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Judging.

1.     The decision of the judge is final in all competitions.

2.     Entries will not be awarded marks. But the judge will be asked to place the top six entries in reverse order and may award any (highly commended) at his or her discretion.

3.     When a judge is asked to judge both slides and prints these will be treated as separate competitions. Colour & monochrome prints  will be  judge as a single competitions, with the top six being placed as above.

4.     Judges are asked to accept all entries submitted are eligible for competitions.

 

Inter club competitions.

  1.     Unless otherwise stated each member will be allowed to enter maximum of (three entries) per competition.

2.     The name of the member must not appear on the entry but when handing in entries to the competition secretarys members ( must supply a list indicating.) Members name / title / order of showing for set-of-three.

3.     Only entries from paid up members will be accepted.

4.     Subject to the exceptions listed below entries must be the unaided work of the competitor.

* Exceptions. Prints and slides may be trade processed  rule 9 in respect of certain monochrome and colour prints.

5.     Copies of prints – paintings – artwork must be identified as such.

6.     Once an entry has gained first place it cannot be re-used in a club competitions but may be used in inter-club contests.

7.     All slides must have been taken and prints printed within a period of three yearsprior to the competition.

  1. No entry may be used in more than three competitions.

 

Set of three competition: Entries of 3 different subjects.

Each member is entitled to enter one of three slides / prints which shall consist of three different subjects types (action landscape natural history). Each slide / print must therefore be of a different type of subject. For example a bird could not be used with another animal or a flower since both are natural history.

The judge will be asked to consider the set as a whole. Taking into the account of the variety of the set. Entries will be shown as a set

 

Set – subject  competition.

No definition will be advised other than the subject title. Members are left to decide their own interpretation of the subject.

 

Nature competition.

Entries may include animals.plants.flowers.birds.insects.fish and such subjects as meteorology. Geoicgy. And oaiaeontology.

However domestic pets animals museum specimens, stuffed animals, flowers in arrangements (e.g. Vases and parks) and cultivated plants and flowers are not acceptable.

It is suggested that members give accurate rather than cute titles.

 

 

Portrait competition.

Entries may consist of photographs of one or more persons or animals.

 

 

Bob clark  knockout  competition.

The convention is that slides previously used in competitions will not be entered.

Slides used in round one may not be used in later rounds

Entrants must bring sufficient slides for all rounds.

Top six places in this competition do not carry points for the photographer of the year.

 

Beginners competitions.

A beginner is anyone who has not gained first place in a competition in the appropriate mode to the prior to the commencement of the season in which the competition is scheduled. An advanced slide worker could therefore be a beginner in prints and vise versa.

Anyone joining the club who according to this formula was an advanced member of another club automatically becomes an advanced member of the club. Anyone holding a distinction of such RPS, PAGB, FIAP will not be a beginner in the mode in which distinction was obtained.

 

Inter club competitions.

These shall consist of slides / prints. The number of entries per club

Being determined by mutual agreement between the clubs. It is a convention of these competitions that the slide / print once entered against one club will not be re-used against the same club.

The normal requirement  glass mounted slides will not apply at the time of submitting slides for selection but all slides eventually selected must comply with requirements and be glass mounted before being handed over to the judge.

 

All competitions.

Whilst every effort will be made to ensure the safety of entries the club cannot accept any responsibility for lose or damage whilst on route or in possession of a judge.

All slides to be spotted with fresh un numbered spot in the bottom left hang corner of the viewing side. Titled standard 2”x2”(5cmx5cm).

Masked internaily where applicable.

 

All prints to be mounted the mount not to exceed 20”x 16”(50.8cmx40.6cm)

Members names not to appear on any entry, subject to the exceptions listed

Jane Grey Cup - or advanced monochrome prints only.

Brian Humble Cup - for beginners prints only.                      

George Thompson Tankard - for colour prints home/trade processed only.

 

Subject to the exception set out below where prints can be derived from slides. The image can only be used in internal club competitions a maximum of three times in all.wheather as a slide or print. The image cannot be re-entered in any internal club competition after it has won in either format.

* Exception - Where the image has been manipulated to such an extent as to render it in effect an entirely different image. The opinion of the competition secretary is final in this regard.

For the purposes  of slide / print photographer of the year top six placings  will be marked as.

1st ---------------------------------  6 pts.

2nd --------------------------------  5  pts

3rd --------------------------------  4  pts

4th ------------------------------- --3  pts

5th ------------------------------- - 2  pts

6th --------------------------------  1  pt

 

Points are the same whether monochrome/colour prints or slides or trade processed.

 

Definition of a monochrome print.

This is the current definition in use by FIAP for international exhibitions.

And being used by the PAGB for national events in the UK and the NCPF.

A black & white work going from very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey.

A black/white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black/white category (such a work can be reproduced in a black/white catalogue under FIAP patronage ) on the other hand a black/white print modified by partial (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; (such work requires Colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP patronage).

This is being implemented by PAGB from 2004 competitions/exhibitions and by the NCPF from 2004 competitions.

 

The competition secretaries have the discretion to accept entries for competitions after the closing date.

Such entries will if accepted qualify for placings in the relevant competition but such placings will not carry points in ascertaining the photographer of the year.

 

All trophies.

All trophies shall be held nominally for one year and shall be cleaned and returned in time for engraving before the     

Presentation evening. It shall be the responsibility of the member to keep the trophy in good condition and to report to the committee any damage incurred whilst in his or her possession.

 

 

 

 

Note

Entries for club competitions should be given to the Competition Secretary on or before the dates shown on the programme. Entries received after the dates shown may be accepted at the discretion of the Competition Secretary, but marks gained will not count towards the Photographer of Year competition.