Competition Hints and Tips
1 – PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR EACH COMPETITIONS BEFORE ENTERING.
All entries incorrectly entered will be removed  from the Competition.                                          
Example: 4 entries submitted instead of the required 3 (1 will be removed).

2 – PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR CD –- NO CD  - The entry will be rejected.

3 – LIMIT TITLES – Three or Four words should be sufficient.

4 – PLEASE KEEP EACH IMAGE ON THE CD TO BELOW 1mb – This saves space on our drives.

5 – PLEASE CHECK SIZE OF IMAGES WITH MOUNTS – Boxes will only take 20 x 16 inch.

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When checking these New Rules, please ensure that you check the Rule that is applicable to the Specific Competition you are going to enter.
This is because the Rules for each specific Competition have been amended.
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                                  2015 COMPETITON RULES

From 1st January 2015 each photographer will only be allowed to enter ANY SINGLE IMAGE (either Print or Digital) into THREE Competitions.

The workload of the Competition Secretaries has increased exponentially since the introduction of the ‘THREE’ print rule. So, we are abandoning the checking of previous entries and we are relying on the honesty & integrity of each entrant in conforming with this rule.

ANY IMAGE (Either Print or Digitally Projected Image) ENTERED INTO A SPECIFIC COMPETITION WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT COMPETITION EVER AGAIN. (This also applies to any photograph, so similar, that it could be misconstrued as being the same as a previous entry)

However, any image entered by a BEGINNER in the BEGINNERS QUALIFYING Competitions MAY enter it again in the ADVANCED QUALIFYING Competitions ONLY IF they are Promoted to the ADVANCED Section, providing you do not exceed the THREE image rule.
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                GENERAL COMPETITION RULES – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Applicable to all Competitions

(Please note the New Rule No: 11)

1. To enter any Competition you are required to have paid or part or all of your Subscription to Washington Camera Club PRIOR to your entry submission..

2. Minimum print size to be 7" x 5".

3. Maximum print size (including mount) to be 20" x 16".

4. Trade processed or Home processed prints will be accepted.

5. All Monochrome prints & Colour prints to be MOUNTED & TITLED.

(Untitled entries will NOT be accepted).

6. Your Club Membership number MUST be put on ALL print entries (NO NAMES).

7. Prints are entered on the understanding that the Competition Secretary can retain them for use in Exhibitions, Inter - Club Competitions & the N.C.P.F. etc. (Extenuating circumstances are at the discretion of the Competition Secretary).

8. For the Digitally Projected Image Competitions, Please change the FILE NUMBER of your image to the TITLE and add your MEMBERSHIP NUMBER. (eg: IMAGE TITLE - Memb. No XX)


9. There will be NO MARKS given by the Judges in ANY Club Competition. For the purpose of deciding an overall winner, the Competition Secretary will allocate:

       10 - Points for each First Place

         7 - Points for each Second Place.

         5 - Points for each Third Place.

         3 - Points for each Highly Commended.

                PLUS - 1 - Point for each entry.

10. Slides are no longer accepted for any Competition.

11. ALL Print entries MUST be accompanied with a CD of your Print Images. (Any size will do, but you must add your Membership Number to the Title and also write your NAME on the CD Disc)
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                                  RULES FOR SPECIFIC COMPETITIONS
                                   We now have 4 Print & 4 Digitally Projected Competitions
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    PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE RULE ABOUT 'TITLING' YOUR DPI IMAGES
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MEMBERS COMPETITION (Prints)
Your Print entry MUST include a CD of your Print images.
This competition will be OPEN CLASSED and ALL Members are eligible to enter.
The competition is for PRINTS ONLY.
Judging will be done by Members paper votes.
The MAXIMUM TOTAL entry could be EIGHT with FOUR Monochrome and/or FOUR Colour Prints.
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‘STRAIGHT FROM THE CAMERA’ COMPETITION  (DPI)
This competition will be OPEN CLASSED and ALL Members are eligible to enter.
The competition is for JPEG - DIGITAL IMAGES only.         
Other than a size change, there is to be NO POST PROCESSING or MANIPULATION.
           ‘IMAGE’ size MUST NOT exceed  1400 pixels WIDE  or  1050 pixels HIGH.
            ie: LANDSCAPE FORMAT – 1400 Pixels WIDE and PORTRAIT FORMAT – 1050 Pixels HIGH.
            ‘FILE’ size MUST NOT exceed 800k.
            The MAXIMUM TOTAL entry would be TWO. 
You MUST also include your MEMBERSHIP NUMBER within the Title.(eg: IMAGE TITLE - Memb. No XX)
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THE KEN HENDERSON PORTRAIT COMPETITION   (Prints)
Your Print entry MUST include a CD of your Print images.
This competition will be OPEN CLASSED and ALL Members are eligible to enter.
The competition is for PRINTS ONLY.   There are TWO Sections: MONOCHROME PRINTS & COLOUR PRINTS.
The MAXIMUM TOTAL entry would be FOUR with TWO Monochrome and/or TWO Colour Prints.
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THE LANDSCAPE COMPETITION  (Prints)
Your Print entry MUST include a CD of your Print images.
This competition will be OPEN CLASSED and ALL Members are eligible to enter.
The competition is for PRINTS ONLY. 
There are TWO Sections: MONOCHROME PRINTS & COLOUR PRINTS.
The MAXIMUM TOTAL entry would be FOUR with TWO Monochrome and/or TWO Colour Prints.
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THE CREATIVE DIGITAL COMPETITION.  (DPI)
This is now a DIGITALLY PROJECTED IMAGE Competition.
There are TWO Sections: BEGINNERS and ADVANCED
An ADVANCED entrant MUST have Qualified as such in the Qualifying Digitally Projected Image series of Competitions. (An ADVANCED 'PRINT' worker will still be classified as a (BEGINNER)  
                            Digital Image files must be in the ‘JPEG’ format.
        ‘IMAGE’ size MUST NOT exceed  1400 pixels WIDE  or  1050 pixels HIGH.             ie: LANDSCAPE FORMAT – 1400 Pixels WIDE and PORTRAIT FORMAT – 1050 Pixels HIGH.      
        ‘FILE’ size MUST NOT exceed 800k.
  You MUST replace the IMAGE FILE NUMBER with your Image TITLE.
   You MUST also include your MEMBERSHIP NUMBER within the Title. (eg: IMAGE TITLE - Memb. No XX)
These two items should be the only identifiable information attached to the image.
  1.  Entries must be on a CDR disc and NOT on a CD Re-Writable disc.
  2.  Your Name & Membership Number MUST be written on the CD disc.
  3.  The images can be either Monochrome or Colour but the MAXIMUM TOTAL would be TWO.
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THE NATURAL HISTORY COMPETITIONS.  (DPI)
This new Competition is for COLOUR DIGITALLY PROJECTED IMAGES ONLY
There are TWO Sections: BEGINNERS and ADVANCED
 
An ADVANCED entrant MUST have Qualified as such in the Qualifying Digitally Projected Image series of Competitions. (An ADVANCED PRINT worker will still be classified as a BEGINNER)
 
The criteria for this new Competition is fairly relaxed.
We will allow ‘Pet’ ‘Zoo’ or ‘Wildlife Park’ images to be submitted.
We will NOT allow images of ‘Dead’ of ‘Stuffed’ Animals or Birds.
 
  1. Digital Image files must be in the ‘JPEG’ format.
  2. ‘IMAGE’ size MUST NOT exceed  1400 pixels WIDE  or  1050 pixels HIGH.
ie: LANDSCAPE FORMAT – 1400 Pixels WIDE and PORTRAIT FORMAT – 1050 Pixels HIGH.
  1. ‘FILE’ size MUST NOT exceed 800k.
  2. You MUST replace the IMAGE FILE NUMBER with your Image TITLE.
You MUST also include your MEMBERSHIP NUMBER within the Title.(eg: IMAGE TITLE - Memb. No XX)
These two items should be the only identifiable information attached to the image.
  1. Entries must be on a CDR disc and NOT on a CD Re-Writable disc.
  2. Your Name & Membership Number MUST be written on the CD disc.
  3. The images MUST BE COLOUR ONLY  and the MAXIMUM TOTAL ENTRY would be TWO                  
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QUALIFYING DIGITALLY PROJECTED IMAGE COMPETITION   (DPI)
This is a series of THREE Competitions to find the most consistent Digital Image photographer in the Club,
both in the BEGINNERS & ADVANCED Sections.
There are TWO Sections: BEGINNERS & ADVANCED
  1.  Digital Image files must be in the ‘JPEG’ format.
  2.  ‘IMAGE’ size MUST NOT exceed  1400 pixels WIDE  or  1050 pixels HIGH.
             Ie: LANDSCAPE FORMAT – 1400 Pixels WIDE and PORTRAIT FORMAT – 1050 Pixels HIGH
  1.  ‘FILE’ size MUST NOT exceed 800k.
  2.  You MUST replace the IMAGE FILE NUMBER with your Image TITLE.
You MUST also include your MEMBERSHIP NUMBER within the Title. (eg: IMAGE TITLE - Memb. No XX)
 These two items should be the only identifiable information attached to the image.
  1.  Entries must be on a CDR disc and NOT on a CD Re-Writable disc.
  2.  Your Name & Membership Number MUST be written on the CD disc.
  3.  The images can be either Monochrome or Colour but the MAXIMUM entry in each leg will be TWO.
            (ie: SIX for the Season)
  1.  The Overall winner will be the Member with the highest total number of points for the Season.
  2. At the end of the year the Winner & Runner-up in the Beginners Section of Digital Images will be promoted to the Advanced section from the start of the following season.
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THE QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS.  (Prints)
Your Print entry MUST include a CD of your Print images.
This is a series of THREE Competitions to find the most consistent photographer in the Club, both in the Beginners & Advanced Sections.
The Competition is for PRINTS ONLY (Monochrome or Colour)
There are TWO separate Sections in each of the THREE legs:
SECTION 1
BEGINNERS MONOCHROME
BEGINNERS COLOUR PRINTS
SECTION 2
ADVANCED MONOCHROME
ADVANCED COLOUR PRINTS
The BEGINNERS & ADVANCED sections will take place on separate nights.
The MAXIMUM entry per round COULD be:  FOUR in total, consisting of: TWO Monochrome Prints and/or TWO Colour Prints.
The overall winner will be the Member with the highest aggregate number of points for the season.   
At the end of the year the Winner & Runner-up in the Beginners Sections of Monochrome Prints & Colour Prints will be Promoted to the Advanced Section from the start of the following season.
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THE BERT JONES TROPHY
As stated in the General Competition Rules, you will be awarded ONE point for each picture entered.
The Winner of the Trophy will be the Member with the highest number of ENTRIES for the season.
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BEGINNER OF THE YEAR
The Competition Secretary will allocate points for any 1st, 2nd, 3rd or Highly Commended places in each Competition.
The Winner will be the Beginner with the highest numbers of points allocated throughout the Season.
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PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
The Competition Secretary will allocate points for any 1st, 2nd, 3rd or Highly Commended places in each Competition.
The Winner will be the Member with the highest numbers of points allocated throughout the Season.
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