Insect Photo Salon ContestPurpose: The 2006 Entomological Society of America Southeastern Branch Insect Photo Salon contest is organized by the Student Affairs Committee. The contest aims to develop and raise the visibility of photographic and creative talent in the form of a competition, followed by a public exhibition showcasing the competition winners and participants. Rules:
Photomicroscopy: Photographs in this category have been taken with the aid of a microscope. They are very useful in showing great detail. [see example] Artistic: Photographs in this category are artistic images which make good use of graphic elements of design. We are looking for photos that showcase line, shape, pattern, form, texture, perspective, etc. [see example] Traditional Macro: Photographs in this category showcase the talents and steady hands of the photographer with a macro lens. [see example] Arthropods in Action: Photographs in this category tell a story, whether it’s a parasitoid laying eggs or a spider enjoying its latest catch. [see example] These categories are intended to help you enjoy the photo contest. They are not written in stone and are considered suggestions more than rules. We reserve the right to determine when a photo fits or does not fit into a particular category. Judging: Members of the Student Affairs Committee will serve as judges for the competition. Images will be judged on overall photographic and artistic quality. Images will be judged during the Student Affairs Committee meeting on March %, 2005. Eligibility: Current SEB ESA members, spouses and dependants of members, departmental faculty and staff, as well as currently enrolled students are “eligible” to submit entries. Photography entries must be the original work of the entrant. Digital Formats: All images must be submitted on CD ROMs or via e-mail. The CD must be formatted for an IBM compatible PC. You may submit images taken with a digital camera or images taken with a film-based camera and scanned into a digital format. Photographic slides and prints are ineligible. Images can be compressed or uncompressed. Only TIFF or JPEG formats will be accepted. The TIFF file format is recommended for uncompressed images. Any file format which uses compression should be the lossless type. Image Resolution: All images will be imported into a PowerPoint® presentation style format. [see example] All images submitted should be of a sufficient quality (300 dpi) and or size (4x6) so that they may be adjusted (stretched) to best fit within the usable area. Title: Each image submitted should have an appropriate and unique title. This is a very important part of the whole process. Titles can be whimsical or descriptive. Titles should not be the order, family, or species name, alone, as there may be multiple images of the same insect or arthropod. For example, an appropriate title would be “The Greenest Green”; an inappropriate title would be “Ant 1”. Digital File Names: In order to keep photos organized, all file names should be in the following format: first initial/last name/number.jpg or first initial/last name/number.tif [ie: jsmith1.jpg or jsmith2.tif ] Please do not include your name within the photo. Entries that have the photographer’s name on the digital image, itself, will not be accepted. Deadline: All entries must be received by February 24, 2006. Entries cannot be accepted afterwards, unless the deadline is officially extended. Entry Fees: This contest is FREE. Entry form: There is no official entry form. You must include the following information with each photo you submit either by e-mail or snail mail. If this information is not included with each photo, your entry will not be considered.
Notes on digital manipulation: While digitally manipulated entries are allowed in the contest, we strongly encourage you to note your digital technique in the description of your photo. The judges do not discriminate against digital images but do appreciate when the contestant honestly and openly admits that such digital image editing has occurred. Along the same lines, when you do a substantial amount of work to the image in a digital image editing program like Adobe Photoshop®, describe the techniques that were used to manipulate the image. We understand that sharpening and removing dust and scratches with the Clone tool is par for the course. Those are not the kinds of techniques we are interested in. We are interested in techniques used to dramatically change the original photo. For example, be forthright when you have used the flood filter or have created a composite out of two or more images. Art is art, but it is nice for the rest of us to know what can be done with a camera and what can’t, but also, what a true artist can do to a photograph using a digital image editing program. You
may submit entries via
email by sending them to Matt
Bertone or Mark
Nelder. For further information contact Matt Bertone via e-mail or postal mail at the following address: Insect Molecular Systematics Office:
919.515.3429 |
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2005 WINNERS
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