Rules

Rules for club competitions can be downloaded as a PDF.

Natural History competition rules

The club uses the PAGB Common Nature Definition, from February 2018, as outlined below:

Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation.

The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality.

Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.

Processing of the captured image, by cropping, exposure adjustment, colour correction, noise minimisation, dodging/burning, HDR, focus stacking and sharpening, is allowed. Cloning of image defects and minor distractions, including overlapping elements, are permitted when these do not distort the truth of the photographic statement.

Images entered as Nature can have landscape, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.

Access to biological subjects may be restricted. By entering a PAGB event, Photographers warrant that they have followed relevant codes of practices and hold any necessary licences.

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Next five events
Date Type Topic Presenter/Judge
Thursday
04-04-2024
Speaker ICM and multiple exposures - again whys and hows
Hybrid meeting
Charlotte Bellamy MCGP Open in new window
Thursday
11-04-2024
League Print 4th Print
Face-to-face meeting
Hand-in: 30-03-2024
Alan Lomakin CPAGB, BPE3*,AFIAP
Thursday
18-04-2024
AGM AGM
Face-to-face meeting
Committee
Thursday
25-04-2024
Inter-club battle Print PDI Ashford / Folkestone / IOTPS Battle - At Thanet PS
Face-to-face meeting
Paul Parkinson ARPS CPAGB BPE2 Open in new window
Friday
26-04-2024
Non-league PDI Chairman's salver - Subject - "A Photograph that depicts a well known book or film title"
Face-to-face meeting
Hand-in: 14-04-2024
Philip Hinton ARPS Open in new window

The next three competition hand-in dates

Next three hand-in dates
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30-03-2024 League Print 4th Print on 11-04-2024
14-04-2024 Non-league PDI Chairman's salver on 26-04-2024
21-04-2024 Non-league Print Print panel on 02-05-2024

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