The WCC Image Gallery can be found at http://wcc.smugmug.com.

The Rules:

· You must be an active member of the WCC to compete.

· Guidelines for the competition are similar to those for Enlargements.

· There are two classes of competition (A & B.). Digital images can be color or black and white, and there will not be separate scoring for each.

· You may submit up to 3 images total. Only the first three images you submit will be permitted!

· The image must originate from a digital camera or from a slides or negative that has been scanned.

· Your images must be in JPEG format.

· The filename should end with either .jpg or .jpeg.

· You need to resize your images before submission.

                 Resolution set to 72 or 100 dpi.

                 Portrait Photo: set to 768 ppi.

                 Landscape Photo: set to 1024 ppi.

· You can make minor adjustments to your image, however, all images should materially resemble the original image that you recorded.

· Normal digital adjustments such as cropping, brightness, color, and sharpness are allowed.

· Any major alterations to the digital image are not allowed, such as combining multiple images.

· Minor “cloning” is allowed, such as removing a power line from a digital image, or perhaps adding a small bird to a sunset.

· Future competitions may include a separate category for highly manipulated images.

· Digital image submissions MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN THE WEDNESDAY  PRIOR TO NEXT COMPETITION. NO EXCEPTIONS!

· For example, in October, WCC meets on October 11^th, so you would have to submit your digital images on or by October 4^th.

· You can not upload digital images for competition until the Saturday AFTER our previous WCC meeting.

· For example, in October, WCC meets on October 11^th, so you could begin submitting your digital images for November’s contest on the following Saturday, in this case October 14^th.

· If you need assistance with submitting your images, please email wallingfordcc@gmail.com.

 

How to submit images in the Wallingford Camera Club digital image competition:

· You can submit your images via email.

· You can attach six images to an email provided they are sized as mentioned above..

· Address your email to wallingfordcc@gmail.com.

· In the body of the message, write your last name, first name or initial, class (SP for special, OP A or B for open category, title with no special characters between words, .jpeg.

      (e.g., Smith, A , OP A, The Last Sunset.jpeg).

· Be sure to indicate in your email if you would like a critique of your digital image.

     (e.g., CR, Smith, A, OP A, The Last Sunset.jpeg)

· Attach your image to the email.

· Note that many email providers do not allow attachments larger than 5MB total.

· Click Send!

 

Some Notes:

· Your digital images will be placed into an online gallery each month at our new photo gallery web site, located at http://wcc.smugmug.com. The image sizes will be kept small to help protect your images. Check it out!!

· Each WCC member is also entitled to a FREE personal online gallery at the new photo gallery web site. Please email us if you’d like to have your own gallery to display your digital images, compliments of the Wallingford Camera Club!

NOTE: You can submit your digital images for the NEXT competition anytime up to one week before the competition. January deadline is  January 6th.

Faye Dudek, President

Wallingford Camera Club

WCC Digital Image Competition

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