Online Competition Rules - State College Photo Club

Online Competition

Each month the State College Photo Club offers an online competition that is available to members and non-members. While you do not have to be a member of the club to participate, you must register an account on our website.

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Question

·  How many photos can I enter in the online contest?
·  What kind of photos are allowed in the contest?
·  Who can participate in the online photo contest?
·  How do I score a photo?
·  How are winners chosen?
·  How should my photos be prepared?
·  Can I re-enter an image?

Answer

· How many photos can I enter in the online contest?

You can enter up to 2 images in each category (that is total 4).

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· What kind of photos are allowed in the contest?

You can enter any image (excluding offensive and obscene) taken with any type of camera, film or digital. You may use whatever tools you feel are necessary to prepare your entries.

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· Who can participate in the online photo contest?

Any registered user of the site can enter photos in the online contest. But you must be logged in to enter your photos as well as vote on the entries.

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· How do I score a photo?

You can give a photo a score of 1 through 10 with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. If you change your mind you can come back and change your score anytime before voting is closed.

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· How are winners chosen?

All registered site users may score entries in the current online contests.

The photos with the highest average scores will be the winners. There will be 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention winners in each category. In case of a tie, joint winners will be announced. Winners of the online competition will be announced and recognized at the club’s monthly meeting. The winning images will also be posted on the web site in Winners’ Albums.

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· How should my photos be prepared?

For best viewing, both on the web site and when projected at meetings, images should be sized so that they are 2000 pixels on the longest side.
If your image editor allows it, pictures intended for display on the web should be saved using the sRGB color space.
Remember that too much compression of .JPG images may result in pictures that are pixelated or lacking critical detail when viewed at larger sizes (such as when projected on the screen at meetings).

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· Can I re-enter an image?

Once an image wins in the Online contest (1st, 2nd, 3rd or Hon. Mention), it is no longer eligible for entry in subsequent competitions. It can, however, still be entered in the Meeting competition (provided it has not already won or placed in a meeting competition) or used as part of a slideshow.

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