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Davyhulme Camera Club - Competition Rules 1 General Competition Rules • All competitions are held annually except for the regular slide and print competitions, which are held four times every year • Most competitions are open subject, the exceptions being The Annual Set Subject and The Arthur Bowers Landscape Competitions • Entries are only accepted from fully paid up members of Davyhulrne Camera Club • All entries are to be the personal work of the competitor, with the exceptions described by the competition title eg Trade Processed Colour Print Competition • No single entry is to be entered in more than one competition • Any slide entered into a competition cannot be used in another single slide competition, however it may be used to produce a print or as part of a Related Set or Audio-Visual presentation • Any restrictions on the number of entries will be announced before each competition (except for regular Slide and Print competitions which are fixed) • All entries are to be handed to the Competition Secretary or deputy one week before the competition or any period determined by the committee. Any entry is liable to disqualification if it does not strictly comply with all the rules • All entries are to be made available for the annual exhibition if requested • Unless indicated differently in the individual competition rules, all entries must have been taken within the 5 years prior to the competition • Annual competition winners may purchase a plaque for their permanent retention via the Internal Competition Secretary  General Rules for Prints • All prints are to be mounted and the mounting and titling must be personally carried out by the entrant, even for trade processed prints • The size restrictions are as follows:- Regular and Club Events Competitions - mounts must be 25cm (10") on one side by a maximum of 20cm (8") In all other print competitions, the minimum mount size is 25cm (10") by 20cm (8"); the maximum mount size is 50cm (20") by 40cm (16"). • The photographer must have taken the images submitted and have the full copyright of all elements at their disposal. Digital images are welcome in competitions, providing the photographer carried out all manipulation, and that the photographer took the original exposure/s. Images constructed from so called royalty free and copyright free images to which nobody owns the copyright are not acceptable.

General Rules for Slides • All slide competitions are limited to 2" by 2" slide mounts • All slides must be correctly spotted and preferably titled; glass mounts are preferred and must be used for the Related Sets and Audio-Visual Competitions • Home processed and trade processed slides are accepted; masking is permitted. 2 Specific Rules Annual Print Competitions i.e. Monochrome home processed; Home processed colour; Trade processed colour prints - digitally printed entries may fall into any of these categories • The competitor’s name, print title and the name of the competition are to be clearly marked on the reverse of the print • The number of entries allowed is unlimited unless otherwise indicated by the committee • See the General Rules (above) for print sizes and other requirements • The competitor entering the winning print will be awarded the trophy indicated below; the trophy is retained for 12 months:- Monochrome Home Processed Print Competition           The Lawrence Morrissey Challenge Shield Home Processed Colour Print Competition                    The Flixton Shield Trade Processed Colour Print Competition                   The Urmston Shield Set Subject Print Competition                                    The Frank Hey Memorial Rosebowl Club Events Print Competition                                    The Jack Walters Memorial Salver Regular Slide and Print (Quarterly) Competitions • Up to 3 entries are allowed in both the slide and print sections of each of the four competitions. If the entrant or their spouse/partner is judging one of the regular competitions, they may enter up to 4 entries of the other three competitions • The competitor’s name is not to appear on the print or slide • See the General Rules for print size • Plaques are awarded to the winners of the print and slide sections of these competitions, to be retained until the next Regular Competition • Entries for the Regular Print Competition may also be entered into the Annual Competitions, but would need to conform to the size requirements of these  competitions - see General Rules (above) Set Subject Slide and Print Competitions • The subject of the competition is announced by the committee no later than 9 months prior to the date of the competition

• All slide entries must be taken following the announcement of the subject and must not have been entered into any other single slide competition or vice versa • The number of entries is usually limited to 6 slides and/or prints or as indicated by the committee • The competitor entering the winning slide is awarded The Davyhulrne Camera Club Cup; the competitor entering the winning print is awarded The Frank Hey Memorial Rosebowl, these are retained for 12 months. Related Sets Colour Slide Competition • A set consists of 6 slides linked by a common theme, relating to a single title • All slides are to be marked with the title of the set, competitors name and the order in which they are to be projected • For projection reasons, all entries must be mounted in approved (GEPE) glass mounts • The number of entries allowed is usually 2 sets or as determined by the committee • The competitor entering the winning set of slides is awarded The Trafford Shield, which is retained for 12 months. Audio-Visual Competition Tape/Slide entries • These consist of a presentation of 2" by 2" slides which must be glass mounted in approved (GEPE) glass mounts, accompanied by a taped sound track on standard cassette • Slides are to be arranged for dual projection • The sequence is to be taped for Imatronic pulses or projected by the competitor with an Imatronic hand control • Recording must be done using club equipment Digital entries • The photographer/s must have taken the original exposures and have carried out all manipulation • Entries should be submitted on CD, with only one sequence per Cb • The sequence should be compiled with a stand-alone .EXE programme eg Pictures to Exe, GlobFX so that it will run without any additional software • The CD should not be self starting, and the sequence should be programmed to return to the desktop at the end • The mouse cursor should be hidden during the sequence For both media, the number of entries allowed is usually 2, or as indicated by the   committee; the duration of any sequence must not exceed 12 minutes This is the only competition where an entry may be submitted by a group of members. The competitor/s submitting the winning presentation will be awarded The Davyhulrne Trophy, which is retained for 12 months.

Arthur Bowers Landsape Slide Competition • The subject - landscape- may be given a wide creative interpretation • The number of entries allowed is usually 6, or as indicated by the committee • The competitor entering the winning slide is awarded the Arthur Bowers Landscape Competition Trophy, which is retained for 12 months. Club Events Slide and Print Competition • Entries must be either colour slides or home/trade processed prints, which may be monochrome or colour • All entries must have been taken whilst participating in a club arranged activity, which has been designated by the committee for inclusion in this competition • Unless specified by the committee, the subject matter will be open • A maximum of 6 slides and 6 prints may be submitted by each member • See the General Rules for print sizes • The competitor entering the winning slide will be awarded The Nicholas Wood Trophy; the competitor entering the winning print will be awarded the Jack Walters Memorial Salver; these trophies will be retained for 12 months. Additional Information Presidents Prize This trophy will be awarded annually to the member who has gained the highest aggregated score from all slide competitions in the preceding 12 months, excluding the Club Events and Audio-Visual Competitions; the trophy will be retained for 12 months. Len Hughes Trophy This trophy will be awarded annually to the member who has gained the highest aggregated score from all print competitions in the preceding 12 months, excluding the Club Events; the trophy will be retained for 12 months. Points allocation • All entries for the Regular Slide and Print Competitions will be scored out of 10 • All other competitions that are to be included in the Presidents Prize and/or for the Len Hughes Trophy will be allocated 2 points per competition entry, with additional points as follows:- Winner        8 points                      HC               6 points VHC          7 points                      C                5 points JAK/13/5/06 *