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KPS Competition Rules

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COMPETITION RULES – General

  1. There are two classes for the Annual Exhibition and Quarterly Competitions – Intermediate or Open – and members may select which one to enter for BOTH prints and digitally projected images (Dpi). Subsequent changes can only take place at the beginning of each competition year.
  2. Prints or Dpi may be used once in the Annual Exhibition and once in the Frank Thomas Trophy (prints) or A.P. Trophy (dpi). They may also be used twice in the Quarterly Competition.
  3. Prints and Dpi may, of course, be used in events such as Print & Digitally Projected Image Battles, Six Digitally Projected Image/Print Knockout in addition to the above-mentioned major internal competitions.
  4. It is suggested that members should write in pencil, the date and competition on the reverse side of their print. This will assist the Competition & Exhibition Secretary. Both Prints and Dpi must ONLY bear the entrant’s competition number – NOT the name or address.

QUARTERLY - Competition Rules

  1. Each entrant may submit up to 3 images, although number 3 may be removed if there are too many to view on the day.
  2. All types of image (Colour/Monochrome/Derivative etc) are acceptable so long as they have not been used in other internal competitions.
  3. Each photographer must own the copyright of every element of the image. Clip Art, Copyright-Free Material and Fractals are not acceptable.
  4. Prints may be of any size with mounts from 30 x 25cm up to and including 50 x 40cm maximum. For Panorama prints ONLY – a mount size of 70 x 35cm is allowed.

DIGITALLY PROJECTED IMAGE - Competition Rules

  1. Each entrant may submit up to 3 images, although number 3 may be removed if there are too many to project on the day.
  2. All types of image (Colour/Monochrome/Derivative etc) are acceptable so long as they have not been used in other internal competitions.
  3. Each photographer must own the copyright of every element of the image.  Clip Art, Copyright-Free Material and Fractals are not acceptable. All image files submitted must be in JPEG (jpg) format and sRGB colour space to ensure accurate colour reproduction when projected.
  4. Technical Aspects, images will be projected in a landscape format of 1024 pixels by 768 pixels. Portrait images should be no larger than 768 pixels high. (please note images not correctly sized may be cropped or pixelated when projected this is the responsibility of the entrant)
  5. Image Files must be named using your unique 2 digit competition number - Year and Quarter - short title (long titles can be put on your entry form) seperated by a hypen or minus sign e.g. 62-08Q1-An Amazing Image.jpg