ODCC Club Competitions
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Each club member is elegible to enter our competitions. Our competitions are designed to give members unbiased feed-back on the photo's they submit. We have two levels of competition. Experienced and Beginner.
Experienced: You are familiar with the concepts of depth-of-field, composition, rule-of-thirds, f-stops etc. You will most likely use a DSLR (not required).
Beginner: You joined to club to learn more about photographic technique, you may have a DSLR but you shot in 'Auto' mode. The terms mentioned in the experienced definition are new to you or a mystery to you.
Number of Entires: each club member can submit up to 3 photos in each of the competition categories.
Format: All photos submited must in JPEG format, the size of the photo in pixels should not exceed 1024px on the longest side.
Recognition is given to the top three submissions in each category at the beginner and experinced levels.
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| 2014/15 Competition Categories |
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Date Due |
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Nature (light manipulation) |
Nature photography depicts living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in a natural habitat, geology and the wide diversity of natural phenomena, from insects to icebergs. Photographs of 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. |
October
19,2014
Nature 1 Results |
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Phone / Mobile |
With the rise of the smart-phone and with that the phone-camera/tablet camera, it is only fitting that we run a category for the phone photographer in us all.
The subject matter is open to anything at all. You can post-process your image as little (none) or as much as you like, without any restrictions.
The only stipulation is that all post-processing must be done using software on the phone or tablet that captured the original image. |
November 16, 2014 |
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Theme: Environment / Waterscapes |
Since water is not only necessary and in need of protection in our surrounding community, we have chosen this as our competition theme this year.
We are looking for photo's that illustrate how water affects our environment, how it is being protected, polluted, enjoyed, endangered etc. |
December 14, 2014 |
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Altered Reality |
Manipulate your own photographs using post-processing software to create surreal images -- abstract, impressionistic and experimental effects using montages, collages, composites, or any other techniques. There is no limit to what you can do. |
January 18, 2015
Altered Results |
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| Open (light manipulation) |
A variety of subject matter is accepted. The photographer may make enhancements that could have been done in the camera (zooms, pans, multiple exposures, blurs), cropping, or modifications that can be done in the digital darkroom, which improves the photographic presentation of the subject. Heavily manipulated images must be entered in the Digital ‘Altered Reality’ Competition category. |
January 18, 2015
Open Results |
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Nature #2 (Light manipulation) |
Nature photography depicts living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in a natural habitat, geology and the wide diversity of natural phenomena, from insects to icebergs. Photographs of 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. |
February 15, 2015
Nature 2 Results |
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Competition Guidelines
Digital Entries – Light Manipulation
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitive film or sensor) made by the entrant on photographic film or acquired digitally. Entries may be enhanced/edited in Adobe Photoshop or similar software. Enhancements are limited to traditional darkroom (dodge,burn, remove dust/scratches).
Enhancements are restricted for Nature entries as outlined in competition definitions.
Digital Entries – Open Manipulation
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitive film or sensor) made by the entrant on photographic film or acquired digitally. Entries may be enhanced/edited in Adobe Photoshop or similar software. The only limitation would be that you cannot use parts of different images. HDR would be accepted. Multiple exposures of the same scene would also be allowed.
Altered Reality
The image must always begin with an original photograph captured by the photographer. A variety of subject matter is accepted. Images must be heavily manipulated and obviously creatively enhanced including, but not limited to composites, creative filters etc. These images are not meant to look like a regular photograph and cannot be entered into a Digital Theme competition nor an Open competition.
Open Competition (Digital, Print)
A variety of subject matter is accepted. The photographer may make enhancements that could have been done in the camera (zooms, pans, multiple exposures, blurs), cropping, or modifications that can be done in the digital darkroom, which improves the photographic presentation of the subject. Heavily manipulated images must be entered in the Digital 'Altered Reality' Competition category.
Nature Competition -- DIGITAL AND FILM
CAPA adopted the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) nature definition as follows:
"Nature photography depicts living, untamed animals and uncultivated plants in a natural habitat, geology and the wide diversity of natural phenomena, from insects to icebergs.
Photographs of 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 original image must have been taken by the photographer, whatever photographic medium is used.
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.
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. |
