Schedule
May14-21 Open for Entries
May 22-28 Voting and Judging
June 1 – Zoom meeting
To enter or vote for Theme Images, go to the June Theme Contest page
To enter or vote for Division Images, go to the June Division Contest page
Assigned Topic – Theme
- This month’s theme is Green — Living in the Pacific Northwest provides us with endless “green” opportunities, whether it is plants, frogs, insects, or … ? But don’t limit yourself …green can mean sustainability, a striking shade of green, or green with envy!
- For more on Green in photography and visual arts, see
- Scoring Theme Images
- In addition to the General Guidelines and How To Assign Stars, below …
- Does the image CLEARLY illustrate the theme?
- If not, then even a terrific image in the Theme category should not be scored very highly.
Submitting Images
- Each TPS Projection competition comprises two categories
- Theme ( also called Assigned Topic ) is for 1 or 2 images per person that illustrate the theme for the month.
A main purpose of “Assigned Topic” competition is to nudge photographers out of their comfort zone. - Division images are unrestricted — Show your stuff! —
maximum of 2 images per person; 1 image may be designated “For Comment”.
- Theme ( also called Assigned Topic ) is for 1 or 2 images per person that illustrate the theme for the month.
- Submission –
- Max size 1.5 MB
- Max width 1920 pixels, max height 1080 pixels
- sRGB color space
- File Naming — Your Name#Category# Image Title.jpg
for example Joe Smith#Comment#White Daisy.jpg
Joe Smith##No Comment#Red Tulip.jpg
Scoring
General Guideline —
Composition (2 points) + Technique (2 Points) + Impact (1 point).
See more about these at Judging Guidelines
How to Assign Stars — click the + sign for guidelines >>>
Excellent – 5 stars. “Knocks your socks off!” Outstanding composition, Tells a complete story or creates a mood for the viewer, High Impact to the viewer. No Major weaknesses
Very Good -4 stars. Technically correct, Good composition, tells a story or creates a mood, impacts the viewer at first sight, has only one major weakness and one minor weakness.
Good ( 3 stars). Typical image quality of the club, good color for the subject and background, good pictorial treatment, technically correct, may have up to two major weaknesses.
Average (2 stars). Average as far as the general public is concerned, little impact or imagination, Does not meet TPS acceptance criteria, may have up to three major weaknesses.
Fair (1 star). A snapshot type of picture that needs improvement. The score of 6 is rarely given.
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