Competition Winners
2009-2010


Monthly Competitions

Best Image
Gerry Gentry

Best Portrait (Les Law Trophy)
Andrew Shepherd LRPS



Annual Competition

Best Open Pictorial Image
Keith Richardson

Best Portrait Image
Andrew Shepherd LRPS

Best Record Image
Keith Richardson

Best Natural History Image
Sue Riley

Most Creative Image
Gerry Gentry

Best Monochrome Image
John Riley

Best Digital Image
Mark Dyson

Best Print
Gerry Gentry

Best Overall Image 2010
Mark Dyson

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ADAPS members are encouraged to share their works and show off their photographic talents with a stimulating and entertaining programme of photographic competitions throughout the year.


Set Subject Competition

From time to time we hold a 'Set Subject' competition, where a theme is chosen and members then use their photographic endeavours to interpret that theme in whatever creative way they choose. Past themes have included 'song titles', 'dereliction', 'sequences', etc.



Monthly Competitions

We hold a series of 'Open' Monthly Competitions from September to February each year where members may enter photographs covering any subject matter that they like. Monthly Competitions are a great incentive to practise one's hobby and get out and take some photographs.

The Monthly Competitions season is spread over six months in the style of a league table, with entries appraised by an external judge and marks awarded out of 10 for each photograph. These marks are totalled each month in a table. The member with the highest aggregate mark in each section at the end of the six months competition cycle is declared the winner of that section and awarded a trophy accordingly. There is also a special trophy awarded for 'Portraits' in memory of one of our late members, Les Law. For more information about entry criteria see the General Competition Rules below.



Photo Battles

From time to time we meet up with other local camera clubs to do battle. Each club enters a set number of prints or digital images and these are assessed by an external judge who awards marks. At the end of the competition the club with the highest score has won the battle. It's all very friendly - but we hate to lose ;-)



Annual Competition

At the end of the competition season each year we hold our Annual Competition where members enter what they feel are their best works of the year. An external judge is invited to assess each entry and to award trophies to the winners.

Members may enter photographs in any or all of the following Annual Competition categories:

- Open Pictorial
as its name implies, this is an 'open' category where members may enter general prints and slides in colour or monochrome covering any subject matter, eg still-life, landscapes, reportage, etc....

- Open Monochrome
another 'open' category, but images must be monochromatic (see Rules below). Prints which have one or more colours added must be entered in other categories.

- Portrait
a likeness of a real person or persons. This could include more than one person, provided they are the main subject of the image. Environmental portraits (in their surroundings) can be used. Candid portraits could also be included in this category. Photographs of large groups or animals or pets will not be considered as portrait and may be entered into the 'open' sections.

- Record
a record photograph attempts to capture an image of something as though one were preserving it for the history books and should be a true representation of the subject matter, and should also carry a full and accurate title.

- Natural History
animals, plants, flowers, living creatures, etc - the natural world around us. Images must be an accurate representation of the species or subject matter in the wild or native environment. No domesticated or zoo animals and no cultivated or garden plants.

- Creative
this category aims to test the photographer's powers of originality and imagination to produce an image that is eye-catching and creative.

Competition Formats

Our competition images are usually entered as prints, digitally projected images or slides. When setting the competitions, our Competition Secretary will outline the formats required.

- Prints
The minimum size of a photographic print should be no less than 48 square inches. (This equates to a minimum print size of around 8"x6").

Prints must be mounted on any colour of standard card mount which is 50cm x 40cm in size and should not exceed 4mm in thickness. (You can buy card mounts in various sizes from crafts shops and photographic retailers). Particularly if window-mounted, the back of the mount must be flush and must not have any protrusions which could damage other prints whilst being transported. Similarly, mounts should not have any velcro or sticky tape attached which could be likely to cause damage to other prints whilst being transported. Any such images may not be accepted for entry into competition.

- Digitally Projected Images
Must be no larger than 1400 x 1050 pixels
Must be saved as a jpeg file (.jpg / .jpeg)
Must be named in a standard format, eg:
THE SKY AT NIGHT by Patrick Moore.jpg
or THE_SKY_AT_NIGHT_by_Patrick_Moore.jpg

For help with preparing digital images for competition please click here.

Note that ALL the original components within digital images must be the exclusive work of the photographer. The use of copyright free images or images sourced from elsewhere is not allowed.

- Slides
Slides must be of a 2"x2" format and thumb spotted at the bottom left hand corner. It is recommended but not essential that slides are glass mounted. Name/title stickers must not be used on slide mounts. This is to prevent slides from getting stuck inside projectors.



General Competition Rules

As with all competitions, we have some general rules:

Prints may be trade or home processed.

- Monochrome:
All black and white and monochrome images are included. A black and white image which has been modified by the addition of a single tone to the entire image is defined as a monochrome print.

- Colour:
All images other than those defined as monochrome are classed as colour images. A black and white image which has been modified by the addition of partial toning or by the addition of colour to any part of the image is defined as a colour print.

The maximum number of entries allowed for all ADAPS competitions is upto 3 prints and upto 7 slides. In the case of the Annual Competition, this is upto 3 prints and 7 slides per competition category.

All entries must be no more than three years old.

Entries for the Annual Competition must not have been entered in a previous Annual Competition.

Entries for Monthly Competitions must not have been entered in a previous Monthly Competition.

The following information should appear on the reverse of each slide/print:

- member's name
- title of image
- name of society
- competition section entered

All trophies remain the property of ADAPS and are awarded to winners on the understanding that the winners will hold them in safekeeping for one year and then return them by the week before the next year's Annual Competition.

If any member would like more information about entering competitions please feel free to speak to the Competition Secretary.