NVPS has been invited by the Merrimack Valley Camera Club of North Andover, MA, to participate in a digital nature photo exhibition. The competition will be held on March 27 and the images must be submitted to Merrimack Valley by March 22. Entries will be submitted at the club level not by the individuals. NVPS may submit up to ten images with no more than two by the same maker. If more than ten images are offered by NVPS members some form of jury selection will be used to determine the club's entries. General categories are: Amphibians, Birds, Botany, Insects, Land and Seascapes, Mammals, Marine Life and Reptiles. The PSA definition of Nature will apply. Specific details on our internal deadline for submission and procedure for judging the entries are being developed and posted in the very near future. In the mean time information necessary to prepare your submission can be found on the web site www.mvcameraclub.org. Members participating in the Huntley Meadows exhibit may submit up to two of their images as long as they conform to the Glennie guidelines.

Images are submitted at the club level and not by individuals. NVPS will submit up to 10 images with no more than two from any one individual. Images must conform to the following requirements as specified by the Glennie competition rules:

 

"Each digital image may have a maximum width of 1024 pixels and a maximum height of 768 pixels. The image must be submitted in JPEG (.jpg) format and the size is limited to no more than 1 Megabyte (MB). It is suggested that the image resolution be no greater than 100 pixels per inch (ppi) and that the color space be sRGB

 

"No elements may be moved, cloned, added, deleted, rearranged, combined, or changed in any way that affects the integrity of the image content. No manipulation or modification is permitted except resizing, cropping, selective lightening or darkening, and restoration to the original color of the scene. No special effects filters can be added or applied, and any sharpening must appear natural.

"Authentic wildlife is defined as one or more organisms, living free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Therefore, photographs of zoo or game farm animals are not eligible for a Wildlife Award."

You may sign up for the exhibit by submitting your name to my e-mail address jhquigley@nospam!#*&^#)type address - don't copy spam protection(*@.@nospammsn.com or I will have a sign up sheet at the February 23, March 2 and March 9 meetings. Submission date to me for all images will be NLT March 15, 2010 or sooner if possible. Please include the title of the image with your submission. Selection of the 10 images to be submitted by NVPS will be made by a panel of judges. The maker of each image will be anonymous to the judges.

 

Full details for this competition may be found Merrimack Valley Camera Clubs web site, mvcameraclub.org.

 

John Quigley

Exhibits Coordinator