Competition rules
General
General
- Images must be entirely the work of the photographer, including all components of composite images.
- Novice competitions are 'open' i.e. any subject allowed.
- Natural history entries must comply with the PAGB 2018 Nature Definition rules (see below).
- Mono entries must only be monochrome or black and white.
- No natural history images to be entered into the Colour Print of the Year competition.
- In all competitions no images are allowed that are ‘substantially similar’ to images entered into previous monthly competitions. However, any image that has been entered before and has scored 14 points or less may be entered again in another season.
- Both Print and PDI competitions will be managed through Photo Entry software for the 2021-2022 season onwards. Photo Entry (https://compent.photoentry.uk/compent/) is an online program which lets people upload their competition photos directly (rather than emailing them to the competition secretary). To sign up to Photo Entry, please send your first name, surname and email address to the competition secretary James Sidgwick (jamsidg@hotmail.com).
- Prints can be any size up to 40 x 50cm and preferably displayed in a mount. Maximum mount size is 40 x 50cm.
- Titles should be provided on the rear of the mounts, but author names should not be included, as the judging will be done remotely.
- PDI copies of the print entries should be submitted through Photo Entry 10 days before the competition; instructions for supplying the corresponding prints for judging will be circulated before each competition.
Waiting For The Cod by David Keep
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Flowers and Lace by Sue Hartley
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PDI
- Digital images should be jpegs and sized 1024 x 768 pixels with colour space sRGB.
- Images at 1400 x 1050 pixels will also be accepted however when projected there may be a loss of quality or cropping due to the use of this non-native resolution.
- PDIs should be entered through the Photo Entry software no later than 10 days before the competition.
Clematis by Katrina Mee
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We Dance To Remember by David Keep
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Panel - print and PDI
- A panel consists of 4 images, ideally based on a common theme.
- Members can enter 3 panels as PDIs or prints .
- The entry requirements for prints and PDIs are as above.
- When submitting your entry on Photo Entry, 5 images should be submitted for each panel
Image 1: The panel itself: a composite of your PDIs in a 2 x 2 matrix, the image size of the composite should be 1400 x 1050 pixels. A title should be provided for the panel.
Images 2-5: The four individual photos that make up the panel (for which titles can optionally be provided) send 4 individual PDIs and also send should be 1400 x 1050 pixels. A title should be provided for the panel.
- Panels must contain at least 2 images not used in any previous club competitions.
PAGB Nature Definition (revised 2018)
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation.
The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
Processing of the captured image, by cropping, exposure adjustment, colour correction, noise minimisation, dodging/burning, HDR, focus stacking and sharpening, is allowed.
Cloning of image defects and minor distractions, including overlapping elements, are permitted when these do not distort the truth of the photographic statement.
Images entered as Nature can have landscape, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation.
The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
Processing of the captured image, by cropping, exposure adjustment, colour correction, noise minimisation, dodging/burning, HDR, focus stacking and sharpening, is allowed.
Cloning of image defects and minor distractions, including overlapping elements, are permitted when these do not distort the truth of the photographic statement.
Images entered as Nature can have landscape, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.
Sparrowhawk by Jamie MacArthur
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Mayfly by Jon Mee
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