Competition Themes

Title	Description
Autumn:	Images must evoke or represent the month of September, October or November in the Northern Hemisphere (March, April or May in the Southern) showing Seasonal changes, highlights or events that are unique to this time of year. Examples might include crops being gathered or leaves falling.
Blue Hour and After Dark:	Is open to images taken after Sunset and before Sunrise and will evoke a night time feel. Those created in a studio, where the time has little relevance to the image created, must still relate to an evening or night time feel.
Colour	This competition is open to all colour images but they should rely on one or multiple colours for their impact. All images must have ‘colour’ or a recognisable colour in the title e.g. Blue Hour, Golden Gate, The Colour Purple, Green Hairstreak etc.
Creative	A creative image is any image where the photographer has altered reality, e.g. displaying a change in natural colour, form, shape, etc. It includes high speed imagery, painting with light, altering perspective or reality, colour manipulation, textures, etc. It is not an image of other artists’ work such as a sculpture or street art. A creative image should demonstrate an idea going beyond a simple photograph.
Diptych/Triptych or Panel:	Each entry should be of 2,3 or more separate images presented as a single PDI. The images should relate to each other as set out in the title given by the Author
Fashion:	Entries will show or represent a current or era specific custom or style. These are likely to be (although not exclusively) of dress or social custom.
Flowers and Gardens:	Plants that produce or are cultivated for their blossom or blooms could be the subject of acceptable images as would those that focus on the plant’s petals, pistils and stamen of a particular floral type. Where the photographer wishes to expand their vision to a wider landscape it should be cultivated and used as a place of recreation for growing flowers, trees or vegetables.
Landscape / Seascape	A landscape is an outdoor picture which may show a large vista or smaller geological formations. It includes seascapes, underwater views, as well as scenes underground. It may include animals or people but these should be a minor part of the image.
Monochrome	A monochrome image is an image comprised of one colour and shades of one colour. Normally, black and white with shades of grey but may be of a single colour, e.g. sepia or blue. A black and white image modified with partial toning or the addition of another colour is a colour image and not monochrome.
Own Choice	An open competition in which images of any photographic genre may be entered.
PDI of the Year	Open to any image entered this season as a Projected Digital Image in either the league or trophy competition.
Portrait	A portrait is a picture of a person(s) or animal(s) that says something about the subject(s) either by facial expressions, poses or the environment that the subject is pictured in.
Print of the Year	Open to any image entered this season as a print in either the league or trophy competition.
Sports	Images taken at a sporting event or evoking a particular sport. They could show the action, competitors, equipment, other participants, stadia, or the audience reaction, etc. The subject should be considered in its widest context and not just Olympic or professional sports.
Wildlife	An animal (land or aquatic), bird, insect, plant or fungi that is normally found in the wild. Those that meet the above criteria but are contained within zoos/zoological gardens, sanctuaries, rare animal breeding programmes, aquariums, etc are acceptable, as are Dartmoor ponies, rescued animals, birds, etc. Ineligible are domestic animals such as dogs, cats and animals in farms.