The Photographic Salon celebrates the ethereal beauty of projected images of caves and caving. Cave-related slides and images are projected once, during the Thursday night Salon Awards Program, with a background of instrumental music written for the occasion. Images or slides must be of caves, cave-related subjects, or cave-related humor.
Entries
All entries must be mailed to Cady Soukup (P.O. Box 600, Flint Hill, VA 22627-0600, USA) and must arrive no later than 1 May 2009. Please complete the entry form which asks you to assign each image a number, a category, and a title. You are encouraged to also include a short description of the image (location, participants, unusual stories associated with the picture) on a second line, and/or continued on the back. Please also send a self-portrait slide or digital image.
Categories
- Story Series (maximum of 20 slides, include a caption for each slide in the series). A single story series is considered as one entry.
- Scenes from Nature, including close-ups and images, whether taken with single or multiple flashes or in natural light.
- Enhanced and Surreal Imagery, including non-standard lighting, film processing, gels, computer enhancement, unusual subjects for a cave setting such as models in atypical attire; this is also the category for images that have been digitally manipulated.
- Humor. Humor images are scored by the judges, but selected for show by the Slide Salon Co-Chairmen. If you have a slide that may not meet full artistic standards, but that you feel will be enjoyed by the salon audience for its humor, please consider entering it.
Entry Fee
The entry fee is $2.00 for entry of 1-3 film slides or up to 10 digital images. Add $2.00 for each additional
1-3 film slides or 10 digital images. There is no fee if the film slide or digital image is donated to the
UIS or NSS. There is a limit of 30 slides or digital images per photographer. If you wish your entry returned
by mail, you must provide postage cost. Entry fees are payable by check or money order payable to "15th ICS" or
by Visa, MasterCard, or Discover, using
the Salon
payment page.
Film Slides
Slides must be mounted in 2 by 2 inch (5 cm by 5 cm) mounts of 35 mm or superslides. No glass mounts will be accepted. Cropping is permitted (please use metallic tape or a cropped copy). Place a spot in the lower left corner of the slide mount as it is viewed by the eye when properly oriented. Write the photographer's name and entry number on each mount.
Digital Entries
Digital images submitted for judging should be submitted on a CD or DVD in standard file format (JPG) in
the highest resolution available. If possible, submit your images in the sRGB color space. Digital image files must be given a file name similar to the image's title and,
if possible, the photographer's entry number, e.g., 01-NiceCave.jpg.
Inclusion of digital data in the Exchangeable image file (EXIF) format is encouraged.
Additional Information
Additional information you choose to include about each slide or image file on your entry sheet is
appreciated, such as the name of the cave, general area, state or country where it is located, name(s) of person(s) in the scene, or process (or lighting/digital techniques) used to create an unusual photograph.
Judging
Judging criteria are those given on the
NSS Photo Salon Website. Each classification of slides and/or image files is judged separately.
Judging is done prior to the ICS. Film slides will be scanned for judging and presentation
Rights and Conditions
All entrants retain copyright and all moral and intellectual rights to their work.
Credit and copyright notice will be
included with all images displayed or published in any media.
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The UIS and/or NSS request(s) the following rights, which are optional. Indicate your agreement with any or
all by marking the box(es) on the
entry form:
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The UIS and/or NSS may publish winning images in periodicals for the purpose of showcasing contest winners, within one year of the contest..
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The UIS and/or NSS may publish winning images in periodicals for the purposes of promoting future congresses and competitions, for not more than four years.
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The UIS and NSS may use these images in low resolution on Web sites to announce the winners of this competition,
for not more than four years. Web images will not exceed 600 pixels in width or height.
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The NSS may use these images in low resolution in a CD/DVD of all entries. This CD/DVD will be lent to NSS
members for viewing at no charge, and will be in a video slideshow format from which images cannot be extracted. Images will not exceed 1024 pixels in width or height.
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Further Information
If you have questions, e-mail Ray Cole or
Cady Soukup
