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Competition Rules

BROMSGROVE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Monthly Competition Rules
There are five classes, which are:
Prints - Mono Prints, Colour Prints, Nature Prints; and
Projected - General and Nature. Slides and Projected Digital Images will be judged against each other in as near equivalent conditions as possible.
There will be 4 Print and 4 Projected Competitions in each season.
The Competition Secretary will be pleased to answer any questions on the following or on any other matters relating to the Competitions.

General Rules
1. Entries will only be accepted from fully paid up members.
2. All entries must be photographs (made by the action of light of any wavelength on a sensitive surface) of which the entrant holds the copyright.
3. A photograph may be entered a second time in the same class provided it has not been awarded Commended or above in any year.
4. A photograph of the same subject and likeness must not be entered in the same monthly competition by the same photographer.
5. Photographs of a similar likeness may only be entered in a competition if the title indicates that there is more than one photograph e.g. Flower 1, Flower 2 etc.
6. A record of placings made by judges will be kept by the Competition Secretary for appropriate awards to be made.
7. All points count towards the Aggregate Awards but only the best score in each month will count towards the class competition.
8. All entries MUST be handed in on the correct night, clearly identified with the author’s name, class and title. Any entry not complying with these requirements will be returned.
9. The Competition Secretary may use his/her discretion to waive or amend competition rules where appropriate.
10. Whilst the Society will take every reasonable care, the liability for any damage to photographs shall be the entrant’s.

Prints
11. Mono and colour prints may be either home or trade processed. They must be mounted and no larger than 20 inches by 16 inches including mount.
12. Mono is defined as “Monochrome base with up to one added colour” e.g. full sepia plus one colour, but not monochrome base, partially sepia toned plus one colour. This rule will be interpreted with common sense.
13. Members may enter up to three prints in each class.

Projected Sections
14. Slides MUST be correctly spotted for projection. Any slide not complying with this requirement will be returned.
15. Photographic files must be in JPG format, minimum compression and sized at 1024 pixels wide x 768 pixels high. Images smaller than this must have black borders to make the image the required size. File names must be in the format [Authors name]-[abbreviated class]-[Title].jpg for example ‘John Bloggs–Gen–My Photo.jpg’ or ‘Joe Soap–Nat–A Duck.jpg’. Use capital letters and spaces in your name and title where they would normally appear; do not put spaces before or after the two hyphens; and do not type '.jpg' after the title (as .jpg is inserted automatically by the software).
16. Entries may be made on any suitable medium, including by email to the Competition Secretary. In the case of email, the Competition Secretary will send a receipt on request. Files will be deleted from the computer after a competition if the entrant so requires.
17. Members may enter up to four photographs (comprising slides and/or files) in each class.

Natural History Rules
18. Entries depicting cultured plants, domesticated animals or preserved specimens are not eligible; neither should any manipulation which alters the truth of the photographic statement be entered.

Scoring System – All Classes
18. Judges will award placings in all classes and points will be as follows:

First Place	7 Points	Highly Commended	4 Points
Second Place	6 Points	Commended	3 Points
Third Place	5 Points	Unplaced	2 Points

Revised May 2007