Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Kenya

2022

Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Kenya

Wiki Loves Earth is an international photographic competition to promote natural heritage sites around the world through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons), and this is the Kenyan version. Everybody can participate! There are a lot of natural heritage sites in Kenya, and the goal of Wiki Loves Earth is to encourage people to take pictures of those natural sites, and to put them under a free license so that others may access them through the Internet. The contest will take place from 15 June, 2022 to 31 July, 2022.

In June, you may upload as many pictures as you want of natural sites that you have visited. The pictures don't have to be taken in June, but must be uploaded during that month to be considered. After the competition ends, the contest jury will begin evaluating the photographs and will choose the best 10 pictures of the natural sites in Kenya, and ultimately in the world.

List of participating countries.

Participate

Find a natural heritage or monument site from the given list, take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons. Please note that you are not limited to the places in this list:

Find an object from the list!
Upload your photos

Find natural heritage or monument

There are plenty of natural heritage or monument sites in your region!

Capture Images

For example: Here are the uploads from previous events.

Upload

Upload your photograph of natural heritage.

Winners

Please visit the winning photographs from this year's competition at the end of July, 2022.

Prizes

" Prizes and Certification will be awarded to the three best photographs."

• Over all winner = $150
• 1st runner up = $100
• 2nd runner up = $50

Looking forward to your submissions !

Why participate?

Kenya is a large country, covered with nature. In every corner, there are spots in the nature well worth a visit. This competition is a great opportunity to bring your camera, go to the natural heritage sites listed, take some photos and show the planet from your point of view to the rest of the world!

Participating in the competition is a great way to experiment and learn which photos that gain recognition. You certainly don't need to be a professional photographer to take photos useful for Wikipedia. Here's a great chance to try it out! Entries to the local competition are eligible for selection to the international finale and did we mention there are prices to win?

Competition rules

We try to keep the competition clean and simple to participate. There are only a few rules for photos to participate in the contest in Kenya. Let's quickly go through them.
All entries must be original photographs uploaded by their authors.
All photos must be uploaded within the duration of the competition, to be eligible
All photos must be under a free license
Participants must have an active email account.
Please do not overly edit your images.
Captions and description are required
Make sure that there are no visible watermarks
All photos must have at least 2Mpx.

Next to that, there are a few practical rules and advice:
Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikimedia Commons
Name your photos well
Do not forget to add categories to your picture – it will be helpful to everyone looking for it!
Share your upload success on social media with our hashtags: #WLEKenya #WLE2022.
And wait patiently for the results! All the best!

Contact the organizing team

Wikimedia Kenya Community User Group

• Faith Mwanyolo
• Lenny Kisuu

Jury

To Be Confirmed

Updates

Please visit our Twitter page for updates and other news.

The Jury

Between 15 June and 31 July, you may upload pictures (old or new) as you want from the given list that you have visited. At the end of the competition, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the best 10 pictures of the natural monuments in Kenya to submit to represent in the international finale. If there are any doubts about the implementation of the rules, the jury decides.

Judging criteria

The jury will determine the winners of the international contest taking into the consideration the following criteria (in no particular order):

• Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.);
• Originality;
• Usefulness of the image for Wikipedia.

Categories: The jury will submit a total of 10 images, divided between the categories landscape and macro. For each category a maximum of ten images can be submitted, and the jury will make the selection.

Local organizer

Statistics

Total images uploaded in Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Kenya
‎1,114

Statistics

The 2021 winning photos in Kenya

• 
  Spidy Kenya.
  Photograph: Spidylolo
• 
  Lake Nakuru National Park 2021-06 - lion (Panthera leo).jpg.
  Photograph: Thomas Fuhrmann
• 
  Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis lamperti) female 2.
  Photograph: Charles J. Sharp
• 
  Variable sunbird (Cinnyris venustus falkensteini) male 2 .
  Photograph: Charles J. Sharp
• 
  File:Lake Nakuru National Park 2021-05 - grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) .
  Photograph: Thomas Fuhrmann
• 
  Lake Nakuru National Park 2021-07 - lion (Panthera leo).
  Photograph: Thomas Fuhrmann
• 
  Lolo spidy kenya.
  Photograph: Spidylolo
• 
  Suni in Karura Forest.
  Photograph: Manyarakinoti
• 
  Lake Nakuru National Park 2021-01 - greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus).
  Photograph: Thomas Fuhrmann
• 
  Giraffes.
  Photograph: Waraho Mwangi

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