Swarovski Digiscoping Contest 2006 - 15 Nov 2006

Dear Mr. Jourdan.

Thank you for taking part in our “Digiscoper of the Year 2006” competition. We are very pleased to tell you that the jury has selected your submission entitled “Twilight Snowy Owl” in

7th place

and we would like to offer you our sincere congratulations on this achievement.

As your prize we will be sending you an “Extremadura” rucksack from the Swarovski Optik accessoires range.

Your photograph will be published in our “Digiscoping Yearbook 2007” as one of the competition’s 20 best digiscoping images. 

For this purpose, please may we ask you to make your original, high-resolution, printable image available on our Internet ftp server ftp://www.swarovskioptik.com (user name: “public” / password: “doy2006”).

To allow us to prepare the captions to the photos, would you please confirm, amend or supplement the details you sent us at the time your photograph was submitted: 

First name:    Jerome S. 

Surname:       Jourdan

Photo title:     Twilight Snowy Owl

Distance:       20 m 

Copyright:     Jerome S. Jourdan

Telescope:    Zeiss 85 T* FL angled

Eyepiece:      Zeiss Zoom 20-60 x

Camera:         Canon Powershot A620

Adapter:        Canon LA-DC58F

Please would you send us the information requested by Thursday, 16 November at the latest as the Digiscoping Yearbook must go to press very soon.

The bilingual Digiscoping Yearbook 2007 (German/English) will appear in December of this year in a limited edition of 2,000 copies. 

You will receive a one-off publication fee of EUR 300 for the publication of your photograph. In connection with this, would you please provide us with your bank details so that we can have this sum transferred to you. 

We will send you a copy of the Digiscoping Yearbook as soon as it is available together with the rucksack to the address below:

 2506 21st Street

48192 Wyandotte, MI  U.S.A.

Congratulations once again on taking part so successfully. We look forward to hearing from you within the next few days. 

 Kind regards,

Your Swarovski Optik Team.

SWAROVSKI OPTIK KG 

Swarovskistrasse 70 

6067 Absam/Austria

Tel.  +43/5223/511-6774

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