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Fédération Internationale

46TH HO

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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DIGITAL IMAGES(OPEN, CREATIVE AND NATURE)

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DIGITAL IMAGES

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Judging

Notification

Exhibition

AWARDS

2 PSA Gold Medals

1 PSA Gold Medal (Nature Division)

1 PSA

FIAP Gold Medals

1 Benu Sen Memorial Gold Medal

8 SOP Gold Medals

1 FIAP Badge - Best Author to be awarded to the author who will achieve highest acceptance

1 Best Indian Entry Award

1 T. D. Pal Memorial Award

6 FIAP Honour Mention Ribbons

6 PSA Honour Mention Ribbons

15 Certificate of Merits

1 Arabinda Dey Memorial Award for Best Performed Club

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HOWRAH COLOUR SALON 2015TH 47

47 TH HOWRAH COLOUR SALON 2015

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FIAP No. 2015/005q

qqqThe International Federationde l’Art Photographique

of Photographic Art

Fédération Internationale

Fédérations et associations nationales, associations régionaleset clubs affiliés sur les cinq continents.

National federations and associations, regional associationsand clubs affiliated on all five continents.

Distinctions photographiques mondialement reconnues.World-famed photographic distinctions.

Les acceptations obtenues à ce salon

Acceptances obtained in this salonare taken into account for FIAP distinctions.

Secrétariat général - Secretary general

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Ce salon a reçu leHaut Patronage de la FIAP

This salon has received theHigh Patronage of FIAP

he sponsors of this TInternational Exhibition ofPhotography have been

awarded Recognition by PSA,the world's largest parton ofinternational photographicexhibitions. PSA, although it

has provided Recognition, is neither a sponsornor directly involved in the operation of thisexhibition.Acceptances received by PSA Members inapproved sections of this exhibition are eligiblefor PSA Star Ratings, listing in the worldwidePSA Who's Who of Photography and creditedtoward the PSA Distinctions PPSA,EPSA,MPSA and GMPSA.PSA is a non-profit organization promoting theadvancement of photography in all its forms tonovice, amateur and professional photographersworldwide.For information on membership and the manyservices and activities of PSA, contact:psa PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

3000 United Founders Blvd., Suite 103Oklahoma City, OK 73112-3940, U.S.A.E-mail: hq@psa-photo.orgWeb Site: http://www.psa-photo.org

Silver Medal (Nature Division)

Colour Salon 2014, The Photographic Society of America’s PIDT

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OPEN SECTION,

CREATIVE SECTION NATURE SECTION

Open Digital Files

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Nature Digital Files

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The SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS cordially invites all the photographers to participate in the Howrah Colour Salon

This Salon is organized in accordance with the recommended practice of FIP, PSA, FIAP and all acceptance will count for PSA Star ratings, inclusion in WHO's WHO in Colour Slide Division of PSA & FIAP Honour & Distinctions.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY :

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 exhibition rules and conditions.

2. Disciplines & sections : A maximum of 4 (four) Colour Digital Files may be submitted in each section of Open, Creative & Nature. An entrant's four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of Judging in each section.

3. Digital entries must be submitted ONLINE. The image must be a maximum of 1024 pixels wide by 768 pixels high including any borders. The files must be in JPEG format at 72 ppi resolution. No specific file name is required but the TITLE should not exceed characters. Entries not meeting the above requirements will not be judged.

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 and 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. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker and artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates subject to divisional restrictions.

Images may be altered, either digitally or otherwise, by the maker and artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates

5. Entries already accepted or similar to that of already accepted in our earlier Salons will not be accepted.

6. The OPEN Image section has no restrictions as to category or subject matter. Creative Sections ‘Creative, may be defined the concept which stimulates the mind of the viewer to interpret the message conveyed through the creative use of line, form and colour.

7. PSA NATURE DEFINITION : Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from 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 to certify as to 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 enhance the nature story. The presence of scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals is permissible. Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement. No techniques that add to, 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 are permitted. All adjustments must appear natural. Color images can be converted to grayscale monochrome. Infrared images are not allowed.

PSA DEFINITION OF AUTHENTIC WILDLIFE : Authentic wildlife is defined as one or more organisms living free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Therefore, landscapes, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or any living subject taken under controlled conditions are not eligible for Wildlife competitions. Authentic wildlife is not limited to uncontrolled zoological subjects. Land and marine botanical subjects in the wild (including fungi and algae) are also eligible subjects, as are animal carcasses.

7.1 NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY FIAP DEFINITION :

8. ENTRY FEES : U.S $ 20.00 or EURO 15 for each section, US $ 10.00 or EURO 8 for each additional sections per entrant to cover return postage. .

Please do not send postal order.

INDIAN ENTRY FEE: Rs. 200/- for each section per entrant and Rs. 100 for per additional sections. For group entry of 10or more entrantseach section per entrant by

9. Entries will not be accepted without Entry Fee.

10.11. Reasonable care will be taken of all entries but the Society cannot assume any responsibility for misuse of copyright by anyone of the submitted /

SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS

Mr. Shyamal Kumar Roy, EFIAP Mr. Debasish Ghosh Ray EFIAP, ARPSDr. B.K.Sinha, MFIAP,ARPS, Hon FIPMr. Swapan Mukherjee, EFIAP

47th 2015.

47TH HOWRAH COLOUR SALON 2015

Colourful Printed Catalogue will be sent to all entrants.

%13. Entry must be uploaded and fees must be paid within 19th January 2015 to

Maximum 35 characters

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Entries will be projected using GA (1024 X 768 Native resolution) Projector with SRGB color space.X x

Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches ofnatural history, except anthropology and archeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed personwill be able to identify the subject materialand certify its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaininghigh technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story suchas nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situationsdepicting 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 anyform 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 thepresentation 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 imagescan be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.

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