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SPLASH-IN
SPLASH-IN COMPETITION RULES AND ENTRY
FORM
While entries for the on the day Splash-in are not mandatory in
advance, if possible please register your intention to attend by
Wednesday 27 June latest (sooner if possible) by one of the following
methods:
registering online
emailing jp@jptrenque.com with a completed
entry form
sending an entry form by post to JP Trenque at
the address on the entry form
including an on the day entry form with your
print competition entry
Barbeque bookings are essential in
advance, as are the number of film entries. If you have not
registered in advance we cannot guarantee barbeque tickets or first
choice of film.
ENTRY FORMS
Entry forms (separate forms for the
print and the on the day competitions) may be downloaded as an Adobe
PDF file, or as a Word document (to allow electronic editing if you
need to send by email).
On-the-Day.doc On-the-Day.pdf
OR they are available from: jp@jptrenque.com
OR to register online for the on the
day event click here.
SPLASH-IN CATEGORIES
There are four categories; Close-Up,
Wide-Angle, Fish and Humorous/Creative. A maximum of four images per
entrant, two in any one category for the first three categories are
allowed. In addition, each photographer may enter one image for the
Humorous/ Creative category.
Images entered in the Close-Up, Wide-Angle and Fish categories will
also be entered in the overall competition for the grand prize to be
chosen by a panel of judges.
Splash-in category
definitions
1. Close-Up - photograph taken of an
area A4 size or less, excluding one which qualifies for the Fish
category.
2. Wide-Angle - photograph taken of an
area greater than A4 size, excluding one which qualifies for the Fish
category.
3. Fish - photograph in which a fish,
several fish or a school of fish is the main focus of the image. For
example, a close focus wide-angle shot with a lit ballen wrasse in
the foreground and the silhouette of a wreck in the background would
qualify as a fish shot, but a wide angle shot of a wreck with fish
swimming above it in the background would qualify as wide-angle, not
fish.
4. Humorous/Creative - any form of
image manipulation including composite images (several images joined
together) is allowed as long as all of the components were taken in
the sea on the day.
Beginners
In addition awards will be made to the
Best Beginner in each category, and to an overall Best Beginner as
selected by the audience. A beginner is defined as someone who has
not come first, second or third in a national or international
competition, such as BSoUP's Open and Beginners Portfolio
Competitions, BSoUP or St Abbs splash-ins, Image, BUIF, U/W
Photographer of the Year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Marine
Conservation Society etc. Please identify yourself on the entry
form if you qualify.
DIGITAL RULES
1. Each competitor must be at the
Mount
Batten Centre either in the bar between 8.30 -10.00 pm on Friday
6 July or on the ground floor of the Mount Batten Centre between 8.00
- 9.00 am on Saturday 7 July to register and pay their entrance fee,
demonstrate that their memory card is empty and take a photograph of
the numbered BSoUP identification card(s).
2. Competitors may take as many images
as they wish, as long as they are on memory cards which have been
registered (more than one memory card may be used). Images may be
taken in any format but entries must be entered in JPEG format.
3. Competitors must return to the
Mount
Batten Centre at 4.00 pm to log back in. ANY COMPETITOR NOT
LOGGED BACK IN BY 4.00 pm WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ENTRY. They
then have some time to choose their favourite images. Two stations
will be available for competitors to hand their chosen images in -
between 5.00 and 6.00 pm at the Mount Batten Centre or between 5.30
and 6.30 pm at the Aquarium. Images may be downloaded to the
competitor's own computer to check quality, and to perform any whole
image optimisation as defined below, prior to downloading to BSoUP's
computer. Unfortunately, due to time and resource constraints,
laptops cannot be provided by the competition organisers. If you
would like to be able to work with your images on a laptop and do not
have one of your own it is strongly advised that you make your own
arrangements in advance.
4. MINIMAL digital manipulation using
sharpening, colour correction, brightness and contrast adjustment may
be made to the whole image ONLY except in the Humorous/ Creative
category (see below). No cropping is allowed. The BSoUP committee
members present at the event reserve the right to examine the
original untouched image. Their opinion as to whether an image
submitted for the competition is eligible will be final. In addition,
the judges for the grand prize also reserve the right to examine the
untouched images on their shortlist to determine whether the amount
of post production affects their choice in competition with slide
entries.
5. Original, unchanged images must be
kept on the card for 24 hours after the vote for the organisers to
review if requested, to ensure that they were taken on the
competition day and have not been changed other than as allowed by
the rules.
6. Images should be submitted in JPEG
format at a maximum size of 1024 pixels wide or 768 pixels high, and
with a resolution of 72 dpi. If downloaded straight from a card, they
will be resized and rotated as applicable in Photoshop by the
organisers. File names should comprise the photographer's name and
the category, eg "MTresslerCloseUp1, MTresslerCloseUp2, etc.
7. Submitted entries will be projected
later in the evening at the National Marine Aquarium alongside the
film entries and judged by the audience present. At the same time the
winner of the grand prize will be chosen from all entries in the
Close-Up, Wide-Angle and Fish categories by an independent panel of
judges.
8. BSoUP reserves the right to publish
winning images both in the society magazine and on the website.
Winning images may also be used in future promotional material such
as magazine publications for the event royalty free, but copyright
remains with the photographer.
9. The organisers' decision on
any matters arising from these rules shall be final.
FILM RULES
1. Each competitor will be provided as
part of their basic entry fee with one roll of film of 36 exposures,
35 mm colour transparency film. Additional rolls of film may be
requested for an extra fee to cover film and processing costs. 100
ISO and 400 ISO films will be available; competitors who register in
advance will have the choice of film they would like to use.
Photographers who register on the day will receive what is available
that day.
2. Entrants must collect their film
and pay their entrance fee in the bar at the Mount Batten
Centre between 8.30 - 10.00 pm on Friday 6 July or on the ground
floor of the Mount Batten Centre between 8.00 - 9.00 am on Saturday 7
July.
3. Rolls of film must be returned to
the Mount Batten Centre by 4.00 pm at the latest on the same day,
having been exposed in local waters. Films will be processed off-site
by Spectrum PhotoLabs in Plymouth. ANY FILMS NOT HANDED IN
BY 4.00 pm WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ENTRY. Competitors may not
process their own film or use processing facilities other than that
provided by the organisers.
4. All submitted films will be given
standard E6 processing and returned to the entrant with five slide
mounts per competitor, into which entries for projection should be
mounted and submitted. This will take place at the National Marine
Aquarium immediately preceding the barbeque. Some light boxes and
loupes will be available; please bring your own if you wish.
5. Each slide mount must bear the
entrant's name, registration number and the category e.g. Close-Up,
Wide-Angle, Fish or Humorous/Creative. Slide mounts must also be
marked with a dot to indicate the lower left corner when viewed the
right way up and the right way round. No cropping/ masking is
allowed.
6. Submitted entries will be projected
later in the evening at the National Marine Aquarium alongside the
digital entries and judged by the audience present. At the same time,
the winner of the grand prize will be chosen from all entries in the
Close-Up, Wide-Angle and Fish categories by an independent panel of
judges.
7. BSoUP reserves the right to publish
winning images both in the society magazine and on the website.
Winning images may also be used in future promotional material such
as magazine publications for the event royalty free, but copyright
remains with the photographer. The organisers will retain the winning
slides to scan for publicity purposes and they will be returned at or
following the July meeting of the Society.
8. The organisers' decision on
any matters arising from these rules shall be final.
PRIZES, TROPHIES AND
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
A total of 4 trophies and 11
individual awards will be awarded.
1. All entries in the Close-Up,
Wide-Angle and Fish on the day competition categories will be
eligible for the grand prize of a one week liveaboard holiday in the
Red Sea donated by Tony Backhurst Scuba, which will be selected by an
independent panel of judges.
2. The winning Close-Up image will
receive the Image Centre Trophy and an Olympus Mju 770 digital camera
donated by Olympus.
3. The winning Wide-Angle image will
receive the Alan James Digital Image Trophy and an Olympus Mju 770
digital camera donated by Olympus.
4. The winning Fish image will receive
the BSoUP Trophy and an Olympus Mju 770 digital camera donated by
Olympus.
5. The winning Humorous/Creative image
will receive the AP Valves Trophy and a Buddy jacket kindly donated
by A P
Valves.
6. The Best Beginner will receive a
free place on a one day course run by Maria Munn of Ocean
Visions. The runner-up in each category
will receive a book kindly donated by Edge
Underwater Photography or by Ultimate Sports.
INDIVIDUAL
TROPHIES
7. The winner of the grand prize will
receive an acrylic trophy.
8. The winner and runner-up in each
category, excluding Humorous/Creative, will receive individual
acrylic trophies.
9. The winner of the Humorous/Creative
category will receive an individual acrylic trophy.
10. The Best Beginner in each of
the Close-Up, Wide Angle and Fish categories, and the overall Best
Beginner will receive individual acrylic trophies. |
