IMAGE SPECIFICATION
For Vertical Images Max Height 1080px
For Horizontal Images Max Width 1920px
Max file size 1.5MB at 300dpi
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- The entrant permits the organizers to reproduce all or part of the
entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media
related to the salon.
- Unpaid entries will not be judged in the Salon.
- A photo entered in one section, can’t be entered in another section.
- If two or more similar images are entered by the same author, the first one
getting the acceptance score will be considered for acceptance or award, while other images will not be considered.
- Watermarks or any such identification marks including camera
generated date/ time are not acceptable.
- An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout three rounds of
judging.
- The decision of the Judges will be final and binding on all the
participants; no further appeal will be entertained.
- Participants are requested to submit their entries and remit their entry fees
well in time. Late entries will not be entertained and entry fees will be retained. If entry fee is not received within the specific time frame, photographs will not be considered for selection.
- All submitted Photographs must be the work of the participant solely.
DEFINITIONS
MONOCHROME
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having
no
colour (i.e. contains only shades of grey which can include pure black and pure white) OR it
gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one colour across the
entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.)
NATURE
Content Guidelines
Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology and
archaeology. This includes all aspects of the physical world, both over water and underwater.
Nature images must convey the truth of the scene. A well-informed person should be
able to identify the subject of the image and be satisfied that it has been presented honestly and that no unethical practices have been used to control the subject or capture the image. Images that directly or indirectly show any human activity threatening a living organism's life or welfare are not allowed.
The most important part of a Nature image is the nature story it tells. High technical
standards are expected, and the image must look natural.
• Objects created by humans, and evidence of human activity, are allowed in
Nature images only when they are a necessary part of the Nature story.
• Photographs of human-created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals,
domesticated animals, human-created hybrid animals, and mounted or preserved
zoological specimens are not allowed.
• Photographs made where the scene is natural and the animal is unharmed in
a carefully managed environment, such as Zoo, rescue centers, and ethically managed natural environment farms are permitted.
• Attracting or controlling subjects through the use of food or sound for the
purpose of photographing them is not allowed. Maintained situations such as provided supplemental food due to hardship caused by weather conditions or other conditions beyond the animals' control, where photography is incidental to the feeding of the animal does not fall under this provision.
• Controlling live subjects by chilling, anaesthetic, or any other method of
restricting natural movement for a photograph is not allowed.
• Human-made elements shall be permitted under the following circumstances:
a) When they are an integral part of the nature story, such as a songbird singing atop
a fence post a manmade object used as nest material, or a weather phenomenon
destroying a man-made structure.
b) When they are a small but unavoidable part of the scene, such as an unobtrusive
footprint or track in the background.
c) Scientific tags, collars, and bands are specifically allowed.
When photographing at a zoo, sanctuary, or rehabilitation centre, it would be
construed that the photographer ensured that it’s properly accredited and conforms
to best practices.
Allowed editing techniques:
• Cropping, straightening and perspective correction
• Removal or correction of elements added by the camera or lens, such as dust
spots, noise, chromatic aberration and lens distortion
• Global and selective adjustments such as brightness, hue, saturation and
contrast to restore the appearance of the original scene
• Complete conversion of colour images to grayscale monochrome
• Blending of multiple images of the same subject and combining them in
camera or with software (exposure blending or focus stacking)
• Image stitching - combining multiple images with overlapping fields of view
that are taken consecutively (panoramas).
Editing techniques that are not allowed:
• Removing, adding to, moving or changing any part of an image, except for
cropping and straightening.
• Adding a vignette during processing
• Blurring parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the original
scene
• Darkening parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the
original scene
• All conversions other than to complete grayscale monochrome .
Conversion of parts of an image to monochrome, or partial toning, desaturation or over-saturation of colour.
WORLD IN FOCUS
Just as with travel and tourism pictures, this section encompasses the full range of
photographic genres from architecture, culture, events, food, landscape, portraits, etc. A “WORLD IN FOCUS” image expresses the spirit of an era, the essence of a place or of a culture whether it is shown in an authentic scene or whether it is arranged. Digital manipulation to optimize an image in terms of fine-tuning of levels and colours is allowed as long as the image looks natural. The same applies for removal of dust or digital noise. Techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted.
