Scope of Competition
This is an open theme competition and all submitted images must have been captured in the Ontario Zone. This competition welcomes a variety of subjects such as animals, birds, insects, landscape, nature, people, domesticated animals and wildlife and can include altered reality images.
Participation in this competition is open to current individual members and CAPA camera clubs. Each club submission must be from different photographers. All submitted images must come from photographers who are permanently residing in the Ontario Zone, which includes Ontario and Nunavut Territory.
In response to the feedback from our 2023 CAPA Survey, we have introduced the Zone Tiered Skill-level model. Details about this model can be found here:
During the image upload process for this competition, participants will be presented with a skill-level drop-down menu for each image.
Unless listed below, all other entrants should choose “Novice” from the skill level dropdown menu.
Competition Process
Competition Coordinator – Cheryl Bramble – Assist CAPA Director of Competitions – cbramble@shaw.ca
Questions about the scope of the competition and/or the editing criteria should be directed to the Coordinator well in advance of the closing day of the competition.
Closing Date of Competition – January 15, 2026 at midnight Standard Time (Ontario).
Check out our – How To Upload Images To CAPA Competition here.
Special Note : Following a period of 2 weeks after the competition’s closing date, you can access the final competition report by logging into the CAPA website and navigating to the ‘Competition Reports’ under the ‘Competitions’ dropdown menu
The following photographers will select “Advanced” from the skill dropdown menu:
- Adrienne Zoe – Ann Alimi – Ben Liu
- Catalin Sandu – Christopher Siou – Jim Orgill
- Gareth Jones – He Zhao – Isabel Kelly
- Jasmine Suo – Jean Wang – Kam Ming Mak
- Katie Mak – Katherine Wong – Jonathan Sau
- Lance Gitter – Louie Luo – Luba Citrin – James Cuthbert
- Manfred Mueller – Margaret Krzepkowski – Marianna Armata
- Mary Chambers – Missy Mandel – Pat Zuest
- Phillip Wong – Pia O’Leary – Rachel Schneiderman
- Rhonda Starr – Rick McKenzie – Rob Kline
- Robert Parker – Roger Leekam – Steve Donnelly
- Theresa Bryson – Virginia Stranaghan – William Bickle
- Ying Shi – Yun Wang – Zhenhuan Zhou
- Yung Niem
One month prior to the closing of this competition, the Director of Competitions will update the listing of members in both the “Intermediate” and “Advanced” skill groups.
A Novice photographer has the option to compete in the “Intermediate” or “Advanced” skill dropdown menu. However, a photographer in the “Immediate” or “Advanced” skill level cannot compete at a lower level. Any attempt to do so will result in the respective image remaining in the competition. However, this image will not receive any CAPA award.
In cases where a club member, designated as either an “Intermediate” or “Advanced” group is selected to represent their club, the club competition coordinator will assign the appropriate “Intermediate” or “Advanced” skill level to the submitted image. It is the responsibility of the “Intermediate” or “Advanced” group member to confirm with the competition coordinator that the correct skill level is chosen.
If a Novice camera club member wishes to have their image entered into the “Intermediate” or “Advanced” categories, they must communicate this desire to their competition coordinator.
Photographers can request to elevation to a higher skill-level with supporting rationale. Request to lower skill-level will only be undertaken in exceptional cases.
NOTE – CAPA medals will be awarded to entrants with the highest aggregate scores across their submitted images in both club and individual categories. Additionally, the top three highest-scoring images in each skill level will receive merit award e-certificates.
For Zone competitions only, judges will score all of the images, and additionally one judge will ONLY provide comments on each image submitted into the novice skill category.
Maximum Submitted Images
- Camera clubs are limited to uploading a maximum of five (5) images each from a different club member.
- Individual CAPA members are restricted to uploading a maximum of two (2) images.
Photographers listed below will select “Intermediate” from the skill dropdown menu:
- Alex Lu – Andre Secours – Antia Hubbard
- Arjuna Somaskandan – Barbara Marszalek – Beata Binka
- Bela Acs – Bill Boswel – Bill McDonald
- Bruce Laing – Bruce Shapka – Cajo Brando
- Dave Van de Laar – Daisy Lai – David Evans
- Douglas Doede – Ed Espin – Fern Gitter
- Flora Rao – Frankie Chan – Gary Zeng
- Geoff Dunn – Geri Porteous – Grant Dale
- Harvey Rogers – Julie Hay – Jia Chen
- Ji Guo – Jill Lam – Judy Boufford
- Judy Griffin – Julie Brocca – Kai Sun Law
- Karen Cunningham – Karen Von Knobloch – Katherine Waybrant
- Kathy Heykoop – Kathryn Martin – Leonard Modderman
- Marion Buccella – Mark Girard – Mimi Lo
- Nora Znotinas – Peter Chi Ho Lau – Peter To
- Peter Chi Ho Lau – Phillip Chang – Qing Li
- Richard Adams -Richard Li – Sandra Hawkins
- Scott Simons – Shiree Jetha – Teresa Walker
- Ying Jiang – Zhiwen Li
