Trophy Competition Rules & Guidance

Every year we hold a trophy competition, which is open to all club members.

The rules for this year are below. Please submit your entries via PhotoEntry (Full instructions on using PhotoEntry are in Paul Robert's crib sheet HERE) by 17 March 2023.

​​Last hand in date: 17th March 2023
Competition date: 31st March 2023
Trophy Presentation: 28th April 2023

​​RULES
  1. All members of the club are eligible to enter work for the Trophy Competition.
  2. No image will be accepted which has been entered and judged at a previous club annual trophy competition but work entered for monthly competitions etc. is fully acceptable.
  3. An image may be entered into only one section either as a print or a PDI.
  4. A maximum of 6 images may be entered per member, made up of either PDI’s, Prints or a combination of both.
  5. Categories are listed on the PhotoEntry entry form. They are defined as:

PDI Section - 4 Trophies:
  1. Humanity/People: Images which include people, eg portraits, group/studio/model shots, street photography, candids, etc.
  2. Landscape: Landscapes ,seascapes, skyscapes, urban landscapes.
  3. Nature: depicts living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in a natural habitat, geology and the wide diversity of natural phenomena, from insects to icebergs.  Photographs of subjects, which show obvious signs of being domesticated, caged or under any form of restraint, as well as of cultivated plants are ineligible.  Any manipulation or modification to the original image must be limited to minor retouching and should not alter the truth of the original scene.
  4. Open : Anything that does not fall into the other categories (or maybe even does if the member does not want to enter it into those categories).  Domesticated animals, such as cats, dogs, hamsters, and farm animals e.g. sheep, cattle, hens, should be entered in the Open section.

Projected Image entries (1600 pixels wide x 1200 pixels high, 8-Bit JPEG, sRGB Colour Space) should be entered in the same way as monthly competitions on the PhotoEntry system.
 
Print Section - 4 trophies
 One for each of the 4 sections (see the PDI definitions above):
  1. Humanity/People
  2. Landscapes
  3. Nature
  4. Open
 Upload PDI versions of your prints onto the PhotoEntry system:
  • Prints must bear on the middle of the top of the back of the print, your 4 digit PhotoEntry sequence number, title of photograph and competition date (dd/mm/yy) , as shown in PhotoEntry.
  • All prints must be suitably mounted, maximum size of mount 40cms x 50cms
  • Trade processed prints will be accepted.
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