photocontest

=**PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: KAUST campus by night **= Whether photography is your passion, your hobby, or just an occasional pastime, we invite you to participate in our first photo contest. The theme is : KAUST campus by Night ! Entries must be received by Friday 5th march 2010 at 11:59 p.m. KSA time. Please read the complete contest rules below before entering. Submit your photo(s) [up to 3] as an email attachment to this address: kaustphotoclub@gmail.com Be sure to include in the email the Photographers's name as you want it displayed, and your email and telephone contact information.

CONTEST RULES BELOW THIS POSTER !


No purchase or payment necessary to enter or win To enter, you must be at least 18 years of age. All photos must be taken in 2010. Entries may be color or black and white images. Submitted pictures must follow this format : JPEG or TIF not exceeding 5Mb. The original picture must be at least 1,600 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a vertical image). Nevertheless the submitted picture can be as small as 800x600 pixels (not less). Entries must be submitted by the original photographer. Do not submit a photo taken by someone other than yourself. You must be the sole owner of the copyright of any image submitted. Your submission of the photo and entry form is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo. An individual may submit up to 3 photos per contest. Photos must be appropriate for posting on a public website. Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on a photo club website and/or the KAUST Campus without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that the Photo club may display winning photos in a "past winners" photo gallery. Photos will be credited to the photographer named in the entry form. Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the beauty and/or unique character of the theme. A panel of judges independent will judge the entries and all contest decisions are final. Judges will select a first and second place winning photo. In addition, one or more honorable mention winners may be selected in categories with especially large numbers of entries, at the discretion of the judging panel. Winners will be notified approximately 2 weeks after the contest deadline by email. Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified. • No borders or frames may be added to images. • No watermarks, signatures, or copyright notices may be added to images. (All winning images will be displayed with the photographer's name.) • Adding or replacing elements in an image is not permitted. • Images may be cropped and rotated as necessary as long as the rectangular format is maintained and the size is within the specifications above. • Images may be resized as long as the aspect ratio is maintained • Red-eye removal and spot editing • One-step enhancement (such as "AutoFix", "QuickFix", "Auto Levels", etc.) • Use of filters to sharpen, soften, blur, despeckle, or remove noise. • Use of corrective functions to improve the natural appearance of the image, such as levels, contrast, brightness, curves, intensity, tone, hue, saturation, lightness, value, color balance, and tint. A3 printout of your photo.
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