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-===== LPA Competition Rules=====
-<color red>CHANGES TO THE RULES EFFECTIVE JULY 2008 ARE IN RED</color>
-====General Rules====
-  - Competitions are open to current LPA members.
-  - Entry fee $3.00 for each member for each contest.
-  - Maximum of 3 entries per competitor per contest. This will include digital, slides and prints. Example: 3 slides or 3 prints, or 2 slides and 1 print, or 2 prints and 1 slide or 2 digital and 1 print.
-  - Prints must have one minimum dimension of at least 9”.
-  - Maximum mount board size in Novice, Amateur, and Advanced categories is 16” x 20” and 17” x 24” in the Master category. <color red>Panoramic prints may be up to 320 square inches in area in Novice, Amateur, and Advanced categories and up to 408 square inches in the Master category.</color>
-  - Prints must be mounted. Foam core is recommended, but mount board will be accepted. Borders on mount boards are acceptable.
-  - Mats and frames are NOT accepted.
-  - The back of each print will have the photographer's name and the title of the picture. Each slide will be identified by title and photographer's name on the mount, no stickers. Slides must have a dot on the lower left corner of the mount when viewed properly.
-  - An image that has won <color red>1st, 2nd or 3rd</color> in any past LPA competition may not be re-entered. New work is encouraged.
-  - All entries will be judged at the level in which they are entered. The issuing of ribbons will be left to the discretion of the judge. Ribbons will not be given if the judge does not feel the entry is deserving of an award. Ribbons will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and HM’s, and the decisions of the judges will be final. Judges will be selected by the Chairperson.
-  - A competitor who has won two first place ribbons in a given category <color red>since they started competing</color> will be moved to the next higher level for the next competition.
-  - <color red>A new member may select the category they wish to start in with the concurrence of the Competition Chairperson and any member may voluntarily move to a higher category  with the concurrence of the Competition Chairperson.</color>
-  - <color red>The Competition Chair will update the [[members:MemberCategories|MEMBER CATEGORIES]] list when new members join and member levels are changed.</color>
-  - A competition will be conducted annually at the June meeting. First-place winning photographs from each of the <color red>nine</color> categories will compete for an end-of-the-year trophy. If a person has won first-place ribbons in more than one category, they will compete in the higher category for the end-of-the-year trophy. The judging for this competition will be decided by the Competition Chairperson. <color red>The Winners List is maintained at:  http://www.lpaphotography.com/logon1/Members/Winners.htm</color>
-==== Digital Rules ====
-  - File type: JPEG
-  - Divisions: Four: Novice, Amateur, Advanced Amateur and Master (same as for prints).
-  - File size: At least 100 KB, but not more than 4 MB.
-  - Digital images must be received by the Tuesday before the competition (one week ahead).  Enter your images at [[http://www.lpaphotography.com/digital/]].  No Late entries will be accepted.
-=== Recommendations for optimum viewing ===
-  - Set JPEG compression to ‘high’ or ‘maximum’.
-  - Set the maximum dimension to 768 pixels for best viewing on the club's projector.
-  - Set color to sRGB to best match the color gamut of the club's projector.
-  - Note: All entries, whether in vertical or horizontal format, will be viewed to fit the display monitor.  As such, entries presented in the horizontal format will show up larger on the screen.

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