Scavenger Hunt Rules
(Revised January 2010)
Scavenger Hunts will be held twice a year.
Six topics, determined by the Scavenger Hunt Chairperson(s), will be presented at the February and August fourth Thursday meetings. Members may enter one image in up to four of those topics. These photographs must be taken after the categories are announced.
The Scavenger Hunt chair may designate up to two topics as “Any Advanced Editing Permitted” and the use of Photoshop or other editing software may be used without limits (it is recommended that you also submit the original picture so we can show it for comparison). On the remaining topics, editing software may be used only for sensor-dust removal or for global edits such as cropping, contrast, brightness and
exposure.
The entries should be turned in on a CD or by email to the Scavenger Hunt Chairperson(s) no later than the March and September fourth Thursday meetings. Submissions will not be accepted after this time.
If you do not have a digital camera, you can have your photos scanned and put on a CD or we can arrange to have them scanned for you.
Competitor’s entries will be shown during the April and October fourth Thursday club meetings. Comments will be given verbally by the members present at those meetings. We hope to encourage constructive comments aimed toward helping each photographer grow.
Ballots will be given to members present at those meetings to vote on their favorite entry in each category. These ballots will be tabulated during the meeting and the results (first, second and third places) will be announced. In addition, results will be posted on the Scavenger Hunt Blog and in the next edition of the Photogram.
It is hoped the Scavenger Hunt will be an event that allows you to get out of the box as a photographer and enable each person in the meeting to learn new ideas and techniques they can take home with them. It should also allow you to take a risk as a photographer and get valuable feedback on your work.
GUIDELINES FOR SAVING IMAGES TO EMAIL OR CD FOR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
To save your images for proper display on the projector, please follow these steps:
1. In Photoshop, go to “Image Size”
2. Uncheck the “Resample Image” box (optional)
3. Set the ppi to 96 (optional)
4. Recheck the “Resample Image” box
5. Set the Pixel Dimension of the largest side to 1024 pixels
6. Click OK
7. On the Toolbar, select “Edit > Convert to Profile…”, and set the color profile to the sRGB profile
(probably sRGB IE61966-2.1). (NOTE: Skip this step if your image is already set on sRGB)
8. Finally, save the image as a jpeg with a quality setting of 12.
Points will be awarded toward the Photographer of the Year as follows: 1st Place: 3 pts; 2nd Place: 2 pts; 3rd Place: 1 pt.
