The National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Invites you to participate in the Photography Division Competition of "Perfect Vision"
A Petite Horticulture Specialty Show

DIVISION III - SEEING IS BELIEVING

Photo Entries accepted January 1 - March 1, 2020
Intended to simulate garden/gardening interest, photographic abilities, and other NGC goals and objectives. All exhibits must relate to horticulture, gardening, or NGC goals, objectives and/or initiatives.
Class 1. Near-sighted - Close-up and/or macro

Class 2. Far Sighted - Landscapes, seascapes and dreamscapes of the mind

Class 3. Astigmatic - Depicting motion

Class 4. Color Blind - Monochrome image (MONOCHROME: an image black/white with grays, sepia or an image with a single hue with related shades, tints and tones.)

Definitions
Monochromatic - containing or using only one color:
   in Black and White : containing gray in various levels between white and black.
   in Sepia: brown hued images having no additional hues.
   in a Single Hue: an image using only a specific color with its related degrees of lightness and values or tones and its related degrees of saturation or chroma – intensity.

Competition Guidelines
Contest is open exclusively to the members of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Images must be the work of the exhibitor. There is no charge to enter the competition. You may enter no more than 2 images into the contest. Please title your images. Where feasible, please identify plant material with current scientific designation.

Image Preparation Guidelines:
Minimum resolution of 300 pixels DPI. Minimum file size: 1.5 MB; Maximum file size 5 MB (megabytes). Images may be enhanced by exhibitor to include cropping, filters, adjustments and or other techniques. Images may be in landscape, portrait, square, or panoramic format. Images must be submitted between January 1, 2020 and March 1, 2020 to http://cgburke.com/ ngc/ The committee will mount and display the top scoring images. Images will be displayed vertically at eye level on a neutral colored wall, display panel or stands. Minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch.

Judging Guidelines:
Eligible for the Botanical Arts Photography Award. Additional Awards may be presented at the discretion of the committee. Judging will be by recognized photography judges: a jury will select the 6 finalists in each class. Final judging will occur before the show is open to the public by a panel of recognized photography judges/experts.
Scale of Points for judging is on Page 131 of the NGC Handbook for Flower Shows. The 24 highest scoring images will be displayed at the NGC Convention, Milwaukee, WI, May 12-14, 2020.

For more information contact: arabellasd@aol.com

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