Image Entry Standards

1. Photographs must have been taken and post processed only by the submitting club member

2. All pictorial elements in a submitted image must originate from images taken by the member.

3. Time constraints, if applicable, apply to all elements in the image

4. Software assisted editing is permitted provided 1,2 and 3 above are adhered to.

5. Photographs that have previously been submitted in an RRPC competition of any year and were awarded a place (1st – 3rd or HM) cannot be entered in further RRPC competitions.

6. Size Criteria- Images must be jpegs and must be at least 2500 pixels in the longest direction. There are no constraints in the actual file size, although 10MB is a reasonable limit for this website to process efficiently.

7. File Name and Image Title

• The name of the computer file is to be the TITLE of the image.
• Titles are to be limited to 30 characters including spaces.
• A member’s ID number or other member identification is NOT to be included in the filename or title
• An example of an acceptable file name/title would be Grand Caynon.jpg

Examples of file names that are NOT acceptable are:

IMG_1234.jpg
DSC_0334-2.jpeg EruDcPRyRZmNq8QXvjb5lw_thumb_ab6d.jpg fullsizeoutput_4e72.jpeg

8. Images and digital files may not contain watermarks or any name or identifying marks other than the digital file name as noted above.

9. Borders and/or digital mats are not permitted.

10. Digital images should use the sRGB profile to ensure colors are the most accurately reproduced during projection. Failure to use a sRGB profile will not be cause for disqualification.

Note 1: The original images along with their metadata may be requested as proof or eligibility