INTER-CLUB MONOCHROME PRINT, COLOUR PRINT AND PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGE COMPETITIONS
1. There will be three competitions, one for monochrome prints,
one for colour prints and one for projected digital images
The
competitions will each incorporate a Principal section and a Novice section.
The definition of a Novice is provided at the end of these
rules.
2. There will be five rounds in each competition.
3. In all rounds of the competitions, a club may submit up to 4
prints or 4 projected digital images, any number of which may be by novices,
but not more than 3 of which may be by advanced photographers.
In four of these
rounds, prints should be on a mount of 30cm x 40cm, or smaller.
In one of the five rounds of the competitions, each club
may enter prints of 50cm x 40cm or smaller.
In all cases the print size must be equal to, or smaller
than, the mount size.
4.
In
each round, a minimum of six placed prints and projected images will each be
awarded "Stars".
5. All trophies will be held from the date of the presentation
until their return is requested by Council.
6. Entries of prints and CD’s containing digital images, plus
relevant entry forms must be brought, or forwarded to the appropriate Council
meeting, as notified annually in the NIPA competition timetable.
7. Each print must show on the back of the mount:
(a) Name of Club
(b) Author's Name
(c) Title of print (untitled is not acceptable as a title)
(d) Subject of round
(e) Number and Year of round
(f)
Reference
letter on NIPA entry forms as follows :
1st print Ref A
2nd print Ref B
3rd print Ref C
4th print Ref
N (must be a Novice print)
If any of the prints A to C are by
Novices this should be indicated by the suffix N
e.g. B(N)
Submitted print entries must not have any Velcro on the
back of the print. Inkjet prints will be irreversibly damaged by Velcro.
8. Projected Digital Images must be submitted on a CD, which
contains only those images and which will not be returned
All images on the CD must conform to the following:
(a) Be in
jpeg format and sRGB colour space
(b) Be sized
to a maximum of 1400 pixels wide and a maximum of 1050 pixels high.
(c) Each
image must be titled with the following information, in this order-
Image title_club id_image letter (A, B, C, N or
AN etc)
The club ID code will be provided by NIPA before the
competition round.
The name of the club and the date and round number should
be written or stamped on the blank surface of the CD. Do not use self-adhesive
labels.
In all cases images will be projected as presented on the
CD.
9. All starred prints will be retained by NIPA to form a
portfolio which will be available on loan to member clubs.
10. Non-starred prints will be available for collection at the
Council meeting following the round for which they were entered. Entries
cannot be returned at Inter-Club evenings. Clubs are asked to ensure that
packing of entries is adequate.
A signature to verify receipt of returned entries may
be required upon collection.
11. No image may be entered which is essentially the same, or so
similar as to be essentially the same, as any previous entry in any section of
any inter-club competition round.
12. Unless the author states otherwise in writing to the Inter-Club
Competition Secretary, it will be assumed that any image entered may be used
for publicity or competition purposes to promote or represent NIPA.
13. Submission
of an entry confirms acceptance of these rules.
14. A
further event will be held to decide the individual ‘Top Images’. This event
will consist solely of the starred images selected from the season’s rounds.
15. For
the purposes of the definition of a Novice, the competition year will be regarded as commencing in August of one year,
and ending in July of the following
year.
A NOVICE
is a club member who, at the commencement of a competition year, as defined
above, has NOT:
(a) In the previous three years of NIPA inter-club
competitions, been awarded at least two ‘stars’.
(b) Been placed first, second or third in
any section of the Annual Beginners Competition or Roy Finlay Memorial Natural
History Competition.
(c) Received a minimum of three acceptances in NIPA
Exhibitions.
(d) Been awarded recognised photographic honours, or a
recognised academic qualification in photography.
(e) Been
successful in having work accepted in any open exhibition, competition or salon,
where only work selected by judges is accepted,
or gained an award in any open non-selected exhibition or salon. These events
must be organised by a recognised
photographic organisation.
(f) Produced
work which is obviously of an advanced standard.
The NIPA
Inter-Club Competition Organisers reserve the right to review the status of any
entrant.
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MONOCHROME prints:
1.
All black and white and monochrome
images are included.
2.
A black and white image which has been
modified by the addition of a single tone
to the entire image is defined as a
monochrome
print.
COLOUR prints:
1.
All images, other than those defined
above are defined as colour images.
2. A black and white image which has
been modified by the addition of partial toning, or by the addition of one
colour to any part of the image is
defined as a colour print.
INTER-CLUB COMPETITIONS – MARKING
SYSTEM
Judging
of entries is undertaken by three judges, using an anonymous and confidential
computer-scoring system.
If
one of the entries being judged has been submitted by a member of the judges’
club, the score from that judge, for that entry, is ignored by the marking
system. The computer then allocates a score to that judge, which is the average
of the score from the other two judges.
Each
judge will score an entry with 1 mark if the entry is poor, 2 marks if the
entry is below average, 3 marks if it is average, 4 marks if above average, and
5 if outstanding.
After
this initial judging, each judge is again shown their entries which they have
scored with 5, and asked to select one entry which they award a 6. If a judge
does not award a 5, they will award a 6 to one of the entries which scored 4.
The
maximum score for an entry is thus 18, but is more often 14-16.
The
top approximately 6 images are awarded ‘stars’, and qualify for the Top Print
and Projected Image Competition.
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ANNUAL NOVICES MONOCHROME PRINT, COLOUR PRINT AND PROJECTED DIGITAL IMAGE COMPETITIONS
1. There are three competitions, one each for Monochrome Prints,
Colour Prints and Projected Digital Images.
2. The Novices Competitions are to encourage genuine novices to
submit work at a competitive level. Unless all those submitting entries observe
the spirit of the competition, it fails to achieve that objective and will
discourage genuine novices.
The competition is open to those photographers who comply
with the NIPA definition of a novice.
A
NOVICE is a club member who, at the
commencement of a competition year,
as defined above, has NOT:
(a) In the previous three years of NIPA inter-club
competitions, been awarded at least two ‘stars’.
(b) Been placed first, second or third in
any section of the Annual Beginners Competition or Roy Finlay Memorial Natural
History Competition.
(c) Received a minimum of three acceptances in NIPA
Exhibitions.
(d) Been awarded recognised photographic honours, or a
recognised academic qualification in photography.
(e) Been
successful in having work accepted in any open exhibition, competition or salon,
where only work selected by judges is accepted,
or gained an award in any open non-selected exhibition or salon. These events
must be organised by a recognised
photographic organisation.
(f) Produced
work which is obviously of an advanced standard.
The NIPA Novice Competition Organisers reserve the right to
review the status of any entrant.
3. Each entrant may submit up to 4 prints or projected digital images
in the relevant section of the competitions.
4. Prints must be mounted. The mounts may be of any colour, but
must not exceed 40cm x 30cm in size. The print size must be equal to, or
smaller than the mount size. The back of the mount must show
(a) Author's Name
(b) Name of Club
(c) Title of print (Untitled is not acceptable as a title)
5. Projected Digital Images will be submitted on a CD, which
contains only those images and which will not be returned
All images on the CD must conform to the following:
(a) Be in
jpeg format and sRGB colour space
(b) Be sized
to a maximum of 1400 pixels wide and a maximum of 1050 pixels high.
(c) Each
image must be titled with the following information, in this order-
Image title_name of author_club
The name of author, and member club, as well as the title
and year of the competition should be written or stamped on the blank surface
of the CD. Do not use self-adhesive labels.
In all cases images will be projected as presented on the
CD.
6. The competitions will be judged by three judges nominated by
NIPA Council.
7. The judges will decide the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and may
commend any entry which they deem worthy.
8. Entries are due on the date stipulated in the NIPA competition
timetable.
9. The prints and Projected Images will be displayed at a Novices
evening, when the results, with judges comments, will be announced.
10. The author of the winning monochrome print will be awarded the
NIPA Novice's Shield.
11. The author of the winning colour print will be awarded the NIPA
Novices Colour Print Trophy.
12. The author of the winning Projected Digital Image will be
awarded the NIPA Novice Projected Image Trophy.
13. Trophies will be held from the date of their presentation until
their return is requested by Council.
14. The prints entered by members of any one Club will be available
for collection as an integral unit at the Council meeting following the
competitions.
15. Unless
the author states otherwise in writing, it will be assumed that any print or projected digital image may be used
for publicity or competition purposes
to promote or represent NIPA.
16. Submission
of an entry confirms acceptance of these rules.