Annual Year-end Competition
The annual year-end competition is held in December. Each active member
of the club may enter up to six images and may distribute the entries among
the nine competition categories in any way they desire. Images entered in the
year-end competition may have been shown in the current year's monthly competitions,
or may be new work as long as it was created in the past two years; also acceptable
is work more than 2 years old that has never before been shown in a competitive venue.
Competition Categories
The distinction between the categories is one of style, not the technique used.
Images in the Open, Travel/Photojournalism, and Nature categories photographic in style.
Images in the Special Effects category are creative/artistic in style. Some images
captured in the camera can be in the Special Effects category, and some images that
have been extensively post processed can be in the Open category. Ultimately, it is
up to the maker to determine the style of image when selecting the entry category.
Color Open - The style of images in this category is photographic, no matter
how it was created. Some images look like photographs even if they have been highly
edited. More than one image may be used to create the final image.
- Digital Projected Open (OP)
- Print Open (PO)
Travel/Photo-Journalism - Images in this category are travel related or
journalistic in style. Travel/photo-journalism tells a story of a time, place,
or event, and portrays a land, people, a culture, an event, or human activity.
- Digital Projected Travel/Photo-journalism (DJ)
- Print Travel/Photo-Journalism (PJ)
Nature - Images in this category are of natural subjects. No domesticated
plants and/or animals. The hand of man must be insignificant.
- Digital Projected Nature (DN)
- Print Nature (PN)
Special Effects - The style of images in this category exhibit
creative/artistic characteristics. If it is clear that a creative/artistic effect
has been used then it goes in special effects category. Even images made in camera
can be in this category -through the use of creative lens filters such as Lens Baby,
or through extreme motion depicted using long exposures.
- Digital Projected Special Effects (SE)
- Print Special Effects (PE)
B & W/Monochrome/Duo-tone - B & W prints entered into this category
may be of any subject matter. Images may be photographic or creative/artistic in style.
B & W images may be presented as Monochrome, Toned, or Duo-Tone.