Tropical Image 2012
Rules
Closing Date: March 9, 2012
Judging Date: March 17 and 18, 2012
Results posted on website: March 25, 2012
Report cards emailed : March 25, 2012
CD or DVD catalog mailed: June 4, 2012 or earlier
Chairman:
Barbara E Miller FPSA MPSA EFIAP
10462 Greentrail Drive North
Boynton Beach FL 33436-4412 U.S.A.
Phone: 561 732 1644
Co Chairman George Panytsch
E-mail: tropicalimage@bellsouth.net
Website: www.bembrit.com/tropical2012
Awards: Medals
BEST OF SHOW GENERAL: PSA GOLD
BEST OF SHOW CREATIVE: PSA GOLD
BEST OF SHOW MONOCHROME: PSA GOLD
PSA Silver Medal GENERAL
PSA Silver Medal CREATIVE
PSA Bronze Medal GENERAL
PSA Bronze Medal MONOCHROME
FIAP Gold Medal Merit Award
FIAP Silver Medal Merit Award
FIAP Bronze Medal Merit Award
FIAP BLUE BADGE (Highest number of total acceptances)
Chairman’s Choice-General Section
Chairman's Choice Creative Section
Chairman's Choice Monochrome Section
1st, 2nd, 3rd Runner-up General Section
1st, 2nd, 3rd Runner-up Creative Section
1st, 2nd, 3rd Runner-up Monochrome Section
Judges Choice (3) in Open Section
Judges Choice (3) in Creative Section
Judges Choice (3) in Monochrome Section
HM Ribbons: Honorable Mention Recognition
Medal Sponsors:
Nick Muskovac APSA EPSA
Hunts Photo and Video
100 Main Street
Melrose MA 02176
This International Exhibition of Photography has 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
Website: www.psa-photo.org
This Exhibition has received the High Patronage of
FlAP
No 2012/070
Federation Internationale de I' Art Photographique
The International Federation of Photographic Art
National federations and associations, regional
associations and clubs affiliated on all five continents. World-famed
photographic distinctions. Acceptances obtained in this exhibition are
taken into account for FlAP distinctions.
Secretary General
Via Corelli 8
I - 50127 Firenze
Italy
www.fiap.net/index-en.html
(English)
www.fiap.net (Francais)
Judges:
Tom Icklan APSA, Greenacres, FL, USA
Jim Mahoney, APSA EPSA, Palm Harbor, FL, USA
Tony Potter, UK
Christine Hodgson, UK
THE TROPICAL IMAGE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
1. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
The Tropical Image International Exhibition 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.
Important:
The images must be submitted as electronic files by upload only at the
provided entry form. No CDs will be accepted.
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 or DVD
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.
Any image that was previously accepted in the Tropical
Image Exhibition may not be re-entered regardless of its title.
2. COMPETITION DIVISION
Electronic Imaging Division with PSA EID Star Ratings
and Who's Who Recognition.
3. SECTIONS
There will be three Sections:
A. GENERAL (Open)
B. CREATIVE (Altered Reality)
C. MONOCHROME (Black and white)
Any subject
is acceptable. The entries are NOT limited to images
of a tropical theme.
4. ENTRY FORM
The entry form is available at the website www.bembrit.com/tropical2012
and must be submitted electronically using the submit button together
with the images.
Instructions for filling out the entry form are included on the website.
A list of all the entries received will be published
on the Exhibition website. 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 website about a week after sending.
5. IMAGE FILES
The Images must be sent together with the entry form. The images must be in JPG format. A maximum of 4 images may be submitted per section.
The images do not need to be renamed, the entry form will
rename them for you.
6. 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 you submit larger images, the entry form will resize them.
Maximum width 1024 pixels.
Maximum height 768 pixels.
7. 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 3 to 9. The sum of the three scores will be used to
determine acceptance. Each image will have a minimum score of 9 and a
maximum score of 27.
8. ENTRY FEE
North America:
$8 USD for one section
$10 USD for two sections
$12 USD for three sections
All Others:
$12 USD for one section
$18 USD for two sections
$20 USD for three sections
Fee can also be paid by Paypal via the Internet
in USD.
The Paypal form is at
www.bembrit.com/tropical2012/paypal.htm
Fee will also be accepted by cash in USD. Checks
and money orders must be drawn in U.S. funds on a U.S. Bank.
Checks must be made payable to B E Miller.
Mail entry fee to: (Except PayPal)
B E Miller EFIAP FPSA MPSA
10462 Greentrail Drive North
Boynton Beach FL 33436-4412, U.S.A.
Entries received without fee will not be judged
and will not be sent any results. Fee must be received by closing date.
9. ACCEPTANCE RESULTS
A listing of acceptances and awards will be posted on
the Internet at the website
www.bembrit.com/tropical2012
for a minimum of three months.
10. CD or DVD CATALOG
A catalog, showing acceptances and images will
be mailed to each entrant, via CD-ROM or DVD.
At the entry form website you will have the choice of selecting either
- a CD that can be played on computers only, or
- a multimode DVD that can be played on computers and on TV systems without the need of a computer.
11. EXHIBITION PUBLIC SHOWINGS
Coral Lakes Camera Club
Boynton Beach Camera Club
And many other showings as requested.
Slide show program will be shown on a high resolution
electronic projector.