The International exhibition of art photography – 6.MOF 2017 is exhibition of art photography*organised by MOF-Mersin Olba Photographic Association; MOF from Mersin- Turkey
*This contest is organised by Mersin Olba Photographic Economic Administrator-Operation.

The Int. exhibition of art photography - MOF 2017 is in 4 sections, all sections are digital.
1-DIGITAL: NATURE (Monochrome & Color) DN
2-DIGITAL: OPEN (Color) DC
3-DIGITAL: OPEN (Monochrome) DM
4-DIGITAL: SHOPPING (Monochrome & Color) DS

Starting date: <b>15.12.2016</b>
Closing date: <b>05.05.2017 23:59 Turkey Time</b>
Judging date: <b>13-14.05.2017</b>
Notification: <b>31.05.2017</b>
Exhibition and public show: <b>27 September 2017, OLBA EVİ</b>
SEND of the e-catalogue and awards to the authors by post and e-mail 25 June 2017.

GENERAL: The entry fee is mandatory for all participants and € 18/20 USD for 4 categories. All participants must pay the entry fee.
Turkish participants will pay 60 TL for 4 categories.
•The competition has a total of 4 (four) separate categories. Competitors can participate up to 4 (four) photos in each category.
• Entry fee is included V.A.T
The fee can be paid via PayPal through our web site:
<b>our PayPal account is
[email protected]
you can use also skrill, www.skrill.com and pay to
[email protected] </b>
You can participate the contest by group-photography club or group members. if you contact the salon chairman you will take discount 10% (for 10 person)
If you are a member of Mersin Olba Association you do not need to pay entry fee.
You can also pay to this bank account;
<b>Mersin Olba Photographic Association
Mersin Olba Photographic Economic Administrator-Operation
Türkiye İş Bankası Eğriçam Şubesi
IBAN No: TR79 0006 4000 0016 6130 053604</b>
The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

6th MOF 2017 “İbrahim Zaman” salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world.
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 for any misuse of copyright. 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.

<b>CONTEST UPLOAD WEB SITE
Directly follow this link www.olbafotograf.com or contest.olbafotograf.com
NAMING THE FILES</b>
Name of the file must be maximum 31 characters. English letters and underscore ( _ ) can be
used. Turkish characters ı, ö, ü, ç, ğ, ş must not be used.
All the characters except the ones define section must be lower case.
Name of the photograph after the underscore must be written in such a way that the total
number of the characters not to exceed 31.
<b>*If you have any problem for uploading the photos please contact [email protected] and [email protected] or [email protected]</b>

DIGITAL SECTIONS: Photographs are sent in digital form, as a picture file with dimension shorter side maximum 1920 pixels horizontal in dimension and maximum 1080 pixel vertical in JPEG format at 300 dpi resolution ,7-12 quality and photo size not lower than 1 Mb, greater than4 Mb. We will use Epson Full HD high resolution projector for the presentation of judge.
Open categories are real open. If you prefer you can use Photoshop and manipulation if you want to put your creative photos. (Except to Nature )
•All participants must enter the www.olbafotograf.com and contest.olbafotograf.com to join the contest. They must accept the Conditions of Participation(entry rules). Participants must to check the accept box. Then check the accept box, Participants are deemed to have accepted all the terms.
•If you have any problem when upload\submit the Photos (over the Internet or user-induced errors occur in the system in the event) please contact [email protected] and [email protected] address the problem will be fixed as soon as possible. This address is only used if the photo upload problems experienced moments will ocur. You must not send the photographs this e-mail. If you send your photos to this e-mail, we do not accept.
•Awarded and the acceptances photos are exhibit in www.olbafotograf.com will be exhibited in the area to be determined. Also awarded the prize, honourable mentions and special awards of the photos will be published on the site and TFSF broadcast www.tfsf.org.tr and will take place on the pages in the book of Almanac 2017.
•In case of detection of the works does not conform to the specification at the end of the contest, the prize is withdrawn degree, does not matter other than works, degrees and awards is left blank.
•Participators sent a photo, on the work not belong to him even though as his show and evaluation board intended to deceive any intervention and changes to the participant’s infraction process is applied, and this person contest participation TFSF Competition Policy in accordance with the one-year period is restricted, rule violation again if the competitor TFSF approved will be banned indefinitely from competition. This situation is also reported to FIAP.
The photographers are not allowed to participate the MOF 2017 photo contest in the Red List of TFSF and FIAP.
•Author of allowed senders to this issue is taken by themselves, conflicts arising declare that all responsibilities and commit to their own. In disputes that may arise in this regard Mersin Olba Photographic Association (MOF) will not be responsible.
• Jury committee who attended the photo does not have to choose prizes and honourable mentions. This decision belongs entirely jury.
• If the photo shave previously won the competition of MOF they will not participate to MOF 2016 competition.
With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey to FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP; that FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non-compliance with FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations.
All parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted.
In the general interest of the event, there production of the remitted works is allowed in the printed or digital catalogue, except when expressly prohibited by the author. In this matter the rules about copyright have to be strictly followed. Under no circumstances the organizer is allowed to use the pictures handed in for other purposes.

Kosta DUPCINOV - Photo cinema club Bitola-Macedonia
Sefa ULUKAN - (EFIAP) AFAD-Fotografya-Turkey
Tahsin ALTINOK - (AFIAP-SSS/b) Mersin Olba Fotoğraf Derneği -Turkey

TFSF/PAFT Representative: Ali Hikmet AVCI-EFIAP-GPU CR2-GPU APHRODITE

At International exhibition of art photography - MOF 2017 there will be awarded these medals:
1x FIAP BLUE BADGE-BEST OF MOF 2017
4 x FIAP Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 24 ribbons,
4 x IAAP Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 24 ribbons,
4 x GPU Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 24 ribbons,
4 x MOF Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal, 24 ribbons.
1 x TFSF Special award in Nature Category
1 x İbrahim Zaman Special Award in B & W Open Category
1 x Forum AVM Special Award in Shopping Category
1 x Sille Art Gallery Special Award in Digital Open Color Category
<b>Acceptances will be no less than 8% and no more than 25% in each category</b>

Definition of Nature Photography
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify 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 are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting 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 any form 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 the presentation 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 images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct captures or derivations, are not allowed. Images used in Nature Photography competitions may be divided in two classes: Nature and Wildlife. Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.

Definition of the black and white photography (monochrome)
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand, a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black & white work toned entirely in a single color will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black & white category; such a work may be reproduced in black & white in the catalogue. On the other hand, a black and white work modified by partial toning or by the addition of one color becomes a color work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category.
A monochrome image is defined as having varying shades of no more than one color (various shades of that color from very light to very dark) but it may be any single color. Multi-toned images (various shades of two or more colors) and greyscale images with an added accent color are not acceptable in Monochrome Class sections and must be entered in Color Class sections.
Close up pictures of people or objects must include distinguishable environment. Techniques that add to, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. All adjustments must appear natural. Conversion to full monochrome is acceptable. Derivations, including infrared, are unacceptable.
A monochrome print is defined as having no more than two colors, monochrome (various shades of grey from black to white) plus one other color. A monochrome print toned in a single color will remain a monochrome work.

Notification will be sent by email AND you can download from competition website.
Web Catalog link will be sent to all participants by e-mail. All awards also will be sent by post. The organizer will take all possible care while handling the email, awards and catalogues, however we assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment.

<b>Salon Chairman:</b> Ms. Selma Demirkol - AFIAP, GPU CR1, GPU Aphrodite
<b>e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] and [email protected]</b>
GSM:00 90 537 4324575 or 00 90 532 4114783
<b>Organisation Committee: </b>
Sema Demirkol AFIAP, GPU CR1, GPU Aphrodite
Faruk Koray
Gülsüm Güder
Hulki Muradi EFIAP
Yusuf Ziya Çakır
Our Contest is approved by Photographic Arts Federation of Turkey (TFSF/PAFT) with the
number of TFSF 2017/021 International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) with the
number of FIAP 2017/211, GPU 2017 L170048, IAAP 2017/011, MOF 2017/001
TFSF Representative will be present during contest. (Mr. Ali Hikmet Avcı)
<b>*-“İbrahim Zaman is a Famous photographer in Turkey.” </b>