ORPINGTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INTERNAL COMPETITION RULES 2012/13 SEASON

GENERAL RULES FOR ALL CLASSES 1 2 These rules apply to the heats of the internal competitions for which the trophies in (5) are awarded There is a series of three heats for colour prints, monochrome prints, transparency and projected digital images each season. Each entry will be commented upon and marked by an accredited judge or panel of judges. There is no entry fee. All entries shall be the original work of the member, who must hold the copyright, although commercially processed prints and transparencies will be accepted. Digital images may be captured by digital camera or by digital scanning by the photographer or laboratory. Entries may be straight scans, manipulated or composites of multiple images but all work must be the unaided work of the photographer. The Societys Committee has discretionary powers to exclude any entry that it considers may cause offence. All entries must be handed to or emailed to the Internal Competitions Secretary by the due date published in the Societys programme for each competition. Late entries of prints and slides will be accepted at the discretion of the Internal Competitions Secretary, but will not be accepted on the night of the competition. It is not possible to accept late entry of digital images. The Society will take reasonable care with all entries but, not withstanding this, neither the Committee Officers nor any committee member can be held responsible for any loss or damage that might occur whilst an entry is in their charge. The following Trophies, to be held for one year, will be awarded on the results of these competitions in accordance with rule 8: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. 6 The Dorothy Hopkins Cup for the winner, colour prints, Class 1 The John Forbes Trophy for the winner, colour prints, Class 2 The Raven Plaque for the winner, colour prints, Class 3 The Marchant Cup for the winner, monochrome prints, Class 1 The Hunt Trophy for the winner, monochrome prints, Class 2 The Jack Alsop Trophy for the winner, colour transparencies The Percival Trophy for the winner, digitally projected images

For the purpose of this rule, the highest scoring print or transparency from each member in each heat will count. For digitally projected images the top two scores will count. To be eligible for an award, a member must have entered work in each of the related competitions. In the event of two or more members tying for any trophy, they shall hold the award for equal periods of the year A colour print, monochrome print, transparency or digital image previously accepted for any of the Societys internal competitions, or near duplicates thereof, will be ineligible for further internal competitions in the same medium A colour print, monochrome print, transparency or digital image previously accepted for any of the Societys internal competitions, or near duplicates thereof, will be ineligible for further internal competitions in a different medium in the same season e.g. an image for which a colour print is submitted cannot be entered in the PDI competition in the same season A colour print, monochrome print, transparency or digital image will be eligible for internal competition if it has previously been used for internal competition at another photographic society, but will not be eligible to be entered by the Society into an external competition. Marks will be awarded to a maximum of twenty for each entry with provision for marks. In addition a plus mark will be awarded to the best image in each class for each heat. There will be THREE classes in the Colour print competition, TWO classes in the monochrome print competition and ONE class in the colour transparency competition and digitally projected image competition. Members will be entered into a class depending on their
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results from the previous seasons competitions or if there are new members on an assessment of their work by the Internal Competitions Secretary and Committee. 12 In the event of a tie after the last heat of the competition, the number of plus marks will be taken into consideration. If there is still a tie, Rule 6 applies. Eligibility for a trophy award is dependent upon an entry in all rounds of the relevant possible competitions. The submission of an entry implies that the author/entrant accepts all the rules of entry. At the end of the season, the two competitors with the lowest scores in each class will be relegated to the class below and the two competitors with the highest scores in each class will be promoted to the class above. In the event of there being too few or too many members in any class the committee have discretion to change the numbers promoted or relegated. All prints, transparencies and digital images offered for internal competitions may be retained for possible use in external competitions unless the author instructs otherwise. The committee reserve the right to change any of the rules at short notice. In the event of any dispute, the committees decision will be final.

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PRINT COMPETITIONS 16 In each class there will be only one section to embrace all aspects of photography, e.g. pictorial, sport, landscape, portraiture, record, travel, natural history, abstract etc. Monochrome prints must be one colour only. Overall toning is permitted, but split toning constitutes a colour print. Similarly, adding a spot colour to a monochrome print is considered to make it a colour print. Colour prints with few colours are not acceptable as monochrome and must be entered in the colour section. Prints may be made using conventional silver-based technology or by use of electronic/ mechanical processes. Electronic enhancement/manipulation is acceptable although such procedures must be entirely the work of the author. Where multiple images are used all constituent parts must be the original work of the author who holds the copyright. The number of entries in each heat of the competition is limited to a maximum of TWO prints per author. All prints must be mounted on mounts 40 cm x 50 cm. Mounts that are not this size will not be accepted. There is no restriction on image size or shape within this limit but for practical purposes should not be less than about 20 cm x 25cm. Mark the back of the print with: Entrants name, Class (1, 2 or 3), Title of print. Prints must not have any abrasive material such as Velcro on their reverse side.

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TRANSPARENCY COMPETITIONS 20 There will be only one section to embrace all aspects of photography, e.g. pictorial, sport, landscape, portraiture, record, travel, natural history, abstract etc. There will be no distinction between trade and home processing. Colour or monochrome transparencies are acceptable. The number of entries in each competition is limited to TWO per member. Only 2 in x 2 in transparencies mounted between glass (GePe or similar mounts) correctly spotted, i.e. with one spot on the bottom left corner when viewed correctly in the hand, will be accepted. Mark each transparency with the Entrants name and Title. The use of adhesive labels is to be avoided. Use a magic marker type fine point pen (eg Staedler Lumocolor S permanent or similar) directly onto the plastic surface. All transparencies must be first generation and must not have been generated at any stage from a digital image. Members entering the transparency competitions affirm that this is so.

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24 25 26 There will be only one section to embrace all aspects of photography, e.g. pictorial, sport, landscape, portraiture, record, travel, natural history, abstract etc. Each member may enter up to four images in each competition Images may be captured by digital camera or by digital scanning by the photographer or laboratory. Entries may be straight scans, manipulated or composites of multiple images but all work must be the unaided work of the photographer. Image files must be in jpeg format and be a maximum of 1024 pixels wide x 768 pixels high. Smaller images will be projected with a black border. The colour space must be sRGB. Image files must be correctly titled using the following format: IMAGE TITLE by Given name Family name.jpg. The title of the image must be in capital letters and there must be a space before and after the word 'by'. For example, THE SOMERSET LEVELS by Don McCullin.jpg. This rule will be enforced by software. The diagram below illustrates the size part of this rule.

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Entries may be made on CD, memory stick or preferably by email. The members name, email address and contact telephone number must be written on the CD or memory stick or included with the email submission. Entries may be handed in at the club or submitted by email to the PDI Competition Secretary by the date given in the Societys programme for the competition. The email address is Orpington.ps@ntlworld.com. Entries will be projected and judged at a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels using sRGB colour space. For digital images presented on CD/memory stick the CD/memory stick will be returned to the author.

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