This is an open theme competition, and all submitted images must have been captured in the Pacific 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.

All submitted images must come from photographers who are permanently residing in the Pacific Zone, which includes British Columbia and Yukon Territory.

Skill Level – For this competition only the submissions are separated into skill levels, these levels are based on individual scores on past CAPA competitions, at this time all HCPC submissions are to be entered into the Novice category. If you feel that your image should be entered into a higher level, please contact me to discuss.  

For more information on this please review the CAPA website at the link below.

CAPA Link: https://capacanada.ca/2025-pacific-zone-competition/

Images for this competition are to be submitted to externalcomp@hcpclub.ca by September 25, 2025. 

It is the photographer’s responsibility to ensure that the image they are submitting meets the CAPA criteria. 

Submissions to CAPA are uploaded to their database which required that they must meet the following requirements: 

Maximum horizontal size – 1400 pixels 

Maximum vertical size – 1050 pixels 

Maximum file size – 1.8 MB 

File Name – files must be named as follows: Your Name _ Title of Photo _ Theme. (Example: John Jones _ Day at the Beach _ Landscapes)

An image’s title may be used by the judges in evaluating a submission, so ensure your title complements or contributes to the vision or message being presented in the image. 

As a CAPA club member we are entitled to submit 5 images, from 5 different photographers, all images submitted to our External Competition Chair will be adjudicated, and the best images will be submitted on behalf of the club. You will be notified if your image is selected as one of the club’s submissions. 

Note: CAPA has updated its Eligibility Criteria to include information about artificial intelligence (AI). The full criteria can be found on the CAPA Website – Competitions – CAPA’s Eligibility Criteria – https://capacanada.ca/capa-competitions/capas-eligibility-criteria/