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| - | ===== LPA Competition Rules===== | ||
| - | * **Levels** – Novice, Amateur, Advanced Amateur, and Master | ||
| - | * **Divisions** – Prints, Slides, and Digital | ||
| - | * **Prints** – 4 Levels, **Digital** – 4 Levels, **Slides** – All Levels Combined | ||
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| - | ====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. 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. | ||
| - | - Prints must be mounted. Foam core is recommended, | ||
| - | - Mats and frames are NOT accepted. | ||
| - | - The back of each print will have the photographer' | ||
| - | - An image that has won 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any past LPA competition may not be re-entered. HM's may be re-entered. | ||
| - | - 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 since they started competing at LPA will be moved to the next higher level for the next competition year. Winning the “Year End” competition does not count as winning a second blue ribbon. Moving up to next level is “Mandatory” only once a year. You can choose to move up to the next level at anytime with the concurrence of the Competition Chairperson. | ||
| - | - A new member may select the category they wish to start in, or move to a higher level, with the concurrence of the Competition Chairperson. | ||
| - | - The Competition Chair will update the [[members: | ||
| - | - A “Year End” competition will be conducted annually at the June meeting. First-place winning photographs from each of the 4 levels and three divisions will compete for an end-of-the-year trophy/ | ||
| - | * The level the photo won in, is the level the photo stays in, regardless of the level of the photographer for the year end competition. | ||
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| - | ==== 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). | ||
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| - | === 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. | ||
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