Regulations

1. The competition: This is for images from individual photographers submitted as digital files on a CD and shown using a digital projector.
2. Eligibility: Any member of a South London Federation club may enter up to four images.
3. Selection: Two of an entrant's images will be automatically accepted. A further one or two from each entrant will be accepted if required to make the total entry to up to approximately 120 images. Entrants are required to state the preference order for their images on the entry form.
4. Venue: The competion will be held at Shirley Methodist Church Hall, Eldon Avenue, Croydon CR0 8SD (for map, please see the Croydon Camera Club website www.croydoncameraclub.org.uk) on Thursday 27th November 2008 at 8pm - 10pm. Doors open at 7.30pm.
5. Judge: Marcus Scott-Taggart
6. Awards: The best image will win the Federation trophy, “Jack’s Jug” and hold it for one year. A further five merit awards will be made.
7. Images: Images may be monochrome or colour. No image may be used which has been awarded a certificate or trophy (in any format, including slide or print) in a South London Federation competition in any season.
8. Images should be in JPEG RGB format in the sRGB working space (including monochrome images), with either:
   • a horizontal dimension of 768 pixels and a vertical dimension of no more than 768 pixels or
   • a vertical dimension of 768 pixels and a horizontal dimension of no more than 768 pixels
   • ( This image size is chosen to ensure that both landscape and portrait images are projected to equivalent dimensions on the screen.)
   • See below for help in preparing files.
9. Files and Folders : The four images should be in one folder whose name is the entrant’s name. (For example: “Josie Smith FRPS” ) For each image, the file name should be the title of the image, led by a number to indicate the requested order of preference. There should be only a space separating the number from the title. (For example: “1 Bumblebee in flight.jpg”)
10. Projection: The projector used when judging the images will be calibrated to sRGB colour space. Any projected background around the images will be black.
11. Contacts: For any further information about the competition contact Steve Wilbur (020 8776 1268 steve.wilbur@btinternet.com)

Submission of Entries

1. The closing date for the receipt of entries is 31st October 2008
2. The entry form is available here in Adobe Acrobat/Reader format. The Adobe Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe site.
3. The entry fee is £4 per entrant irrespective of the number of images and must be sent with the entry. Cheques must be made payable to “FSLPS” .
4. Entries comprising the entry CD, the entry form, and the £4 entry fee should be sent to Steve Wilbur, 29 Monks Orchard Road, BECKENHAM, BR3 3BH. Please address any queries to steve.wilbur@btinternet.com
5. The entrant’s CD will not be returned, and will be destroyed three weeks after the competition. The copyright of all images is retained by the entrant. Selected images may be used to publicise the Federation competitions, including use on the Federation website. It is planned that a CD of the accepted images will be available for clubs to purchase. Entry implies agreement to this use of the entrant’s images.

Image Preparation

To prepare your images to the correct size, etc. using Photoshop 6 or later:

• Open the image in Photoshop and flatten any layers
• Use File > Automate > Fit Image and type in the required maximum size of the image (768 x 768 in this case)
• Use Image > Mode > Convert to Profile and convert the image to sRGB working space (Edit > Convert to Profile in Photoshop CS2/CS3)
• Use File > Save As to save the image to a different file name or folder in JPEG format with high quality (10 or greater). Ensure that the check box next to "ICC Profile" is ticked. (It should be showing sRGB.)

To prepare your images to the correct size using Photoshop Elements:

• Open the image in Photoshop Elements and flatten any layers
• Use Image > Resize > Image Size and ensure that the "Resize (Bicubic)" and "Constrain Proportions" boxes are ticked, then ...
• Under "Pixel Dimensions" type 768 into the width or height box showing the larger number of pixels. The other number will adjust accordingly. Click OK to complete the process.
• (You cannot convert the image profile in Photoshop Elements so there is no equivalent in Elements to the third step in the Photoshop instructions.)
• Use File > Save As to save the image to a different file name or folder in JPEG format with high quality (10 or greater). Ensure that the check box next to "ICC Profile" is ticked.