NZSS Photographic Competition 2006

Each year the Society holds a photographic competition, to stimulate interest in cave photography. This is judged just prior to the Annual General Meeting. There are four sections: slides, prints, novice, and still presentation, the first three counting towards the NZSS Trophy.

Rules Applying to all Sections:

1. Only financial members of NZSS may enter.
2. All entries to be in the hands of the Information coordinator by Friday 6^th October 2006 (closing date), which is prior to the NZSS Annual General Meeting.
3. The trophies and cups always remain the property of NZSS and must remain in New Zealand.
4. Lighting for all photographs must have been directed by the entrant but processing by others is permitted.
5. No photograph gaining any award may be entered again.
6. Photographic entries to be a cave or a caving scene.
7. Participation shall constitute automatic consent to reproduce the winning images in the NZSS bulletin or website, without charge or notice, but with due credit.
   Note this does not constitute any loss of copyright by the owner.
8. Any photograph can only be entered in one section.
9. Each section shall have three levels of awards:
   1. Honours - a photograph displaying a high degree of skill, artistic quality and impact;
   2. Merit - a photograph which does not attain Honours level but does have some outstanding qualities;
   3. Acceptance - a photograph of a standard sufficiently high to warrant acceptance for exhibition.
10. Each section shall have an award for the photograph of the highest standard. This year the award will be money, except the novice section where one NZSS membership for the new financial year will be awarded.
11. Each section needs to have three financial members enter to make that section live. If the section is not live, then the prize is void for that section of the competition, but award points will still be allocated and count towards the NZSS Trophy.
12. The competition will be judged by a member of the the Photographic Society of New Zealand.
13. Members may enter three photographs per section.
14. The WCG Photo Competition Coordinator is not allowed to enter this competition.
15. Packaging and return of entries

NZSS Photographic Competition Categories

Slide Section

First prize: $30

1. Slides must be spotted, in the bottom left corner, when held in the correct viewing position.
2. Slides to be titled on the front.

Pybus Cup for Black & White/Colour Prints

First prize: $50

1. All entries must have the title of the photograph on the reverse side of the print.
2. The print may be up to 400mm x 500mm and should be mounted.

Prints may be either film or digital. Digital prints must not be modified except as might be expected in a commercial printing environment.

Novice Cup for Slides or Black & White / Colour Prints

First prize: One individual NZSS membership for 2006/07 financial year

This section is to encourage those who are new to cave photography.

1. Anyone who has previously won NZSS photographic award or an experienced photographer shall not be eligible to compete for this cup.
2. All print entries must be titled on the reverse of the print.
3. Slide entries are to be labeled as per the slide rules.
4. Prints may be of any size up to 400mm x 500mm and should be mounted.

Movie clip of still photos, not exceeding ten minutes in duration

First prize: $50
Compiled using Movie Maker, Powerpoint, Impress, or like software.

1. All entries must be either on DVD or Memory Stick.
2. This is a new category reflecting the growth in interest in this medium but as it has not yet been ratified, prizes points will not be counted towards the NZSS Trophy

NZSS Trophy

First prize: $50

The trophy will be awarded to the photographer attaining the highest aggregated points obtained from all the sections that they have entered, using the following points: