Photography Contest

Carolina Digital Photography Contest

Purpose: The following contest was approved at the 2007 Region 15 Fall business meeting for the purpose of developing a library of regional images for use in Region 15 publications.

Categories:

1. Close-ups of Region 15 Daylilies (may be single or multiple blooms, registered by Region 15 hybridizers)
2. Scenes from Region 15 Gardens –modified at Fall 2010 regional meeting to have two subdivisions
A. Landscapes
B. Artistic Shot that may include extreme close-ups of flowers, garden vignettes, insects, birds, etc.
3. Images of Region 15 People
4. Youth Contest (all of above categories)

Rules:

1. Contestants must be AHS members of Region 15. Eligible youth contestants shall include all ages up to those who turn eighteen during the calendar year preceding the due date.
2. Images are due to the RP, or the RP's designated assistant, by 1 January each year. They may be sent by e-mail, or on CD or DVD. Entries must also clearly identify the contestants name, address, phone number, and/or e-mail address.
3. Winning images are to be published in the spring issue of The Hem-alina with certificates of recognition presented at the next regional meeting.
4. Limit of ten (10) images per category per person.
5. Images must be a minimum of 1000 x 1000 pixels (More is better, send the highest resolution image you have.)
6. Images must come with permission for use and re-use by AHS Region 15 and AHS. PDF file of the consent form can be downloaded from the AHS web site.
7. Image naming must be sufficient to adequately identify a bloom and its hybridizer, a garden, or people, e.g., 'Dash Dash' – Zahler. jpeg; Singing Oakes.jpeg; or Joe and Mary Smith of Durham.tiff. A README file or other explanatory information may also be included.
8. Any registered Region 15 cultivar, no matter the date of registration, is eligible. There is also no restriction on the age of images in any category, i.e., when they were taken.
9. Images submitted for one contest are ineligible in subsequent years, since the goal is to build a unique regional image library.
10. A panel of three (3) judges (RP or designated assistant, Editor, and a member of, or appointed by, the Awards Management Committee) will evaluate images based upon clarity, accuracy of color, and composition. Judges or their family members are not eligible to compete, but may supply images to the regional library.
11. Editing and Composition:
Cropping or editing of digital images is permissible to remove blemishes and improve composition. The quality of any editing will be part of the judges' evaluation.
Scanning and editing images from slides is also permissible. These would be evaluated the same as digital images.
All other points being equal, an image in category with no extraneous or distracting items will rate higher. That is, one not containing people, plant markers, dead or diseased foliage, spent blooms, trash cans, chain link fences, etc.