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Check the club calendar to see
when competitions will be held.
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Some competitions will be
“Digital Only” (non-printed images).
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Some competitions will be
“Prints Only” (aka: “Stereo Cards” or “3D Photo Cards”).
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Each Competition will include
one category known as “OPEN SUBJECT”. (In 2010 “THEME
SUBJECT” has been temporarily suspended and will be
re-introduced in 2011)
OPEN
SUBJECT includes any “G Rated” type image that can be shown in a
public setting that is either a realistic photograph or a creative
image that is composed of predominately photographic content.
MAKING STEREO
DIGITAL IMAGES
AND STEREO CARDS FOR COMPETITION ENTRY:
Taking
3D/stereo photographs is not the subject of this web page. Once you
have obtained a left and a right image to create a Stereo Pair the
below information might be useful in helping you prepare your images
for entry into competition.
One
popular free software for creating stereo digital images can be
found at:
http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/
Once
source of information for creating Stereo Cards from your stereo
digital images can be found at:
http://www.stereomaker.net/eng/stphmkr/stereocardswithspm.pdf
DIGITAL STILL IMAGE COMPETITIONS:
Each Image
submitted must be new and must not have been previously submitted to
any SDSCC competition in any format.
The
PRELIMINARY LEFT and
PRELIMINARY RIGHT images will NOT be submitted
into competition. However each of these images must be formatted
as follows if using the StereoPhoto Maker process:
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in any resolution
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1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high
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saved in a HIGH or MEDIUM quality JPG format.
- Name
each preliminary left image so that the file name ends with _l
(for left image) and each preliminary right image file name
ends with _r (for right image)
The
FINAL
IMAGE (the one you will submit into competition) will be one JPG
file that contains both the left and right images. This FINAL image
must be created as follows:
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in any resolution
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with the left image on the left and the right image on the right
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2048 pixels wide and 768 pixels high
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saved in a HIGH or MEDIUM quality JPG format using the following
file name format: #_title.jpg
Example:
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For Entry #1, where the title is "sunrise at salton sea"
make the file name:
- 1_sunrise at salton sea.jpg
- Keep the title short. Should you happen to enter two or more
images that are similar in subject it is OK to have numbers in
title such as “sunrise 1” and “sunrise 2”.
- Maximum file
size of each FINAL IMAGE file should be near to but not exceed 2.5
MB.
- Complete
2 Competition Entry Forms and submit them with your entries.
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Please do not separate the two entry forms.
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Submit both forms attached together. Thanks.
STEREO CARD (3D PHOTO CARD)
COMPETITION:
There
are no requirements for resolution, file size, file naming etc. for
Stereo Cards. What is important is the final printed card.
The
following format for Stereo Card is accepted by the Photographic
Society Of America and is the standard used by the San Diego Stereo
Camera Club:
CLASSIC STYLE or
HOLMES STYLE:
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A photo lab or digital ink print
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True color or sepia or monochrome
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Glossy or matte finish
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Adhered to card stock
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Image and card cut to 7 inches wide by 3 ½ inches high
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No Text on Front, such as Name or Title (Required so that
Judges can be impartial)
MARK YOUR STEREO
CARDS BEFORE SUBMITTING THEM TO THE COMPETITION CO-CHAIR:
On the
back, NOT the front, of each card*
1.
Entry Number (Open#1, Open#2, Open#3, Open#4) (When THEME
resumes, #5 will be “Theme #5)
2.
Your Name
3.
Your Address (or e-mail address)
4.
Image Title (You must assign a title, try to keep it short)
5.
Competition Date
Complete
2 Competition Entry Forms and submit them with your entries.
* If
you don't want to write on the card you can apply an adhesive white
label to the card and write on the label .
JUDGING:
Stereo
Digital Images and Cards are judged using the following criteria:
A.
3-D/STEREO
EFFECT: Is the left/right window correct. Is there depth. Is the
stereo effect good in the foreground, middle ground, and background
of the image.
B.
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION: Based upon the rules of standard
non-stereo photography composition. Does the image focus our
attention on the SUBJECT. Does the image have IMPACT. For Help
See:
Guidelines for Better Photographic Composition
C.
TECHNICAL
EXECUTION: Exposure, Focus, Contrast, Lighting, Color, etc.
D.
(Theme
entry only: How well does the subject convey the competition
theme)
Three
Judges will rate each digital image or stereo card entered.
Judges
are not to let the subject of the image cause them to apply more or
less points to an image.
Theme
digital images or stereo cards are judged on all three criteria, plus will be judged with
regard to how well the image depicted the theme.
Each
Judge will award each image from 1 to 5 points with 1 being low and
5 being high:
1.
= Significant deficiency in two or all three categories.
2.
= Minor deficiency in all three categories or Significant
deficiency in one category
3.
= Minor deficiency in two categories .
4.
= Minor deficiency in one category.
5.
= No deficiencies in all three categories.
What
represents "minor" or "significant" to a judge, or to
anyone? Judges are experienced photographers, and each has their
own standards and expectations.
Some
judges demand the highest of standards and an image must be
practically perfect before they award a "5".
Other
judges may be a little more forgiving and for a variety of personal
reasons award a 5 or a 4, when a 5 or 4 is not indicated,
Judges
who are very demanding, and who may award low points, may be doing
you a favor.
Their
critical analysis of your images can help you strive harder to be
all that you can be in the eyes of other demanding judges.
You
will learn little and progress slowly from judges who are forgiving
and lenient.
Typically very few entries are awarded a "1", except perhaps to
beginners.
If one
of your entries is awarded a "1" DO NOT let this discourage
you. Learn from it. In time you will progress to 2's and 3's and
with persistence achieve a few fours and an occasional five.
Generally speaking, if 2 or all 3 judges award the same point to an
image, you can feel pretty confident that the image will likely
earned that score if you were to submit it to other contests. (No
guarantee).
Sometimes all judges will disagree and an image will be awarded
three different points, like 2,3,4 or 3,4,5. In such cases, pay
little to no attention to this.
The
three judges all have different standards. Such situations can hurt
your chances of achieving win, place or show, but don't despair.
These judges are also judging everyone else's images and are subject
to the same judging criteria. As long as the entry did not win an
award, you may wish to re-enter this image at a later date to have
it judged again by a new set of judges.
1st
Place goes to highest TOTAL POINTS
2nd
Place goes to next highest TOTAL POINTS
3rd
Place goes to next highest TOTAL POINTS.
THEME
ENTRY
(When “THEME” competition returns in 2011)
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Theme entry points are included in the total points to
determine 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and acceptances.
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Theme entries are then judged against other theme entries.
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Highest point award to theme entries will determine which
theme entry is the winner.
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In the event of a tie, judges will conduct a second round of
judging to re-judge the theme entries to determine which
theme entry contains the best of all three criteria.
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If second round judging results in a tie again, a tie will
be awarded.
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