[Members] ODCC Competition News

[Peter Gallagher]

A friendly reminder about the upcoming competition deadlines.

Next Competition Deadline: *October 13th  @ Midnight*
Categories: *Nature & Open Categories
*Details: *You may enter 3 images per category

*You can read the full category descriptions for nature here <#nature> 
and open here <#open>. If the links aren't working just scroll down to 
the bottom of this email past my name.

The website page where you can upload your images is located at: 
www.orilliacameraclub.ca/member_area/login.php

User name: *odcc*
Password: *member2013-14*/

/Remember there is a short video you can download 
<http://www.orilliacameraclub.ca/comp_docs/odcc-submission-final-1.wmv> 
from the camera club website 
<http://www.orilliacameraclub.ca/competitions.html> that shows you the 
basic steps using Photoshop Elements.
/
/If you have any questions please e-mail me at: 
peter at gallopinggallaghers.com

I look forward to everyone's participation,

Peter Gallagher
Competition Coordinator
Orillia and District Camera Club
peter at gallopinggallaghers.com


*_NATURE COMPETITIONS (Digital) - October 30^th ,March 20th_*

In 2008 CAPA adopted the International Federation of Photographic Art 
(FIAP) nature definition as follows:

"Nature photographydepicts living, untamed animals and uncultivated 
plants in a natural habitat, geology and the wide diversity of natural 
phenomena, from insects to icebergs.

Photographsof animals which are domesticated, caged or under any form of 
restraint, as well as photographs of cultivated plants are ineligible.

Minimal evidence of humans is acceptable for nature subjects, _such as 
barn owls or storks, adapting to an environment modified by humans_, or 
natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves, reclaiming it.

The photographer, whatever photographic medium is used, must have taken 
the original image.

Any manipulation or modification to the original image is limited to 
minor retouching of blemishes and must not alter the content of the 
original scene.

After satisfying the above requirements, every effort should be made to 
use the highest level of artistic skill in all nature photographs."No 
composites.*HDR techniques* are acceptable as long as the result is what 
the eye naturally sees. *Black and white nature shots are allowed as 
well as slow shutter speeds on water.*

*Botany*-- includes images that portray uncultivated plant life such as 
trees, flowering and non-flowering plants, ferns, algae, fungi, etc. in 
their natural habitat.Photographs of domestic plants, artificially 
produced hybrid plants, flower arrangements etc are ineligible. Entrants 
are required to identify their botany images on the entry form for 
Botany award consideration: place a "B" on the right side of the entry 
number to indicate the image is a Botany entry.e.g.John Smith1BYellow 
wildflower

*_OPEN COMPETITIONS (Digital & Print) - October 30^th 2013, March 20^th 
, 2014_*

A variety of subject matter is accepted including abstracts. The 
photographer can make enhancements in the camera (zooms, pans, multiple 
exposures, blurs, cropping) as well as modifications and enhancements 
using digital imaging software (HDR, focus-stacking, selective layering 
-- using photographs of the same scene) to improve the overall 
presentation of the original captured image e.g., improved 
contrast/tonality, enhanced colour. Non-photographic components such as 
text, lightning or computer-simulated imagery (which were not part of 
the original photograph) are not acceptable. No composites. Techniques 
that dramatically change the presentation of the original captured image 
must be entered in the 'Altered Reality' Competition.


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