photo club - FC GRAND - Rivne, Ukraine

There are four sections, all DIGITAL:

A) Open Color
B) Open Monochrome
C) Travel
D) Nature

Closing date: 19/01/2019
Judging: 26/01/2019
Notification: 08/02/2019
Submit EDAS report: 02/10/2019
First public projection: 15/02/2019
Sending of catalogs and awards: 15/03/2019

SUBMISSION of an entry signifies acceptance of all our conditions.
The jury decision is final.

25 Eur (25$) for 1-2 sections
35 Eur (40$) for 3-4 sections

оплата для учасників з України
300гр за всі 4 секції
на карту Приват банку 4149 6054 6605 9730
Анатолій Волох

The salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world.
Each photo can be presented in only one section. When an entrant submits images which are significantly similar to each other, only one of the images will be accepted, even if the images are entered in different sections.
An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging for every section. Entries must originate as photographs made by the entrant.

Submit of photos

ALL entries MUST be submitted via the internet. Entries NOT submitted via our entry page will not be judged.
The maximum number of works is four (4) per section. (Total 16 photos).
Photos must be in JPG file format. File size of individual image should not exceed 3MB.
The dimensions of the photos must be to a maximum of 1920 pixels wide by a maximum of 1080 pixels high. The jury of the photos will be in Full HD TV screens.

File Naming

Each image must have a unique title with maximum of 35 characters.
Only Western/Latin, English Alphabet (a-z; A-Z; 0-9) are allowed. Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames or titles consisting of only numbers.
No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image.
Once an image has been submitted to a section of this exhibition the same image should not be colour converted and submitted to any other section.

Author copyright

Each entrant owns the copyright of the submitted images. The entrant certifies the work as his own.
The entrant permits the organizers to reproduce the entered material free of charge for promotional purposes related to the Circuit, like the catalogue, photo CD/DVD and the website, unless specifically stated otherwise by the entrant on the entry form.

Members of the jury:

Sergey Buslenko - MFIAP - UKRAINE
Krzysztof Stos - AFIAP - POLAND
Serhii Shchehlevatyh AFIAP - UKRAINE

GRAND PRIX - 500 euro (best author)

FIAP Blue Badge for the best Author
4 FIAP GOLD medals – 8 FIAP HM Ribbons
4 PSA GOLD medals
4 IAAP GOLD medals – 1 IAAP Silver medals – 1 IAAP Bronze medals – 6 IAAP HM Ribbons
4 National GOLD medal - 8 Diploma
4 Club GOLD medals - 16 Diploma
4 Salon GOLD medals – 4 Salon Silver medals – 4 Salon Bronze medals – 16 Diplomas

Best author. FlAP will oer to the organisers of salons with FlAP Patronage a special badge (light blue) to be awarded to the best author for each salon number.
The one who has achieved the highest number of total acceptances of all the sections of the salon added together will be proclaimed “best author”.
In the event of a tie, the organiser will decide irrevocably. The name of the best author must be mentioned in the catalogue.

FIAP 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.

PT Definition:”A Photo Travel image must express the feeling of a time and place, and portray a land, its distinctive features or culture in its natural state.
There are no geographical limitations. 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.”

Nature Photography (new definition, common for FIAP, PSA and RPS)
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 certifyits 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.
Colour images can be converted to grey-scale 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.

NOTE: "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."

Licence agreement:
By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies legal Age, and own all rights to these images,
including copyright or parents or guardians gives permission on his/her behalf if he/she is not of Legal Age.
The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright.

Notification and Report card will be sent by email.
On-line PDF Exhibition Catalog

Chairman of the exhibition: Anatoliy Volokh
E-mail: [email protected]