competitions

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
    • The Psychology and Evolution of the Color GREEN
    • Red and Green Composition Color Theory For Photographers
    • Tame the Greens
    • More generally, Understanding Color in Photography
  • 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”.
• 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