Member Contests

2017 NWHS Photo Contest

Share your delight in discovering the intricacy of a specific colour, a visit by something into your garden or a beautiful garden view through photography. In trying to take the best pictures that you can, you will find that you are really looking at what’s in your view finder. In no time, you will be looking at gardens differently. You will see things that you previously overlooked. Soon you will have a new, more intense appreciation of gardens and your plants.
THE RULES:

1. For the sake of the contest, ‘garden’ refers to a place cultivated by humans. Wilderness is not a garden.
2. Macro images cannot be entered in the visitors, colour or view categories - only in the macro category. “Macro” means extreme closeup. If a photo is printed 4” x 6”and the subject is life size or larger, it is a macro image.
3. The contest is open to all paid-up NWHS members as of the October 2017 general meeting.
4. Photographs must have been taken by the entrant.
5. Photographs must have been taken after October 1, 2017.
6. There is a limit of 3 (three) photographs per category by any member.
7. Photograph dimensions allowed: normal format, up to 5”x7”; if panoramic, either the width for length must be 5” or less (i.e. 5”x10” is allowed but 6”x12” is not).
8. Entries are to be submitted at the October 2017 general meeting. At that meeting, obtain your unique exhibitor number from the Show Chairperson. Put that number, not your name, on the back of each of your photographs. There will be a large envelope designated for each category. Put your photographs into the appropriate envelope.
9. Judging is done by a qualified judge who is not a NWHS member. He has the option to move a photograph from one category to another if he deems it to be incorrectly submitted. For example, he will move a photograph from Visitor to Macro, if the photograph is obviously a macro image.
10. Awards will be given for first, second and third. No member can win all three places in any category. Honorable mentions are a possibility.
11. The first place winner in each category will receive a $15 cash prize; second place, $10; and third place, $5. Awards will be presented during the club’s annual awards ceremonies in December. At that time, large posters highlighting the winning entries with the judge’s comments will be posted. All other entries will also be on display.

THE CATEGORIES:

1. Visitors in the Garden: Can be something living or a representation of something living. I.e. may include humans, animals, insects, fish or even gnomes and statues. The photograph must be taken in your own garden. “Visitor” does not include a vegetative visitor - sleeping is okay.
2. Colour in the Garden—Orange (pale peach to deep rust).. Best capture of the colour orange in any garden.
3. View of NWHS Garden: Can be an over-all or partial view of any NWHS member’s garden.
4. Macro Image: Must be a macro photograph. Can be of any subject matter in any garden. “Macro” means extreme close-up. In a photo printed 4” x 6”, and the subject is life size or larger, it is a macro image.

View or download the Contest Rules