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General Competitions are held to encourage club members to show and improve their photographic work. Projected Image competitions will be held on the second Monday of most months during the DPS year, as scheduled. Meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the DuPont Pavilion at Cokesbury Village, Hockessin, DE. Categories The categories for each competition will be: Assigned Subject, Open, and Altered Reality. All categories, except Altered Reality, will have three classes: Salon, A and B. Altered Reality will be a single class.Eligibility The competitions are open to all current Delaware Photographic Society members whose dues have been paid prior to the competition. Nonresident members will have to become full members to compete in the Projected Competitions. Entries must be photographed by a digital camera, scanned by a digital scanner, or scanned photographic slides or negatives.Image Limitations Like or similar images from the same original image may not be used on the same night unless the image has been substantially altered. Digital images entered in all categories must be solely the work of the entrant, including any image manipulation.
Class Assignment Class assignments will be determined by the Standards Committee.Number of Entries Per Competition Assigned subjects - 2 imagesOpen subjects - 2 images Altered Reality - 1 image If comments are requested, they must be requested during the time that an image is projected. Assigned Subjects A list of Assigned Subjects for the coming year will be published in the previous year's June issue of The Reflector. Assigned Subjects competitions are conducted in all classes. All projected images that are to be entered in the Assigned Subject contests must have been captured within one year of the contest date. The Open contest has no date requirement. Altered Reality Altered Reality is intended to encourage experimental or non-traditional work. The reality of the image must be obviously altered. Simply using an artistic filter would usually not qualify the image to be "altered reality". These "filtered" entries can be submitted in the Open or Assigned classes.Entry Method All Digital images must be entered through the members Web site at least seven (7) days prior to the Digital Competition so that the images can be entered into a computer database in preparation for showing. Any images entered after that date will have to be resubmitted for the next competition. Slides should be submitted to the Projected Image Director at least seven (7) days prior to the Projected Image Competition so that they can be scanned and entered into the database in preparation for showing. Any slides received after that date will have to be resubmitted for the next competition.Selected Images Projected Images with scores in at least the top 30% of the competition will be designated as "Selected". The purposes for "selecting" images will be for choosing those images which will be re-shown after the judging, for choosing images that cannot be reentered in monthly competitions and for entering in the Projected-Image-of-the-Year competition.Judging and Scoring Images in each category will be reviewed by the three judges before scoring begins. Images will receive a score from each judge and will be ranked by the sum of the three judges' scores. Selected images in each category and class will be eligible for entry into the Projected-Image-of-the-Year competition at the end of the year. Selected images or similar images may not be entered again in monthly competitions but they may be entered in the Projected-Image-of-the-Year competition or as part of the Photo Show competition. Scores for each entry will be recorded by the Projected Image Director who will submit them for publication in the next issue of The Reflector. Year-to-date score summaries will be issued during the year, including a month prior to submission date for the Projected-Image-of-the-Year competition.Disqualification Exhibitors are responsible for adhering to the competition rules set forth. The Projected Image Director may disqualify an image that does not conform to the rules of the competition. In all cases the Projected Image Director is responsible for making the final ruling.Annual Awards Cumulative scores will be kept for each member in each category and class. First, Second, and Third place brass plates will be awarded to the top three members in each category and class. Other awards can be awarded at the discretion of the Projected Image Director.Notice The Delaware Photographic Society will take all reasonable care to ensure that all submitted images appear before the judges and are entered in the correct Class. However, the Delaware Photographic Society cannot be responsible for any errors or omissions in this regard. Entering the contest signifies your acceptance of this statement.
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Pete Lounsbury, Projected Image Director August 2009 |
