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Competition Rules
| INTERNAL COMPETITIONS The following competitions shall be held each year :- 1. Print Worker of the Year. 2. Projected Image Worker of the Year. 3. Print of the Year. 4. Projected Image of the Year. 5. Cosmic Camera. 6. Set Subject. 7. Panel of Prints. (The Cosmic Camera, Set Subject and Panel of Prints competitions shall be held at the Committee's discretion.) | |
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| SECTIONS The "Print Worker of the Year" and the "Print of the Year" competitions shall be divided into the following sections :- | |
| 1. Monochrome Prints | This section shall be open to all members and will be judged as one class. |
| 2. Colour Prints Class "A" | This section shall be open only to members of the Club who have previously won a club trophy in any of the Club's colour print competitions. |
3. Colour Prints Class "B" | This section shall be open only to members of the Club who have not previously won a trophy in any of the Club's colour print competitions. The winner of any of the Club's class "B" colour print competitions shall be entitled to advancement to class "A" of the colour print competitions. |
| The "Projected Image Worker of the Year" and the "Projected Image of the Year" competitions shall be divided into the following sections :- | |
| 1. Slides | This section shall be open to all members and will be judged as one class. |
| 2. Digital Images Class "A" | This section shall be open only to members of the Club who have previously won a club trophy in any of the Club's digital image competitions. |
3. Digital Image Class "B" | This section shall be open only to members of the Club who have not previously won a trophy in any of the Club's digital image competitions. The winner of any of the Club's class "B" digital image competitions shall be entitled to advancement to class "A" of the digital image competitions. |
| ELIGIBILITY Only paid-up members of the Club will be eligible to enter any of the Club competitions. | |
| TROPHIES Trophies shall be awarded to the winner of each of the competitions. The winner of each trophy shall be entitled to retain and hold that trophy for the period following its presentation until the Club's first meeting in January of the following year at which time the trophy must be returned to the Club in readiness for its presentation to the new winner at the Club's Annual Dinner. | |
| ENTRIES Unless otherwise stated, entries to any section of the competitions shall be limited to a maximum of two entries from any one member. The only exception to this rule will relate to any of the Slide competitions where, for the time being, such entries shall be limited to a maximum of three entries from any one member. Any work which has not scored any points for a place in any competition may be entered into one further competition in the same section. Any such re-entry can be made in the same season or in any subsequent season. This rule has been made to encourage members to improve their work after taking into account the Judge's comments. | |
| SUBJECT Unless otherwise stated the subject matter for all competitions shall be "open". | |
| TITLE All prints, slides and digital images entered into any of the competitions must show a title and also the member's name and/or membership number. | |
| PRINTS All prints submitted to any of the competitions must be mounted. There is no requirement as to the size of the print but the overall size of the mount must not exceed 20 x 16 inches. | |
| SLIDES All slides must be spotted in the lower left hand corner of the slide mount as viewed from the hand. | |
| DIGITAL IMAGES Digital images should be submitted in JPEG format the size of which should not exceed 1024 pixels in width and 768 pixels in height. (Detailed instructions on how to resize digital images for entry into the digital image competitions can be found here). Entries should be copied to a CD disc which should be given to the Digital Secretary at least one week prior to the date of the competition. Only one disc may be submitted by any one member for any one competition. The disc should contain not more than the stipulated number of images for the competition for which it is entered. The name of the member submitting the disc for entry in the competition should be clearly shown on the face of the disc. All submitted images shall be open to scrutiny by judges enrolled by the committee for competition purposes or by Club members as a group for educational purposes. | |
| PRINT AND PROJECTED IMAGE WORKER OF THE YEAR COMPETITIONS The Print Worker of the Year competitions and the Projected Image Worker of the Year competitions shall each be held over four separate rounds, the first two of which shall be held in the latter half of one season and the remaining two of which shall be held in the first half of the next season. Points will be awarded as follows :- | |
| First Place | 5 Points |
| Second Place | 4 points |
| Third Place | 3 Points |
| Highly Commended | 2 Points |
| Commended | 1 Point |
In addition all entrants will be awarded 1 point for each section of the competitions they have entered. The same image cannot be entered into more than one section of the competitions. | |
PRINT AND PROJECTED IMAGE OF THE YEAR COMPETITIONS The Print of the Year Competitions and the Projected Image of the Year Competitions shall be held in January of each year. The entries in all sections of these competitions can only be entered once and cannot be re-entered in the same competitions in subsequent years. Re-entry rules do not apply to these competitions. Only prints, slides and digital images which have been entered into the four rounds of the Print and Projected Image Worker of the Year Competitions held prior to the Print and Projected Image of the Year Competitions shall be eligible to be entered in the Print and Projected Image of the Year Competitions. No new prints, slides or digital images will be accepted. | |
| COSMIC COMPETITION The Cosmic Competition shall be open to all members of the Club who will draw a date for use of the camera. Each participating member may retain the camera for one week only, during which time only two photographs should be taken and the camera then returned to the Club to pass onto the next participant. The competition will be judged by the members present on the competition evening designated in the Club programme which will usually be the last meeting of the season. Each member will vote for a first, second and third choice from the entries submitted (excluding their own entry). The winner will be the entry with the most votes. There is no advancement rule in this competition. | |
| SET SUBJECT This competition shall be open to both mono and colour prints which will be judged as one class. The competition will be judged by the members present on the competition evening designated in the Club programme. Each member will vote for a first, second and third choice from the entries submitted (excluding their own entry). The winner will be the entry with the most votes. There is no advancement rule in this competition. | |
| PANEL OF PRINTS This competition shall be open to both mono and colour prints which will be judged as one class. The competition will be judged by the members present on the competition evening designated in the Club programme. Each member will vote for a first, second and third choice from the entries submitted (excluding their own entry). The winner will be the entry with the most votes. There is no advancement rule in this competition. | |