- Consult the
MCCC Calendar for DPD submission due dates.
- Use the
DPD rules below to size and name your files
- Send your images to the email account (
mcccdpd@yahoo.com )
- Failure to follow the rules causes unneeded work for
volunteers and may result in your files not being presented in
competitions.
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CURRENT DPD RULES
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DPD COMPETITION RULES AND GUIDELINES
Motor City Camera Club
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Digital Projection Division
file dimensions no more than 768
pixels high or wide
Definition
A “Digital Projection image” is a computer file that
was created via capture through a digital camera; or film based
camera where the negative or transparency was scanned. The initial
image must have been captured by the photographer as well as any
subsequent images that may be added to the composition.
the competition schedule is as follows:
• Last
Monday of each month All DPD submission are due for the following
month
• 1st
Monday of each month
Competition – Color General (CG) and Color Creative (CC)
• 2nd
Monday of each month
Competition – Nature (NA), Monochrome (MG), Assignment (ACG, ACC,AMG)
Divisions and number of entries allowed in Motor
City Camera Club
See Rules below for complete descriptions
Divisions number of entries per monthly competitions
·
Monochrome General (MG)
(including nature) 2
·
Assignment Monochrome General (AMG) 1
· Color
General (CG) - non manipulated 2
·
Assignment Color General (ACG) or 1
Assignment Color Creative (ACC) 1
· Nature
(NA) (non manipulated) (excluding monochrome) 2
· Color
Creative (CC) (all manipulated images) 2
Classes:
all makers newly submitting in Digital Image Competition are
classified at Beginners - (BE)
others use their correct level:
Advance = (AD), Salon = (SA) Star=
(ST) Galaxy = (GA)
Size of image:
100 dpi resolution and maximum length
of the image’s longest side is 768 pixels
Titling your images(files) :
All images must have the following info in the correct order with
spaces or underscore
between -
Division_Class_Club_MakersLastName_MakersFirstName_title
of image.jpg
Example:
CG_BE_MCC_Smith_Susan_my
g r e a t e s t i m a g e .
jpg
MG - Monochrome General
AMG – Assg.
Monochrome Gen
CG – Color General
ACG – Assg.
Color General
ACC – Assg. Color Creative
NA - Nature
CC – Color Creative
Beginner
Club
Maker last & first name
title
save as .jpg
format
Submitting
All entries
must be emailed to MCCC club’s Digital Projection director
mcccdpd@yahoo.com
no later than midnight on the
Last Monday of each month along with a note advising the Digital
Projection Director how many files of each division are attached.
Images can be sent or given to the director on a CD for submission
but within the deadline.
How to Size your image: (in Photoshop or Photoshop
elements)
1) get your image into Photoshop
2) go to your tools and open “image”
3) go to “resize”
4) RESIZE IN THIS Order ONLY (you must change
resolution first):
1) change your resolution to: 100 dpi
2) change the longest side of your image to: 768
pixels
3) click on “OK”
5) Save your image by going to “Save AS”
6) Give you file a title as described above.
Division_Class_Club_MakersLastName_MakersFirstName_title of
image.jpg
7) Make sure you are saving as a .jpg · sRGB is
recommended. Save as JPEG File Format. (Use compression
of 10 to 12)
· Do not use any special characters or periods in
the filename, except hyphen or underscore in the “Title of image”
section of the filename. Especially watch out for “/” and “\” in
dates and the “#” that’s often used for numbering. Those characters
are used by the PC and the digital projection software for special
purposes and may cause the image file to not be displayed.
DPD Division Rules
Monochrome
General (MG)
Images that are black and white with shades of
gray and up to 1 additional color are acceptable. Images
that are “toned” (1 color) with up to 1 additional color are
acceptable.
Color
General (CG)
- Any color digital image except those images in
which a wild animal, bird or insect fills more than one-third (1/3)
of the frame and there are no factors that prevent that image from
being accepted in the Nature Digital Projection Division. Those
color digital images that are NOT acceptable in the Nature Digital
Projection Division may be acceptable as Color General Digital
Projection images. Some forms of manipulation (see below), manual or
digital, that alters the truth of the photographic statement are not
allowed.
- The photographer may perform enhancements and
modifications that improve the presentation of the image that could
have been done at the time the image was taken but that does not
change the truth of the original story.
- Cropping and horizontal flipping (equivalent to
reversing a slide), straightening, keystone, noise removal, dodging
and burning, exposure adjustment, color balance, color correction,
white balance, saturation, and sharpening, “HDR” (High Dynamic
Range), are examples of acceptable modifications.
- Adding elements to your images, combining separate
images or rearranging and/or cloning elements in your image,
removing major elements from your image other than by cropping, are
not acceptable and will lead to disqualification of your image.
Nature (NA)
- Any color digital image that contains "Nature",
where "Nature" is defined as, Nature in all its forms, including the
many facets of Botany, Geology, and Zoology. Human elements, if
present, should be unobtrusive and enhance the nature story. Those
depicting cultivated plants, domestic animals or pets, still-life
studies, mounted specimens, museum pieces or groupings, or similar
subjects are NOT eligible. The presence of scientific bands on wild
animals is acceptable. Zoo shots and Game Farm shots are eligible
provided the artificial habitat is not apparent in the image.
Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals,
mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are ineligible, as
are some forms of manipulation manual or digital (see below) that
alters the truth of the photographic statement.
- The photographer may perform enhancements and
modifications that improve the presentation of the image that could
have been done at the time the image was taken but that does not
change the truth of the original nature story.
- Cropping and horizontal flipping (equivalent to
reversing a slide), straightening, keystone, noise removal, dodging
and burning, exposure adjustment, color balance, color correction,
white balance, saturation, and sharpening, “HDR” (High Dynamic
Range), are examples of acceptable modifications.
- Adding elements to your images, combining separate
images or rearranging and/or cloning elements in your image,
removing major elements from your image other than by cropping, are
not acceptable and will lead to disqualification of your image
Color
Creative (CC)
- (Anything Goes). Any color/nature digital image
that contains "Any Subject", that is not eligible in another
category. This includes images where all or part of the image
is manipulated, created, edited, fixed, duplicated, or imported from
another image (see below). All the components of the image must be
original work created by the photographer and all manipulation must
have been performed by the photographer.
- Cropping and horizontal flipping (equivalent to
reversing a slide), straightening, keystone, noise removal, dodging
and burning, exposure adjustment, color removal, adding one color,
white balance, saturation, and sharpening, “HDR” (High Dynamic
Range), are examples of acceptable modifications. Images are not
limited to only these modifications.
- Adding elements to your images combining separate
images or rearranging and/or cloning elements in your image,
removing major elements from your image, are examples of acceptable
modifications.
Kevin Moss program presentation on 02/25/08
See link for quick and easy to understand instructions on: Importing
Images, re-sizing, borders, B&W conversions, and layers.
Digital photos taken by a digital camera or scanned
images from slides or prints may be submitted.
Images are projected on a large screen. A
laptop and an electronic projector is used for viewing and judging.
Non-GDCCC (Greater Detroit Camera Club
Council) club members:
EID competition at Motor
City Camera Club is open to any digital photographer that
is interested in entering in such competitions. Attending
meeting is not required to compete. Membership dues of $45.00
are required for our 2005-06 season starting September 2005.
Club membership dues must
be paid before any competition is entered. The $45.00 dues can
be mailed to: MCCC c/o John Slocum, 4291 Wabeek Lake Dr.,
Bloomfield, MI 48302. Any questions regarding your dues you
can call John at 248.539.0227.
GDCCC club members:
In order to help other GDCCC club
members shooting digital images, Motor City Camera Club would like
to invite members of any GDCCC Camera Club to compete in our EID
competition. This invitation is only if your club does not
presently have EID competition. EID is growing and we understand
that many clubs can not or will not be having EID competitions due
to the costs. We hope by opening up our competition, members can
maintain their membership to their own clubs and still compete in
EID
The Cost for any Council Camera Club
member will be $10. for the 2005-06 season. (MCCC membership dues
are $45.) This $10. EID membership fee will entitle the EID member
full MCCC awards, privileges and judging opportunities regarding EID
competition only.
All EID competitions are entered via
email and winners will be posted each month on our web site.
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