If you're a budding photographer, here is your chance to show off your skills by sending us your pictures of Avebury.

October 2009 entry - Tim Bramall

Avebury: Circles in Time

We're running a photo competition. The best photograph which relates to the changing year at Avebury will be posted on this page, month by month. The best twelve photos will also be displayed at a public photo exhibition in the Circle Restaurant at Avebury in 2010.

• The theme
• Competition rules
• Changing the clocks - news story

The theme

Photos should be of Avebury at a particular month in the year, from April 2009 to March 2010, but other than that the subject is left up to you. However, we're keen to stress that, if possible, photos should say 'Avebury' in some way. For example, a photo of snowdrops in February would be good, but a photo of the snowdrops in the melting February snow in front of Avebury Manor would be better.

You are not restricted in the number of photos you send in for each month.

© NTPL / David Noton

Shining in the Waxing Gibbous Moon

My family and I had wanted to see the Stone Circles for ages at Avebury. We had already seen Stonehenge and the nine ladies and Arbor Low in Derbyshire. We enjoyed a leasurely guided tour at 2.30pm around the site. Then we rushed up to the West Kennet long barrow although mum was too scared to go in as it was getting dark. But there was a lovely sunset and a clear moon and that was when we went back the stones to get my picture.
Tim Bramall

Competition rules

1. The competition is open to anyone who has visited Avebury.
2. The competition is open to amateur photographers only.
3. Entries must be received by 31 March 2010. Winners will be announced in April 2010.
4. The pictures must have been taken in Avebury by the person entering the competition.
5. Pictures must be submitted to the National Trust at Avebury by either email circlesintime@nationaltrust.org.uk or by post (Circles in Time Photo Competition, National Trust Avebury, Estate Office, High Street, Avebury, Wiltshire SN8 1RF). Please note: any pictures submitted by post will not be returned.
6. Each picture should be accompanied by:
   • the name of the photographer, address and contact number
   • the month which it relates to
   • name of the picture
   • where it was shot in Avebury
   • short statement of no more than 300 words saying what this photo says about Avebury for you
7. You should have taken the picture on a camera that will enable good prints to be made from them for the exhibition. This means that you will need to supply high quality jpeg images of around 1megabyte as an absolute minimum.
8. Copyright remains with the photographer but by entering the competition he/she gives permission for The National Trust to use the image on its website.
9. If successful, the entrant agrees to provide The National Trust with the original file for the image and agrees that it can be printed and used in a public exhibition of winning entries.
10. If you take pictures of people then you must obtain their written permission. If you take pictures of children (under the age of 18) you must have written permission from their parents. This written permission must then be sent in with the photographs. An example of a standard model release form is available from Avebury Estate Office.
11. By entering the competition, the entrant verifies that he/she has read the 'Rules of Entry' and agrees to abide by them.
12. Please note: We will select the best pictures to appear in our online galleries. The National Trust reserves the right not to publish your photographs.
13. Finalists may be asked to participate in publicity events.
14. The Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Entries that do not comply in full with these rules may be disqualified.
15. The National Trust reserves the right to alter, amend or foreclose this Competition without prior notice in the event that unforeseen circumstances make this unavoidable.
16. If your image is NOT shortlisted it will be deleted within 48 hours of the end of the competition.
17. All photography at National Trust properties other than that for private and personal use or for entry into approved competitions is strictly prohibited.
18. Photographs taken for private and personal use may not be used in any other context or submitted to any photo libraries or on-line agencies or sold directly to any image buyers. Photographs taken for entry into competitions may not be used in any other context, including submission to any photo libraries or on-line agencies or sold directly to any image buyers, other than those confirmed by the competition organizers.
19. Photographing people at National Trust properties must be undertaken with due consideration for their safety and must not interfere with their enjoyment or purpose.
20. Terms of entry to every National Trust property should be adhered to by the photographer.