The PAGB Great British Cup

This is a recently-introduced competition where the PAGB invite clubs from all over the country to submit digital images for judging in the New Year. We need to select 18 images from our members to enter the Open Section. We already have quite a large bank of pictures which have been entered into our regular club competitions, but of course if you have any pictures which have not been seen at the club you can also enter those.

There is also a Natural History section, where the “PAGB Natural History Photographer of the Year” award will be up for grabs. The bare minimum entry would be 4 images from one member, but if we want to enter the club competition in Natural History we would need 10 pictures from at least three members. The entry fee for this section (paid by the club!) depends on the number of photographers taking part, so with this in mind there will be a list on the club notice board – put your name down if you are interested.

This is a very prestigious event, so please try to give it your support. New images can be given to Joe Grabham on CD or by email (see “Committee” in the “More” tab on this Blog page). If you want to see the kind of work we will be up against, have a look at last year’s winners at http://www.pagb-photography-uk.co.uk/pagb-cup-08.htm

– scarily good!

1. The Digital Images will be projected on a fully calibrated Canon XEED projector with PC/Laptop running Windows XP.

2. We will project in sRGB and you are advised to convert from any other colour space.

3. Mode must be RGB Colour or Grayscale, 8 bits only.

File Format and Size

1. File Format must be .tiff (no compression) or .jpeg (compression 12). Tiff is preferred.

2. Image Size – maximum 1400 pixels horizontal, maximum 1050 pixels vertical. (Not 1400 vertical please).

Please Note – 1400 x 1050 is the native resolution of the projector so these dimensions will give optimum viewing. We will not resize your files unless they are very large and you are welcome to send smaller images which will appear a little smaller on the screen.

3. DPI makes no difference but if it makes you happier you can size at 96 DPI.

4. Images must not contain layers and must be completely ‘flattened’ prior to submission.

5. The image will be disqualified if it displays the title or the author's name.