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September 2010

Competition Rules
on Wednesday 11 November 2009
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In order to participate in club competitions, one must be an active paid member in good standing. Monthly competition results can be found under Competition Winners in the menu.

Our competitions are judged by guest judges or by a panel of members. A ribbon is given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category according to total points awarded without ties. In the event of a tie, the judge(s) will determine the place winner. There are assigned and open categories in each competition. Entries receiving ribbons are eligible for the "Best of the Year" competition held at the final meeting in June.

Judging Criteria form download (PDF Format 60Kb)

Members may submit a maximum of four images: two in the "Assigned" category and two in the "Open" category. Entries may be or prints or digital files:

  • All print entries must be clearly marked with the title and member's name and submitted no later than 7:20 PM on competition night.

Competition entry form download (pdf Format)

  • Digital entries must be uploaded to the web site by 6:00 pm 2 days before the competition night (ex., Sunday evening for Tuesday competition).

See Rules for digital file submissions for further details.


Prints may be either monochrome or color. All prints must be mounted and/or matted with an overall size no larger than 16" x 20." Neither the name of the photographer nor the title of the image may appear on the front of the print. Prints may not be framed or under glass.

Note:  Print submissions not following these rules will be rejected.  Also, poor quality mounting is frequently mentioned by judges as reason why an image was not rated higher.

Prints may be processed by photographer or a commercial lab. Digital photographs printed by a lab or by photographer are allowed under the following conditions:
  • Assigned
    • The digital darkroom has replaced the wet lab and enhanced image techniques like HDR (whether done on Photoshop, Photomatix, other) are included with the normal dodging, burning, cropping, enlarging, etc. in the assigned category.
    • Images must adhere to the assigned category.
  • Open
    • May may include digitally manipulated images (manipulated images are those that go a step further than enhanced images) and may include composite images.
    • Images may be of anything.
    • Multiple separate images on a single screen or matte are not permitted.

Points are accumulated through the year by members who enter the competitions as follows:

1st place:
 4 points
2nd place:
 3 points
3rd place: 2 points
One point: Awarded for each photo entered

The member earning the highest point total at the end of the Club year is awarded Photographer of the Year.