Portishead Camera Club

Portishead Camera Club (PCC) Photography Competition Rules

1. The competitor must be a fully paid-up member of the club.
2. The competitor must have taken the original photograph and hold the copyright for all
   elements of a print or digital projected image (DPI). Please note that all images remain the
   property of the photographers who produced them, and copyright laws apply. Any use of
   these images without the written permission of the owners is unlawful and expressly
   forbidden. By entering images into Club competitions you are implicitly giving permission
   for them to be shown on the PCC website and be used for external club competitions.
3. The original photograph would have normally been taken within the last few years although
   older images, not previously used, or images which have been substantially altered may be
   used. Members may submit up to three prints and three DPIs to the standard competitions.
   Pictures from one standard competition may not be used in a subsequent standard
   competition, but may be entered in the Annual End of Season (EoS) competition.
   Note: Any DPI from Competitions can be used for the Contests/Fun Nights and vice-versa.
4. The commercial processing, printing and mounting of competition entries is permitted.
5. The competitor should refer to the Nature Photography Rules for guidance.
6. Currently there are two classes for entries: Intermediate and Open. Winners in the
   Intermediate class are strongly encouraged to move to the Open class for the following
   season.
7. The preferred method of entry is via the website. The online entry form will show
   the Competition entered, the title field to include image number (in preference
   order) and image title, member’s initials and section entered. In the event of a large
   number of entries and the necessity to reduce the numbers for
   presentation/judging, some may be culled, see Rule 9. The prints with associated dpi
   and projected images shall be submitted by the due date, normally two weeks
   before the date of the competition, as shown in the Club Programme.
8. There are two Open competition sections: General and Nature Photography. A maximum of
   3 print and 3 DPIs may be submitted for the Open competitions. Members can choose to
   submit their maximum of 3 images in one or across both sections, but images that are
   predominantly Nature Photography should be submitted as Nature Photography. The
   Competition Secretary has final ruling on the appropriate competition section for an image.
9. In the case of too many images being submitted into a single competition then it may be
   necessary to cull the images. In the first instance, images will be removed from the Open
   DPI competition and only removed from the Open Print competition as a last resort. If three
   images have been submitted to the Open competition and split between the Nature
   Photography and General Sections then the section containing two images will have one of
   them removed.
10. Images that have been culled may be used in other competitions.
11. The implicit rule applies that the images shall be suitable for public showing.

Portishead Camera Club (PCC) Nature Photography Competition Rules
The implicit rule applies that the images shall be suitable for public showing.
PCC follows the generic WCPF definition of Nature Photography images as specified below.
The WCPF Definition of Nature Photography (subdivisions Nature and Wildlife)
Nature means images where living organisms are the primary subject matter. The story telling value of an image will
normally be weighed more than the pictorial quality.

Nature includes:
Images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens,
aquariums and enclosures where the subjects are dependent on man for food.

Wildlife
Within the Nature section Wildlife images are further defined as one or more extant zoological or botanical
organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat.
This does not include photographs of zoo or game farm animals or of any extant zoological or botanical
species taken under controlled conditions.
Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible
Wildlife is not limited to animals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi
and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species.
An Image appearing to meet these criteria will be accepted as Nature. The Judges will normally assume that any
Image presented to them is eligible. Access to some biological subjects may be restricted. Where that is relevant,
then Photographers warrant that they have followed relevant codes of practices and hold any necessary licences.

WCPF Nature Photography – What is Not Allowed
Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story
such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those
human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves.
Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted
specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted.
Stitched images are not allowed. Infrared images, either direct captures or derivations, are not allowed.

WCPF Nature Photography – What Is Allowed.
Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial
content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and
dodging/burning.
Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are
allowed.
All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Colour images can be converted to greyscale monochrome.