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Batley & District Camera Club Competition Rules
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General Notes for all Club Competitions
By entering any of Batley and District Camera Club competitions you are giving permission for the submitted image(s) to be used for promotion of the Club by way of the website, other media including social media or interclub challenges/battles and other outside competitions the club takes part in. Copyright of the image(s) remains with the photographer.
Titles for Image Entries
All prints and projected digital images should have an appropriate title which can help the judge understand the author’s intention.
Digital File Name Convention
All digital file names should follow the following convention for all club competitions.
The file name should be the title of the image.jpg (underscores may be used instead of a space between words).
e.g.
Cut Flowers.jpg
Cut_Flowers.jpg
General Notes for all Club Competitions
By entering any of Batley and District Camera Club competitions you are giving permission for the submitted image(s) to be used for promotion of the Club by way of the website, other media including social media or interclub challenges/battles and other outside competitions the club takes part in. Copyright of the image(s) remains with the photographer.
Titles for Image Entries
All prints and projected digital images should have an appropriate title which can help the judge understand the author’s intention.
Digital File Name Convention
All digital file names should follow the following convention for all club competitions.
The file name should be the title of the image.jpg (underscores may be used instead of a space between words).
e.g.
Cut Flowers.jpg
Cut_Flowers.jpg
Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated images
Images generated solely via AI are not permitted. All images or parts of images must be based on Photographic Images taken by the author. The Club will trust in the integrity of its members but in certain circumstances may request further evidence in the form of RAW files or EXIF data, accepting that such evidence may itself not be definitive.
Computer Manipulated Images
Shall be permitted in all categories (with the exception of Nature,Record and photojournalism) providing the work is based on photographic images taken by the author. All manipulation of the image shall be carried out by the author, or under his or her direct control. This can include cropping, masking, filtration etc., removing unwanted details and blemishes and, in the General Categories, the addition of details taken from other photographic images taken by the author. Computer Clip-Art, internet copyright free images or graphics from any other sources is not permitted.
Challenge Night Competition
Images will be presented as Projected Digital Images.
Each member will enter one image on the set theme.
The PDI image must be in JPEG format in RGB mode and in sRGB colour space, including monochrome images.
PDI’s must be no larger than 1600pixels wide and 1200pixels high, with one dimension (width or height) at its maximum.
In case of smaller images, do not ‘pad out’ the image with a border to achieve maximum sizes.
Images generated solely via AI are not permitted. All images or parts of images must be based on Photographic Images taken by the author. The Club will trust in the integrity of its members but in certain circumstances may request further evidence in the form of RAW files or EXIF data, accepting that such evidence may itself not be definitive.
Computer Manipulated Images
Shall be permitted in all categories (with the exception of Nature,Record and photojournalism) providing the work is based on photographic images taken by the author. All manipulation of the image shall be carried out by the author, or under his or her direct control. This can include cropping, masking, filtration etc., removing unwanted details and blemishes and, in the General Categories, the addition of details taken from other photographic images taken by the author. Computer Clip-Art, internet copyright free images or graphics from any other sources is not permitted.
Challenge Night Competition
Images will be presented as Projected Digital Images.
Each member will enter one image on the set theme.
The PDI image must be in JPEG format in RGB mode and in sRGB colour space, including monochrome images.
PDI’s must be no larger than 1600pixels wide and 1200pixels high, with one dimension (width or height) at its maximum.
In case of smaller images, do not ‘pad out’ the image with a border to achieve maximum sizes.
Set of Three
Members will enter three images, from any genre of photography.
There are two categories: Print and Projected Digital Image.
Members are encouraged to enter both categories but may just enter one.
Members will enter three images, from any genre of photography.
There are two categories: Print and Projected Digital Image.
Members are encouraged to enter both categories but may just enter one.
Prints
Prints may be home or trade processed.
Prints must be mounted but not framed.
Mounts can be any form or colour and must be the standard size 40 x 50cm ±2mm and not exceed 4mm in thickness.
The print may be any size within the mount.
Prints should be secured to the mount to prevent slippage.
Prints may be home or trade processed.
Prints must be mounted but not framed.
Mounts can be any form or colour and must be the standard size 40 x 50cm ±2mm and not exceed 4mm in thickness.
The print may be any size within the mount.
Prints should be secured to the mount to prevent slippage.
Projected Digital Images (PDI)
The PDI image must be in JPEG format in RGB mode and in sRGB colour space, including monochrome images.
PDI’s must be no larger than 1600pixels wide and 1200pixels high, with one dimension (width or height) at its maximum.
In case of smaller images, do not ‘pad out’ the image with a border to achieve maximum sizes.
Annual Competition Rules
There are two classes that members may enter
Beginner Class – this is for members who are new to photography and in their first year at the club.
This is an open category and images on any subject may be submitted.
Advanced Class – this is for members who have previously entered images into the annual competition or are experienced in their photography.
There are eight categories in this class that images may be entered:
General
Portrait
Record
Nature
Creative
Landscape
Sport or Action
Photojournalism
The PDI image must be in JPEG format in RGB mode and in sRGB colour space, including monochrome images.
PDI’s must be no larger than 1600pixels wide and 1200pixels high, with one dimension (width or height) at its maximum.
In case of smaller images, do not ‘pad out’ the image with a border to achieve maximum sizes.
Annual Competition Rules
There are two classes that members may enter
Beginner Class – this is for members who are new to photography and in their first year at the club.
This is an open category and images on any subject may be submitted.
Advanced Class – this is for members who have previously entered images into the annual competition or are experienced in their photography.
There are eight categories in this class that images may be entered:
General
Portrait
Record
Nature
Creative
Landscape
Sport or Action
Photojournalism
Please Note:
1. Each Class will be divided into 2 sections, Prints and Projected Digital Images (PDI).
2. Members should not enter images that are substantially the same in both print and PDI.
3. Members must own the copyright of the work being submitted. Composite images are permitted provided all component images meet this requirement.
4. The use of copyright-free images in not permitted.
1. Each Class will be divided into 2 sections, Prints and Projected Digital Images (PDI).
2. Members should not enter images that are substantially the same in both print and PDI.
3. Members must own the copyright of the work being submitted. Composite images are permitted provided all component images meet this requirement.
4. The use of copyright-free images in not permitted.
Prints
Prints may be home or trade processed.
Prints must be mounted but not framed.
Mounts can be any form or colour and must be the standard size 40 x 50cm ±2mm and not exceed 4mm in thickness.
The print may be any size within the mount.
Prints should be secured to the mount to prevent slippage.
A label with your details should be attached to the back of the mount in the top left-hand corner, this should be printed from the Success competition entry software.
A digital copy in JPEG format of each print entry is required to be uploaded to Success.
Prints may be home or trade processed.
Prints must be mounted but not framed.
Mounts can be any form or colour and must be the standard size 40 x 50cm ±2mm and not exceed 4mm in thickness.
The print may be any size within the mount.
Prints should be secured to the mount to prevent slippage.
A label with your details should be attached to the back of the mount in the top left-hand corner, this should be printed from the Success competition entry software.
A digital copy in JPEG format of each print entry is required to be uploaded to Success.
Projected Digital Images (PDI)
The PDI image must be in JPEG format in RGB mode and in sRGB colour space, including monochrome images.
PDI’s must be no larger than 1600pixels wide and 1200pixels high, with one dimension (width or height) at its maximum.
In case of smaller images, do not ‘pad out’ the image with a border to achieve maximum sizes.
File size should not exceed 1.9Mb
The PDI image must be in JPEG format in RGB mode and in sRGB colour space, including monochrome images.
PDI’s must be no larger than 1600pixels wide and 1200pixels high, with one dimension (width or height) at its maximum.
In case of smaller images, do not ‘pad out’ the image with a border to achieve maximum sizes.
File size should not exceed 1.9Mb
Colour or Monochrome
Colour or monochrome images can be entered in any of the categories.
FIAP Definition of monochrome:
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.
Colour or monochrome images can be entered in any of the categories.
FIAP Definition of monochrome:
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.
Online Entry Software
All entries should be via the club’s online entry system at success.clubsoftware.org
For Print entries you should print off the entry barcode label for each image and stick this to back of your mount in the Top left-hand corner.
A digital copy in JPEG format of each print entry should be uploaded to success.
PDI entries should be uploaded into the PDI section on success and not be larger that 1.9Mb.
If you put an image in the wrong category, it is not possible to move this in the software, you will need to delete the entry and re upload it into the correct category.
All entries should be via the club’s online entry system at success.clubsoftware.org
For Print entries you should print off the entry barcode label for each image and stick this to back of your mount in the Top left-hand corner.
A digital copy in JPEG format of each print entry should be uploaded to success.
PDI entries should be uploaded into the PDI section on success and not be larger that 1.9Mb.
If you put an image in the wrong category, it is not possible to move this in the software, you will need to delete the entry and re upload it into the correct category.
Category Definitions
General
This category is for any image that does not belong in any of the other categories.
This category is for any image that does not belong in any of the other categories.
Portrait
Shall include figure studies, groups of a portrait nature and animal portraits.
Shall include figure studies, groups of a portrait nature and animal portraits.
Record
Entries should be buildings or other inanimate objects such as vehicles, machinery, statues or other objets d’art. The emphasis is on a high technical quality image which makes an accurate record of the subject. Artistic interpretation is not acceptable in the class, although direct monochrome conversions are acceptable. Digital manipulation should be limited to cropping, sharpening, contrast, colour correction and correction of converging verticals. Only minor distractions or blemishes may be removed from the image. Any adjustments should not alter the main content of the original photograph. Titles should be factual, simply naming the building, feature or object.
Entries should be buildings or other inanimate objects such as vehicles, machinery, statues or other objets d’art. The emphasis is on a high technical quality image which makes an accurate record of the subject. Artistic interpretation is not acceptable in the class, although direct monochrome conversions are acceptable. Digital manipulation should be limited to cropping, sharpening, contrast, colour correction and correction of converging verticals. Only minor distractions or blemishes may be removed from the image. Any adjustments should not alter the main content of the original photograph. Titles should be factual, simply naming the building, feature or object.
Nature
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. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such asnature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. 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.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Colour images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.
Images used in Nature Photography competitions may be divided in two classes: Nature and Wildlife.
Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, 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.
Images entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above are further defined as one or more extant zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Landscapes, geologic formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not eligible in Wildlife sections. Wildlife is not limited to animals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species.
Wildlife images may be entered in Nature sections of Exhibitions.
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. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such asnature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. 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.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Colour images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.
Images used in Nature Photography competitions may be divided in two classes: Nature and Wildlife.
Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, 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.
Images entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above are further defined as one or more extant zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Landscapes, geologic formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not eligible in Wildlife sections. Wildlife is not limited to animals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species.
Wildlife images may be entered in Nature sections of Exhibitions.
Creative
Encourages members to take full advantage of the creative capabilities of computer software and combine it with their own imagination and artistic temperament to produce work that stimulates the mind of the viewer through the creative use of light, line, form and colour. Heavy manipulation of an image is permitted in thissection but computer generated images are still not permitted. Straight High Dynamic Range (HDR) / Tone Mapping is not necessarily classed as creative.
Images for this category are often highly manipulated and may contain elements from several images which produce a final image which stimulates the imagination of the viewer. The image may be of any subject matter and must obviously display a change in natural colour, form, shape or any combination of these three. All imagesmust be original and may not incorporate elements produced by anyone else.
Artwork or computer graphics generated by the entrant may be incorporated if the original photographic content predominates. Images may not be constructed entirely within a computer.
Encourages members to take full advantage of the creative capabilities of computer software and combine it with their own imagination and artistic temperament to produce work that stimulates the mind of the viewer through the creative use of light, line, form and colour. Heavy manipulation of an image is permitted in thissection but computer generated images are still not permitted. Straight High Dynamic Range (HDR) / Tone Mapping is not necessarily classed as creative.
Images for this category are often highly manipulated and may contain elements from several images which produce a final image which stimulates the imagination of the viewer. The image may be of any subject matter and must obviously display a change in natural colour, form, shape or any combination of these three. All imagesmust be original and may not incorporate elements produced by anyone else.
Artwork or computer graphics generated by the entrant may be incorporated if the original photographic content predominates. Images may not be constructed entirely within a computer.
Scapes
A ‘scape image shows a vista. Included, but are not restricted to,landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, waterscapes and skyscapes. Animage may include a single tree, building or people - they must not dominate but be part of an overall image providing a mood oratmosphere of the environment captured.
A ‘scape image shows a vista. Included, but are not restricted to,landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, waterscapes and skyscapes. Animage may include a single tree, building or people - they must not dominate but be part of an overall image providing a mood oratmosphere of the environment captured.
Sport or Action
Sport images should capture the intensity, emotions and action of thechosen sport subject. It could be professional or amateur, the focuscould be on the sportsperson, the sport environment, the effortextended, the struggle or conflict or the rewards, but a strong narrative must be present.
Action images should be of a moving subject or object, which depictsthe essence of action, other than sport.
Sport images should capture the intensity, emotions and action of thechosen sport subject. It could be professional or amateur, the focuscould be on the sportsperson, the sport environment, the effortextended, the struggle or conflict or the rewards, but a strong narrative must be present.
Action images should be of a moving subject or object, which depictsthe essence of action, other than sport.
Photojournalism
A form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story, that records an event, is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict and informs and gives insight to the viewer.
An image, that tells a story and would be newsworthy in a newspaper or magazine.
A form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story, that records an event, is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict and informs and gives insight to the viewer.
An image, that tells a story and would be newsworthy in a newspaper or magazine.