Contests -

This year we are conducting the Member’s Choice contest electronically for the first time! Every member can enter the contest (even if you are not attending the meeting). Every participant will receive a calendar of the winners!!!

Entry: Entry fee covers submission of up to 2 images - both in the same category or two different categories.

Entry Fee: $20, online with PayPal when you upload.

Uploading October 1 – November 28
Voting December 5 – December 31

CATEGORIES:

Landscape:	If you choose to include people or man-made objects, they cannot occupy more than 25% of the scene and should not be the main subject.
Wildlife:	No captive or domesticated animals or pets.
Captive:	Captive wildlife images taken at zoos, game farms, aquariums, raptor centers and other protected sites (again, no domestics or pets).
Plant Life:	All plants, flowers, gardens, etc. Insects should be entered in Wildlife category.
Birds:	No captive or domesticated birds or pets.
Creative:	Images taken and post-processed with special filters, effects and software, any of the above category areas.

In all categories, images displaying hunting behaviors by wildlife are allowed, but no isolated images of dead wildlife will be accepted.

Post-exposure optimization (except for the Creative category): All processing and enhancement of images, whether through digital or traditional photographic procedures, should be limited to image editing that compensates for limitations inherent in the photographic process, such as color corrections, dodging & burning, overall lighting or darkening, noise reduction, sharpening, lens distortion correction, and cropping. Monochrome and infrared images are allowed. Substantial changes to the images, such as adding, removing or moving of image elements, and use of “artistic filters” should be avoided.

HOW TO ENTER: Any member can upload images in a high-resolution file to our website by November 28, 2009. Images will be fully protected and be viewable only from a low-resolution copy (generated by the website). The high-resolution images will only be on the server and inaccessible from the website.

The submissions should be a high quality JPEG at the highest resolution your carmera can produce. The high resolution file is required for printing of the winning entries for the calendar and for display at the Annual Meeting.

AWARDS: Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd in all categories, except for the Best of Show image. The Best of Show winner will receive $200. The 1st and 2nd place winners will receive $100 and $75 respectively. We will also recognize an additional 12 Honorable Mentions.

Best of Show will be the image gaining the highest number of votes from one of the 6 categories. The next highest in that category will be 2nd place.

CALENDARS: We are printing a calendar of the Best of Show and other 11 top photos. All contest participants will receive one (1) complimentary copy of the calendar. Other members can order the calendar from the publisher. They will be available at the Annual Meeting to attendees... others will be shipped.

SLIDESHOW: At the Annual Meeting in Greensboro, there will be a musical slideshow of ALL of the images, and a musical slideshow of the winning entries as prizes are awarded. The winning photos will be printed and the winners may take their print home with them.

 

2010 Member's Choice Photo Submissions (members only)