Club competition rules

Competition rules

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 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 or mono competitions.
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.

Prints can be any size up to 40 x 50cm and preferably displayed in a mount. Maximum mount size is 40 x 50cm.
Write your name and the title of the print clearly on the back of the mounted print.
Print titles should be sent to the Competition Secretary no later than the Sunday prior to the competition evening.
Print entries must be handed to the Competition Secretary by 7.30pm on the evening of the competition.

Brown Hare by Steve Shaw

Waiting For The Cod by David Keep

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.
Digital titles must be in the following format: TITLE by Author e.g. WINTER SCENE by Ann Jones. The syntax is important, especially the 'by' separator which must be in lower case and be preceded and followed by a space.
PDIs should be sent to the Competition Secretary no later than the Sunday prior to the competition evening.
PDIs may only be entered on USB memory sticks under prior agreement with the Competition Secretary. Images to be entered, must be clearly identified on the stick and it must be handed to the Competition Secretary by 7.30pm on the evening of the competition.

Clematis by Katrina Mee

We Dance To Remember by David Keep

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 PDI entry, send 4 individual PDIs and also send a composite of your PDIs in a 4 x 4 matrix, the image size of the composite should be 1024 x 768 pixels.
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.

Sparrowhawk by Jamie MacArthur

Mayfly by Jon Mee