Slides must be securely mounted in 2 x 2 inch mounts (no glass) with the title and your membership number written on the mount with a marker pen. No sticky pieces of paper please!
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Rules For Entering Club Competitions
It is important that all competition entries conform to the following rules:
To enter a competition a member must have paid their subscription fees!
For Black and White competitions, the pictures must contain only 1 colour, be that shades of grey, as in a conventional black and white photograph, or any other single colour - in other words, a Monochrome Image. Examples of these are sepia or blue tone images. Black and white photographs that contain a spot of colour, for example, a red pillar box, are considered to be colour photographs.
For the Close Up competition, the club rule is 3 feet or under. Distant objects taken with a long lens that makes them appear close, are not 3 feet or under!
For the Landscape competition, there must be some land in the picture. An expanse of sea without any land in it is a seascape. Bring in a cliff, like in the banner picture at the top of this page. Then it becomes a landscape.
Projected Images - Digital Images or 35mm Slides
The maximum number of projected entries per competition is two. This can be two Digital Images, or two 35mm Slides, or one slide and one digital image. Projected images can be either colour or black and white.
Images can be in landscape or portrait
format. Portraits however, must be vertical.
Images can be handed
in on USB memory sticks, or emailed to the competition secretary
at: alan.gaines@btinternet.com
Entry by email must be before midday the following Saturday
from the hand in evening. Entry fees for email entries must be paid the following
week.
Any images not complying with
the above rules will be
rejected.
35mm Slides
With the picture the right way up a red adhesive circle should be placed in the bottom lefthand corner, to indicate the way the slide is to be viewed. Slides should be clean and dust-free. Slides will be scanned and entered as a digital image. There is no loss of quality. Often, the scanned image is better than the original slide!
Any images not complying with
the above rules will be
rejected.
Prints
The maximum number of print entries per competition is three. These can be colour, or black and white, or mixed. All prints must be mounted.
The minimum size for print images is 18cm x 13cm (7"x 5" approx) excluding the mount. The maximum size is 50cm x 40cm (19.5"x 15.5" approx) including the mount. Prints must be marked in the back with the title, your LLPS membership number, and your choice letter.
These are: A
= your first choice print, B = your second choice, and
C = your third choice. So if you call one of your images Black
Steam Engine and it is you second choice, then it should
be labelled as below:
Black Steam Engine-LLPS99-B
If on an occasion the print entry is over subscribed for the
judge, all the C choice images will be removed from the competition.
The only information required on your prints is the title, your LLPS membership number, and your choice letter. This should be positioned in the top centre on the reverse of the print. Under no circumstances should there be any indication of your identity. The backing board of the mount should be firmly affixed and the label containing the required information should also be firmly fixed to it.
Trade processed prints may be so noted on the rear of the mount for the correct assessment of the judge, both for black and white and colour.
Any images not complying with
the above rules will be
rejected.
For this season we are instituting an Intermediate section for competition entries. We have noticed that new members can be intimidated when they enter their pictures against 'The Big Boys' in the club, and therefore think they will be rubbished by the judge (this wouldn't happen - judges make constructive criticism designed to help and encourage members.)
New members, or indeed any club member, can join the Intermediate group by informing the Competition Secretary. He will identify these pictures when preparing the entry list for the judge.
The judge will take note of this, and make allowances for the members lack of experience. At the end of the season, the Intermediate member with the most points will be awarded a trophy.
Members can leave the Intermediate group and join 'The Big Boys' whenever they wish.
Scoring
The points awarded for the internal record of members’ success are shown below. Points only apply to competitions held by the society.
|
Position |
Points Awarded |
|---|---|
| First place | 5 points |
| Second place | 4 points |
| Third place | 3 points |
| Highly Commended | 2 points |
| Commended | 1 points |
Whereas every care will be taken of competition material submitted, neither
the Society nor its Officers can be held responsible for any damage to the
material as this could have occurred anywhere.
Subjects for the competitions to be held in the ensuing year, selected from a list presented at the Annual General Meeting and the final choice made by the Committee.
Provision of anonymity for competitors will be by entering the number provided on the members membership card on each entry.
