2nd Raiganj International Salon 2015 organized by Photographic Association of Raiganj PSA 2015-212 FIAP/2015/286 FIP/37/2015 SECTIONS 1. OPEN MONOCHROME 2. OPEN COLOUR 3. NATURE 4. PHOTO TRAVEL CALENDAR: Deadline to Enter Works 10 th September 2015 Selection of Works 19 th & 20 th September 2015 Notification 30 th September 2015 Exhibition 30 th October 2015 Awards and Catalogs Mailed 25 th November 2015 JUDGES: OPEN MONOCHROME OPEN COLOUR NATURE PHOTO TRAVEL Swapan Mukherjee EFIAP B.K. Sinha MFIAP, ARPS, Hon. FSoF B.K. Sinha MFIAP, ARPS, Hon. FSoF B.K. Sinha MFIAP, ARPS, Hon. FSoF Partha Sarathi Sarkar EFIAP, ARPS Partha Sarathi Sarkar EFIAP, ARPS Swapan Mukherjee EFIAP Santosh Jana EFIAP Abhjit Dey EFIAP Abhjit Dey EFIAP Santosh Jana EFIAP Swapan Mukherjee EFIAP ENTRY FEES: SECTIONS INDIAN OVERSEAS 1 SECTION Rs. 300/- $20.00 EACH ADDITIONAL SECTION Rs. 100/- EACH $10.00 EACH 10% DISCOUNT FOR GROUP ENTRIES WITH 10 OR MORE ENTRANTS
LIST A) OPEN MONOCHROME B) OPEN COLOR (C) NATURE (D) PHOTO TRAVEL PSA GOLD PSA GOLD PSA GOLD PSA GOLD FIAP GOLD FIAP GOLD FIAP GOLD FIAP GOLD FIAP Ribbon: 2 FIAP Ribbon: 2 FIAP Ribbon: 2 FIAP Ribbon: 2 PAR SILVER PAR SILVER PAR SILVER PAR SILVER PAR BRONZE PAR BRONZE PAR BRONZE PAR BRONZE PAR Merit award: 3 PAR Merit award: 3 PAR Merit award: 3 PAR Merit award: 3 PAR PORTRAIT PAR CANDID PAR BIRD PAR FESTIVAL PAR SURREALISTIC PAR PORTRAIT PAR INSECT PAR LANDSCAPE PAR FIGURE STUDY PAR FIGURE STUDY PAR MAMMAL PAR MONUMENT PAR HUMAN INTEREST PAR HUMAN INTEREST PAR ACTION PAR MOUNTAIN PAR REPTILE CHAIRMAN S CHOICE CHAIRMAN S CHOICE CHAIRMAN S CHOICE CHAIRMAN S CHOICE PAR Gold Best set of maximum accepted images in Open ( MONOCHROME ) Category. PAR Gold Best set of maximum accepted images in Open ( COLOR ) Category. PAR Gold Best set of maximum accepted images in Nature Category. PAR Gold Best set of maximum accepted images in Photo Travel Category. BEST AUTHOR - FIAP BADGE BEST INDIAN ENTRANT BEST CLUB
CORRESPONDENCE: SALON CHAIRMAN Debabrata Sarkar Ukilpara( Near Jeevan Rekha) Raiganj - 733134 Mobile: +91 9932344204 Dist - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal Email: paorinfo@gmail.com INDIA PRINTED CATALOGUE For Vertical Images Max Height 768px MODE OF SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES ONLY ONLINE SUBMISSIONS AT www.parclub.org For Horizontal Images Max Width 1024px Max Filesize 1 MB at 72dpi CONDITION OF ENTRIES 1. The exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions. 2. Entries are limited to not more than 4 images per section, category, or class. An entrant s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. 3. There are no restrictions as to subject matter except as outlined in the rules and definitions of specific sections, or specified by law in the country where the exhibition is held. 4. Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own (aliases are not permitted). The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used will not be eligible for awards or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition and could be subject to disqualification by the exhibition sponsors. 5. An entry should not exceed 1024px in width and 768px in height. Resolution should be 72dpi. Maximum filesize allowed is 1MB. Images will be presented to the jury at same dimension by digital projection. 6. No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat or mount entered in a PSA Recognized exhibition.
7. Entries should only be submitted online through our website 8. While filling up the online entry form, full Image Titles and author s Name and Surname should be entered as the author wants them to appear in the catalogue 9. Notifications will be sent by email and result can be downloaded from website as well 10. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates subject to divisional restrictions. All final work must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted. Each image must have a unique title. Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized exhibition, that same image, or a like in camera or a reproduction duplicate of that image: i. May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title. ii. May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition. Words such as Untitled and No Title are not acceptable as part or all of an image s title, nor are camera capture filenames or titles consisting of only numbers. 11. All entries shall conform to the stricter of the definitions given below for acceptances to be validated by all the International Organizations granting recognition or patronage. 12. Entries without appropriate fee will be disqualified. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard 13. Decision of judges will be final and binding 14. All entrants will receive a printed catalogue with all awarded entry reproductions 15. Mode of Payment: Overseas Entrants: To be paid only through paypal to Indian Entrants : Rs.300/- for first section Rs.100/- for each additional section
by Account Transfer, NEFT or Demand Draft. Account Details: Beneficiary: Photographic Association Of Raiganj Account Number: 33881470025 Bank: State Bank Of India Branch: Raiganj Branch IFSC: SBIN0000162 Indian Entrants must notify the payment details to organizers by email alongwith necessary document to paorinfo@gmail.com 16. With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey to FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP; that FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non compliance with FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations. 17. Projection will be done by multimedia projector 1024px x 768px in srgb. All images will be projected on black background exactly as it is received.
DEFINITIONS MONOCHROME PSA: An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of gray which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a grayscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.) A grayscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work. FIAP: A black and white image is one with tones from very dark grey (black) to very clear grey (white) A black and white image toned entirely in a single colour will be able to stand in the black & white category and can be reproduced in black & white in the catalogue. On the other hand a black and white image modified by partial toning or by the addition of one colour to a part of the image becomes a colour image and should be entered in the colour category. This type of image will be reproduced in the colour pages of the catalogue. NATURE Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, 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. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. 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. No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking
and dodging/burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Color images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed. PHOTO TRAVEL "Subject matter must portray Photo Travel, and include the following definition: A Photo Travel image must express the feeling of a time and place, and portray a land, its distinctive features or culture in its natural state. There are no geographical limitations. Close-up pictures of people or objects must include distinguishable environment. Techniques that add to, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. All adjustments must appear natural. Conversion to full monochrome is acceptable. Derivations, including infrared are unacceptable 2015/286