ENTRY
RULES
2006
TROPICAL IMAGE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
ELECTRONIC IMAGING DIVISION
http://www.bembrit.com/tropical2006
Closing
Date: March
4, 2006
Judging Date:
March 11, 2006
Results Posted on Web page: March 18, 2006
Report Cards Emailed : March 18, 2006
CD-ROM Catalog mailed: May 17, 2006
Chairman:
Barbara E Miller
FPSA PPSA EFIAP
Co Chairman Georg Panytsch
10462 Greentrail Drive
North
Boynton Beach FL 33436-4412 U.S.A.
Phone: 561 732 1644
E-mail: tropicalimage@bellsouth.net
Website:http://www.bembrit.com/tropical2006
Awards: BEST OF SHOW
GENERAL: PSA GOLD
BEST OF SHOW CREATIVE: PSA GOLD
FIAP Gold Medal Merit Award
FIAP Silver Medal Merit Award
FIAP Bronze Medal Merit Award
Judges Choice (3)
HM Ribbons: Honorable Mention Recognition
The
sponsors of this International Exhibition of Photography have been awarded
Recognition by PSA, the world’s largest patron of international
photographic exhibitions.
Acceptances received by PSA members in approved sections of this exhibition are eligible for PSA Star Ratings, listing in the worldwide PSA Who’s Who of photography, and credited toward the PSA Distinctions PPSA and EPSA.
PSA is a non profit
organization promoting the advancement of photography in all its forms
to novice, amateur and professional photographers worldwide.
For information on
membership and the many services and activities of PSA, contact:
Photographic Society
of America
3000 United Founders Blvd. Suite 103
Oklahoma City, OK 73112-3940 U.S.A.
E-mail: hq@psa-photo.org
Web Site: http://www.psa-photo.org
Judges:
Nick Muskovac, APSA EPSA, Palm Harbor, FL
Erick Rosengren, Largo, FL
Louis Mervar EFIAP, Hillsboro Beach, FL
Alternate: Bill Friedman, Boynton Beach, FL
FIAP Patronage Number 2006/032
THE TROPICAL
IMAGE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
1. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:
The Tropical Image Salon is open to all photographers around the world. However, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and conditions.
Submission of entries implies the acceptance of all conditions. The entrant must be the owner of all rights of the submitted works. Entry is not limited to images created and or modified digitally. Images may also be acquired and/or modified traditionally and then scanned. The images must be submitted as Electronic files by Email only.
By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication on a CD-ROM catalog, on an Internet Website and/or display in media related to the exhibition. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright by the entrant.
2. COMPETITION DIVISION:
Electronic Imaging Division with PSA EID Recognition.
3. SECTIONS:
There will be two
Sections:
A. COLOR GENERAL
B. COLOR CREATIVE
Any subject is
acceptable. The entries are not limited to images of
a tropical theme.
An Entrant may enter two sections toward a Color Star .
4. ENTRY FORM:
The Entry Form must
be submitted electronically. The Entry Form is available on the website
http://www.bembrit.com/tropical2006.
Instructions for filling out the Entry Form are included on the website.
The Entry Form must be filled out on the Web Site and sent by using the
“SUBMIT” button at the bottom of the Entry Form.
Your images should be sent in a separate Email. A list of all the entries received will be published on the Exhibition Web Site.
The status of the
entry fee and the files received will be listed. The list will be updated
at least weekly.
Please check the status of your entries on the Web Site about a week after
sending so they can be resent if necessary.
5. ENTRY IMAGE FILES:
The Images must be sent separately from the Entry Form. The images must be in JPEG format. A maximum of 4 images may be submitted per Section. Images can be submitted by the following methods:
Email to tropicalimage@bellsouth.net
The images can be sent one at a time or in groups of four for each section, depending on your Internet Provider and Modem Speed. When sending your images by Email, your message should say how many images are attached and should show your full name.
6. IMAGE FILE NAME: (HOW TO NAME YOUR JPEG IMAGE FILES)
The Tropical Image
Salon has two sections:
A. Color General – Open
B. Color Creative – Altered
Reality
The appropriate section
letter (A,B) must be used as part of the Electronic File Name. Your surname
and the initial of your first name will be used as the first part of the
Electronic File Name as shown below:
surname-X-####-YZ.jpg
Surname is your Family
name. “X” is the first character (Initial) in your given name.
#### is the last four digits of your phone number.
Y is the Section letter (A,B) & Z is the image number (1-4) of the
entry.
Example:
The following four images were submitted in Section A, by John Smith,
Phone No. 561-555-1212
smith-j-1212-A1.jpg
smith-j-1212-A2.jpg
smith-j-1212-A3.jpg
smith-j-1212-A4.jpg
These file
names must be identical to those that you enter
on the Entry Form and must contain your Surname as shown in the above
Example. This naming convention is necessary to assure that files from
different makers will have unique names.
Titles are used for the description of your image. Example:
BENGAL TIGER.
PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR TITLES FOR YOUR JPEG IMAGE FILE NAMES.
There are separate lines provided on the Entry Form for your TITLES.
7. ENTRY FILE DIMENSIONS AND SIZE:
The required maximum
horizontal dimension is 1024 pixels and the maximum vertical dimension
is 768 pixels. Smaller Images are acceptable. If the Images do not meet
the file criteria, the Salon committee will try to notify the entrant
by a posting on the Salon Web Site so that the images can be resent. If
this is not possible, the Salon committee will try to resolve the problem.
Please keep your image size under 350Kb.
The dpi specification has no meaning when submitting images for Electronic Exhibitions on the Internet. The dpi specification is only used when making prints.
You must set the height and width pixel dimensions to meet the specification.
Maximum width 1024
pixels.
Maximum height 768 pixels.
Smaller images are acceptable.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE
CHECK YOUR IMAGE SIZE BEFORE SENDING.
SEE EXAMPLES BELOW:
8. JUDGING:
Judging will be done by projecting images on a screen with an Electronic Projector at a resolution of 1024 X 768 set to 16.7 million colors. In each section the entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging.
Three judges will be used with a score from each judge ranging from 2 to 9. The sum of the three scores will be used to determine acceptance. Each Image will have a Minimum score 6, Maximum Score 27.
9. ENTRY FEE:
North America:
7 USD for one section
12 USD for two sections
All Others:
10 USD for one section
18 USD for two sections
Fee will be accepted by Cash USD, Checks and money orders must be in U.S. funds on a U.S. Bank. Checks shall be made out to "B E Miller".
Entries received without fee will not be judged and will not be sent any results. Fee must be received by closing date.
Mail Entry Fee to:
B E Miller
10462 Greentrail Drive North
Boynton Beach, FL 33436-4412 U.S.A.
10. ACCEPTANCE RESULTS:
A listing of acceptances
and awards will be posted on the Internet at the Web Site:
http://www.bembrit.com/tropical2006
for a minimum of three months.
A CD-ROM Catalog will be sent to each participant.
Email Report Cards will be sent to all participants.
11. EXHIBITION PUBLIC SHOWINGS:
Boynton Beach
Camera Club
Senior
Citizen Center,
Boynton Beach FL, USA
Boynton Beach City
Library
Seacrest Blvd
Boynton Beach FL, USA
Folkestone (UK) Camera Club.
Folkestone, Kent, UK
Tain Photographic
Society
Dundalk, Ireland
Slide Show will be shown on a high resolution Electronic Projector.