographs should be A4 sized pictures.
10) Electronic entries should be sent to info@wwlp.co.uk
11) Posted entries should be sent to WWLP Photographic Competition, Madeira House, Avenue
Road, Freshwater, Isle of Wight PO40 9UU.
12) Closing date for entries is noon on Friday 10 September 2010.
13) No entries can be returned.
14) Proof of postage is not proof of receipt and WWLP accepts no responsibility for entries lost,
damaged or delayed in the post.
15) All entries will be judged by an independent panel.
16) The judges’ decision is final.
17) WWLP reserve the right to exclude any entry from the competition if the judges have reason to
believe that an entrant has breached these rules.
18) Prizes cannot be transferred and there is no cash equivalent available.
19) Entrants will retain copyright over the photographs submitted for the competition. However, by
entering the competition, all entrants grant WWLP the right to publish and exhibit their
photographs.
20) No fees will be payable to the entrant for the publication of their work.
21) By entering, entrants are deemed to have read and agreed to the terms of these rules.

More information can be found on the WWLP website www.wwlp.co.uk