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KRUGERSDORP CAMERA CLUB
FIFTH NATIONAL DIGITAL SALON |
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| KRUGERSDORP CAMERA
CLUB invites all members of PSSA and all photographers resident in
Southern Africa to participate in their Fifth National Digital Salon of
Photography. The Salon will be conducted in accordance with the
requirements and practices of PSSA. |
ADJUDICATING PANEL
Nature General - No Birds
a.
Johan Botha Hon FPSSA, FAPS, EFIAP, ARPS, EPSSA
b.
Margie Botha AFIAP FPSSA
c.
Johann Mader FPSSA
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Nature - Birds Only
a.
Koot Marais FPSSA
b.
Francois van der Watt APSSA
c.
Frank Rosenberg APSSA
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Pictorial - General
a.
Cor Rademeyer APSSA
b.
Leatitia Kenny APSSA
c.
John Coumbias APSSA
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Pictorial - Human Portraits
a.
Koot Marais FPSSA
b.
Marius Saunders APSSA
c.
Emma Booysen APSSA
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Pictorial - Photojournalism (PJ)
a.
Francois Roux Hon FPSSA, FPSSA
b.
Ernest Arnold APSSA
c.
Johann van der Walt APSSA
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Manipulated Nature
a.
Barrie Wilkins Hon MPSSA, FPSSA(Dux), Hon FRPS, Hon PSA, FPSA, ESFIAP,
AFIAP
b.
Jill Sneesby Hon MPSSA, FPSSA(Dux), ESFIAP, AFIAP
c.
Hans Slaghuis FPSSA
CATEGORIES:
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Nature General - No Birds |
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Nature - Birds Only |
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Pictorial - General |
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Pictorial - Human Portraits |
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Pictorial - Photojournalism (PJ) |
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Manipulated Nature |
SALON DIRECTOR:
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| Name:
Willem van Zyl |
| Mobile Phone no:
082 452 4050 |
| Home (after hours):
(011) 768-0685 |
| E-mail address:
willvz@za.ibm.com |
| Postal Address:
P O Box 2800, Wilropark, Roodepoort, 1731 |
| Courier Address:
24 Dee Dee Brown Dr, Wilropark, 1731 |
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CALENDAR:
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| Closing date:
27 August 2010 |
| Judging: 4
September 2010 |
| Results: 22
September 2010 |
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AWARDS:
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PSSA Silver Medals
for the winners in each category:
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Krugersdorp Silver
Medals for the following:
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| Nature – General:
Best Wildlife Interaction |
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| Nature – Birds:
Best Bird in Flight |
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| Pictorial –
General: Best Creative Image |
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| Pictorial –
Portraits: Best Monochrome Portrait |
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| Pictorial – PJ:
Best Sport Image |
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| Manipulated Nature:
Best Landscape |
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| Certificates of Merit
will be awarded where appropriate. |
| No acceptance
certificates will be issued. |
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| CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: |
| Entrants may submit
up to four images per category, the categories being: |
| Nature - General
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| Nature - Birds
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| Pictorial -
General |
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| Pictorial -
Portraits |
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| Pictorial - PJ |
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| Manipulated
Nature |
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| If two or more
entries from the same entrant are similar, only the first one receiving an
acceptance will be eligible for exhibition and/or an award. No images that
were accepted at our previous 4 salons may be entered again. |
| An image entered in
the wrong category may be disqualified. If unsure, enter in Pictorial
General, bearing in mind that nature -, bird -, portraits, PJ – and
manipulated nature images may not score well in this category. |
| The original image
must be made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired with a
digital camera. All images must be original and must not incorporate
elements produced by anyone else. By virtue of submitting an entry, the
entrant certifies the work as his own. The exhibition assumes no liability
for any misuse of copyright by the entrant. Any modification of the
original image must be made by the entrant. All final work must be in
digital format. |
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Manipulations are prohibited in the applicable categories (Nature, PJ and
Birds) and the Salon Director reserves the right to request the author to
submit the original RAW file to verify the image’s authenticity. Where no
RAW file is available, the committee will evaluate the entry and the
author may be asked to submit evidence to the committee. The committee’s
decision is final. By entering this salon the author implicitly accepts
the ruling of the committee in this regard. |
| The entry fee is
R20.00 per category for PSSA members and R30.00 per category for non-PSSA
members. |
| Internet payments are
preferred and can be made directly into our ABSA Savings
Account held in the name of Krugersdorp Camera Club,
Account number: 38120810151. Cheques or Postal
Orders must be crossed and made payable to Krugersdorp Camera Club. |
| Please use your
surname as reference when you do an internet payment and upload proof of
payment together with your images. |
| A CD disk containing
all acceptances will be available for ordering at an additional cost of R
30-00 per CD disk. |
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Entries must be
submitted
here. |
| No entries on CD
disks will be returned as they will all be destroyed after the Salon.
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| While the utmost care
will be exercised whilst handling entries, the Krugersdorp Camera Club
cannot accept liability for any loss or damage that may occur. Any entries
received which may be unreadable due to corrupt data or any other reason
will not be entered in the Salon or judged. Should this situation occur
the KCC will contact the entrant. |
| The right to
reproduce all entries for judging, exhibiting and the publishing of a
Salon CD Catalogue and on our website, is assumed. |
| No late entries will
be accepted, judged or exhibited. |
| All the images will
be judged remotely on correctly calibrated monitors, in terms of PSSA
standards. The latest version of IrfanView will be used to display the
images. |
| Images must be in the
following format: |
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JPG file format. |
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File size may not exceed
500kb. |
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No image may exceed 1024
pixels on the horizontal axis and 768 pixels on the vertical axis.
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It is recommended that
the submitted images be saved in the sRGB colour space, since it cannot be
guaranteed that the colours of an image saved in any other colour space
will be displayed correctly during judging. |
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No text or wording may be
added to images. Frames or borders are acceptable, subject to the size
limits set out above. |
| Monochrome images
will be accepted in any of the six categories as long as the image
complies with the category definition. |
| Offensive material:
Any image that the Salon Director considers pornographic or offensive to
the public will be disqualified. |
| Submission of entries
signifies acceptance of the conditions of entry. |
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| CATEGORY GUIDELINES |
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1. Nature General: No Birds |
Images must be of animals, insects, reptiles, marine or plant life, such
that a well-informed person could testify to its true representation.
Emphasis will be placed on action and story-telling above aesthetics.
Images depicting cultivated plants, domestic animals, still life studies,
mounted specimens, museum exhibits are not allowed. In terms of PSSA
definition, digital manipulations are not allowed. Only images that do not
alter the truth of the photographic statement will be eligible in this
category.
No Birds may be entered in this category. |
| 2. Nature: Birds
Only |
| Images must be of
birds only (birds must be the main subject), such that a well-informed
person could testify to its true representation. Still life studies,
mounted specimens, museum exhibits are not allowed. In terms of PSSA
definition, digital manipulations are not allowed. Only images that do not
alter the truth of the photographic statement will be eligible in this
category. |
| Only Birds may be
entered in this category. |
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3. Pictorial: General |
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general type of image which does not fit into any of the other categories
may be entered into this category. |
| 4. Pictorial:
Human Portraits Only |
| Images may be head and shoulders or full
figure of a person(s) depicting the subject's character or emotion at that
moment. |
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5. PJ |
| PJ
entries shall consist of images with informative content and emotional
impact, including human interest and documentary news. The journalistic
value of the image shall be considered over the pictorial quality. In the
interest of credibility, images which misrepresent the truth, such as
manipulation to alter the subject matter, or situations which are set up
for the purpose of photography, are unacceptable in the PJ section.
Typical images in this section should be what we see published as
newsworthy in magazines and newspapers. |
| 6. Manipulated
Nature |
| Nature images which have been altered to
show the image in the way the author experienced it or as it could have
occurred in nature. The final image must represent natural possibility. |
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| Digital Manipulation |
No manipulation is
allowed in the following categories:
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| Nature
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| PJ |
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| The following will
not be considered as digital manipulation:
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Removal of dust and scratch marks on scanned
images or spots from dust particles on the CCD/CMOS sensors of digital
cameras. Specific lens/sensor aberrations such as chromatic aberrations
and purple fringing may also be corrected/ removed. |
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Adjustments to exposure and contrast,
including dodging and burning. |
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Adjustment/correction of colour balance.
This can either be done by selecting an appropriate white balance during
the conversion in the RAW images, or by adding/subtracting colours in the
photo editing software. The post capture application of digital colour
correction filters like warming or cooling filters, similar to the 81 and
82 series of filters, is also allowed. |
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Application of colour saturation.
Non-selective saturation that is applied to the whole image is
permissible. |
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Reduction of digital noise, especially in
high ISO images from digital cameras, or film grain in scanned images. |
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Sharpening of the image. All modern
sharpening algorithms and techniques such as edge sharpening, luminance
sharpening and mode sharpening is permissible.
Cropping and resizing is permissible. |
