External Competitions
For brief information about external competitions in which we take part, click |here|
APS Internal Competitions: 2007~08
APS 2007~08 Competition Scores so far - Click to open results in PDFs:
(Requires Adobe Reader. If necessary, Download Adobe Reader )
Classes of Author
There are three classes of author in prints: General, Intermediate and Advanced. There are two classes of author in slides and projected digital images (PDI): General and Advanced.
New members should inform the competition secretaries of any RPS or PAGB awards or successes in external competitions and exhibitions to ensure that they start in an appropriate class. In the absence of such evidence they will normally begin in the General class. Promotion will be agreed annually by the committee on the recommendation of the appropriate competition secretary. Classes for prints and slides are considered separately but authors who are already in the Advanced class for prints or slides will normally be allocated to the Advanced class for PDI.
General Competition Rules
There are separate competitions for slides, prints and PDI.
Images may be of any subject but will be judged as pictorial in nature. They may be naturalistic, creative or experimental and be digitally manipulated in any manner. Images must have significant photographic content ie from a traditional photographic process, digital camera or scanner. Images created solely in a computer are not acceptable.
An image may only be submitted in one medium (print, slide or PDI) in one season.
Judges are asked to comment on each image and mark it out of 20. Each class is judged separately. An image which has earned 13 or more marks in a competition may not be re-entered, except in a Final.
Copyright must be vested in the author but a print or slide may be professionally processed.
Print-Specific Rules
There are six Print Competitions in each of which authors may submit a maximum of two prints. The highest score per competition and the highest five scores out of the six competitions will count for the seasonal league table.
There is also a Print Final in which each author may submit two prints that have been in a print competition during the season. The judge will pick the best print from each class and the Print of the Year.
On the night of a competition, prints will be accepted until 7.50pm.
Print Details:
Prints must be on a stiff mount and not less than 224cm2 and of a maximum size of 40x50cm. The print title and author's name must be written on the back and if the orientation is questionable "Top" should also be written on the back.
Print Trophies:
General class best of league medal
General class best of year medal (print finals winner)
Intermediate class best of league medal
Intermediate class best of year medal (print finals winner)
Advanced class best of league medal
Advanced class best of year medal (print finals winner)
Print of the year medal (print finals all classes)
Slide-Specific Rules
There are two slide competitions in each of which authors may submit a maximum of six slides.
The two highest marked slides from each competition are aggregated during the season to determine the highest scorer in each class.
On the night of a competition, slides will be accepted until 7.50pm
Slide Details:
Slides must be in 5x5cm slide mounts and may be masked in any manner.
When looking at the slide 'as taken' the author's name must be written inverted at the bottom of the mount and a coloured spot must be at the bottom left corner.
Slide Trophies:
General class best of league medal
Advanced class best of league medal
Projected Digital Image-Specific Rules
There are five PDI competitions in each of which, authors may submit a maximum of two images for selection as Best in Class. The highest score per competition and the highest four scores out of the five competitions will count for the seasonal league table.
There is also a PDI Final in which each author may submit two images that have been in a PDI competition during the season. The judge will pick the best image from each class and the PDI of the Year.
Entries must be submitted no later than three days in advance of the competition by e-mail attachment (preferably), CD, DVD or flash memory stick to the competition secretary.
PDI File Details:
Images must be in .JPG format (maximum quality) and with maximum dimensions 1024 pixels wide x 768 pixels high. Note that if a square format is used, the maximum size will therefore be 768 x 768 pixels. For help with resizing your image see |here|
Filenames must be in the following format:
STRANGE TREE by Ray Franklin ARPS.jpg or ANOTHER STUNNING LANDSCAPE by Roger Longdin.jpg
This exact use of upper and lower case letters is essential because the competition software uses this to automatically recognise the title and authors name.
For help with re-naming your image see |here|
For best results from our projector it is highly recommended that the image is also in the sRGB colour space. For help with colour spaces see |here|
PDI Trophies:
General class best of league medal
General class best of year medal (PDI finals winner)
Advanced class best of league medal
Advanced class best of year medal (PDI finals winner)
PDI of the year medal (PDI finals all classes)