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SLF Handbook
Section 3.b General Conditions & Rules
10th September 2018
Section 3.b
General Conditions and Rules
(Applying to all Federation Competitions)
Unless specifically defined otherwise in the regulations issued for a particular competition in one year, the following applies to all
Federation competitions.
There is no restriction on the subject matter within the limits of English law.
(Photographers
are
reminded
that
these
limits
include
considerations
of
invasion
of
privacy,
restrictions
whilst
on
private
property,
and
protection
of
copyright.
Photographers
should
also
have
complied
with
the
legal
restrictions
applicable
for
location
shots
in
other countries.)
The
prime
image
content
for
a
print,
or
projected
digital
image
should
be
captured
“photographically”
and
may
be
recorded
on
any
sensor, film or sensitised material.
(Note:
“Photographic”
capture
may
be
by
any
means
which
employs
light,
and
includes,
for
example,
the
use
of
cameras,
scanners
and
solar
prints.
It
excludes,
also
for
example,
images
in
which
the
essential
pictorial
content
is
entirely
or
substantially
originated
and generated by computer graphic programs.)
The image, and all substantive image elements within it, must be the work of the entrant, who must own the copyright.
Technical manipulation to enhance the image and produce the final print or projected digital image is permitted.
(Note:
The
boundary
between
photography
and
graphic
art
is
difficult
to
define.
Examples
of
acceptable
manipulation
are
the
use
of
filters,
textures
and
layer
patterns.
The
use
of
software
to
build
pattern
pictures
is
not
acceptable.
Photographers
should
always
be
prepared to provide original files, preferably with camera metadata, if challenged.)
Prints and projected digital images may be third party processed or be processed by the entrant.
In
both
the
inter-club
and
open
competitions,
individual
images
are
eligible
for
use
in
one
season
only
and
in
one
discipline
only.
However,
an
image
which
has
been
included
in
a
panel
solely
as
a
tie-breaker
(whether
judged
in
a
tie-break
or
not)
is
permitted
to
be
used
in
an
inter-club
panel
in
a
subsequent
season,
but
not
again
as
a
tie-breaker.
Images
used
in
a
panel
may
not
be
used
as
tie-breakers in a subsequent season.
(Note: The Federation’s aim is to promote the showing of new and varied work in it’s competitions.
It is, therefore, recommended that the use of near duplicate images is avoided in both the inter-club and open competitions.)
Examples of acceptable and unacceptable re-use of images:
*An
image
used
purely
as
a
tie-breaker
can
be
re-used
in
one
inter-club
panel
in
a
subsequent
season
in
any
discipline
(but
not
again as a tie-breaker).
*An
image
that
has
been
in
an
inter-club
panel
and
not
gained
a
certificate
can
be
entered
into
one
open
competition
in
the
same
or
a subsequent season in the same or a different discipline (providing it has not been in an open competition before).
*
An
image
that
has
been
entered
into
an
open
competition
can
be
used
in
one
inter-club
panel
in
a
subsequent
season
in
the
same
or a different discipline.
*
With
the
exception
of
tie-break
images
(as
detailed
above),
an
image
from
an
inter-club
panel
cannot
be
included
in
another
inter-
club panel in any season or any other discipline.
* An image from an open competition cannot be entered into another open competition in any season or any other discipline.
Societies must obtain permission from authors to use their prints and projected digital images in Federation competitions.
No
print
or
projected
digital
image
submitted
by
a
society,
nor
any
copy
thereof,
may
at
any
time
be
submitted
by
any
other
society
of
which
the
author
is,
or
has
been,
a
member.
A
member
may
represent
one
society
only
in
the
Federation
competitions
of
any
one
season.
The
term
“monochrome
print”
describes
a
print
produced
in
varying
densities
of
a
single
hue.
Conventionally
that
hue
would
be
a
neutral grey, with densities from white to black. However, the neutral grey could be replaced by any single hue.
Examples of acceptable and unacceptable prints:
*
A
“black
and
white”
print,
uniformly
printed
or
toned
with
one
tone
or
hue,
would
be
acceptable
as
a
monochrome
print.
It
would
not be acceptable as a colour print in the colour print competition.
*
A
“black
and
white”
print,
partially
toned
with
a
single
hue
in
addition
to
the
base
hue,
is
not
acceptable
as
“monochrome”,
and
is
regarded as a “colour” print.
* A print wholly or partially toned with two or more hues is a colour print.
*
A
monochrome
print
which
has
had
another
hue
added
to
one
element
is
a
colour
print,
and
is
not
acceptable
in
a
monochrome
competition. (e.g. coloured lips on an otherwise black and white portrait)
Projected Digital Images may be colour or monochrome.
Queries
about
the
acceptability
of
an
image
should
be
made
to
the
SLF
Competition
Secretary
well
before
the
date
that
print
titles/PDIs have to reach the host club.
Prints
must
be
mounted
on
40
x
50
cm
card
and
presented
unframed.
The
print
title,
photographer’s
name
and
society
should
be
clearly
marked
on
the
reverse
of
the
mount.
In
all
inter-club
print
panels,
a
Federation
competition
label
must
be
fixed
to
the
back
of
the
mount.
The
print
in
each
panel
which
is
designated
as
the
“tie
breaker”
shall
carry
a
standard
label,
but
this
will
be
annotated
as
“Tie
breaker”.
If
in
subsequent
rounds
(either
that
year
or
a
later
year)
the
same
print
is
used
as
one
of
the
eight
within
the
panel
it
shall then carry an additional, and standard, label.
The Federation reserves the right to disqualify any print that may cause damage to other entries.
Any
society
entering
a
print
or
projected
image
which
upon
investigation
is
proved
to
contravene
the
rules
will
be
liable
to
disqualification
from
the
match
in
which
the
work
appears,
and
the
match
may
be
awarded
to
their
opponents.
Any
society
wishing
to object to an entry must do so to the Federation’s competition secretary within ten days of the relevant competition.
(Clubs
are
strongly
encouraged
to
resolve
any
disputes
on
the
night,
preferably
before
the
judging,
and
in
a
good
spirit.
However
the judge should not be asked to make the decision.)
The Federation reserves the right to retain a digital archive of all competition entries for use in disputes etc.
In the event of any question of the interpretation of the competition rules the decision of the Federation committee shall be final.
THE TROPHIES
The name of the winner shall be engraved on each trophy at the Federation’s expense.
The trophies are to be returned to the Competition Secretary on a notified date prior to the next competitions.