2010
OHS Photographic Competition
Theme: Open to
the world
Photo
Competition
Convenor: Deborah McPhedran c/o
sci-tech(-at-)sympatico.ca
Class
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“Up Close and Personal”
Close-up photos of spring or summer flowers. Location: open.
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“Flora and
Fauna” Photos involving animals, birds,
or insects as part of the gardenscape. Location: open.
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“Voluptuous
Vistas” Photos of beds, borders,
colourful drifts, and masses of mixed plantings. Location: open.
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“Shade
planting” Photos of shade groupings or
individual specimens. Location: National Capital Region.
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“Edibles” Photo containing at least one plant part that may be
consumed by an animal. Location: National
Capital Region.
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“Winter
interest” Photo of a winter scene with horticultural interest. Location: Eastern Canada.
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“Photographer’s
choice”. Open subject matter (bearing in
mind the horticultural merit requirement). Location: open.
All
entries
are to be printed on
photographic-quality paper and no distinction will be made between
film or digital. Entries received on non-photographic quality paper
will be disqualified. The year in which the photo was taken does not
matter. However, it may not have been entered previously in this
competition.
There
are two components to the voting procedure:
A
Judge’s Choice vote,
which will be judged first, second, and third in each class for both
the best film and /or the best digital print. The overall winner, as
voted by the judge, will receive the Photographic Stores Ltd. Trophy
and a plaque of the winning image as a memento, and will have his or
her winning photograph appear on the cover of the 2011 yearbook.
Voting typically takes place before the December AGM.
A
People’s Choice
vote, which will be judged first, second, and third in each class.
The overall winner will receive a plaque of the winning image and a
$25.00 cash prize. The Popular Choice
Award is based on a weighted aggregate of the People’s Choice
votes. The winner will receive a $25.00 cash prize. Voting will take
place at the December AGM.
The
results
will be tallied and all winning
photographs will be displayed at the January 2011 meeting. The names
and photographs of all winners will appear on the Society’s
website.
The
Photographic Stores Ltd. trophy is
awarded each year for the image that according to the Judge shows the
greatest imaginative quality and technical excellence. The winner in
2009 was Anne Johnston.
General Rules
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The
competition is open to all members of the Ottawa Horticultural Society.
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A photograph may be
entered only once as a print; it does not matter whether it originated
on film or digitally.
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Each competitor can
enter a total of six images per class (any combination of film or
digital prints).
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Photographs will
be judged on their horticultural merit (40%), their photographic impact
(40%), and subject interest (20%). Please note that “photographic
impact” includes an assessment of the technical quality of the print
with respect to colour reproduction or other physical elements in the
preparation of the print. Keep this in mind especially when editing
and/or printing digital images at home.
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Digital and film
entries will be combined.
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Entries
must be submitted to the competition’s co-ordinator, Deborah McPhedran, or the Society’s secretary, on or
before the date of the October 2010 OHS meeting.
Rules for Prints
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Prints
must be on photographic paper and be 4” x 6” in size.
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To allow for an
unbiased judgment, we ask that your name appear nowhere on the print.
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Please submit
your photos in an envelope upon which you have clearly printed your
name, phone number, and e-mail address, and have indicated whether or not you agree to have your winning photos
reproduced (see item 4 below). Please include the word “Class” and the
Class number on the back of each print. A competition code will be
assigned to each entry in the envelope and will be recorded on the back
of the print.
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Unless you indicate
otherwise, by entering the competition you agree that your name and
scanned images of your winning photos may be reproduced in the OHS
yearbook or newsletter and/or displayed on the OHS website.
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If possible,
please provide the names and cultivars of the plants in each photo, and
indicate the location in which the photograph was taken. Note that
whether or not this information is present may be taken into
consideration in instances where the vote is tied.
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Please place a small
arrow on the back of each photo to indicate which way is up.
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For our records, please enter the word “digital” or “film” on the
back of all photos.
Viewing
of
all photographs, and the People’s Choice voting procedure, will
take place at the Annual General Meeting in
December 2010. The announcement of the winners in all classes, as
determined by the judge, plus the results of the People’s Choice
and Popular Choice awards, will take place at the first meeting of
the New Year in 2011. All entries will be returned at the February
meeting of 2011.