The Travel CATEGORY is for NON-COMPOSITE entries

Photographs that illustrate a destination or culture, and communicate some aspect of travel, even if the location is local. Travel relates to an area’s landscape, people, cultures, customs and history. Photographs should express or reference either the feeling of a time and place, or simply portray the land or its people in its natural state.
» Entries may be commissioned or self-commissioned.
» An entry may be presented as a series, such as diptychs, triptychs, etc.
» There must be no attempt to misrepresent reality by disguising elements or manipulating the content, context or meaning through any permitted post-production editing.
» Except where specified as permitted above, entries must comply with all rules, entry terms & conditions, and the In-Camera – Non-Composite entry criteria.
» Images must not have been captured as part of a photography tour or workshop as per the terms and conditions of entry.

IN-CAMERA CATEGORIES - ENTRY CRITERIA

The in-camera categories are intended to reward technical and creative excellence in photographing and presenting a representation of a scene, through in-camera capture and without the use of compositing techniques.

Post-production techniques applied must not obscure or eliminate elements, nor create an effect which is not present in the original RAW
capture/film/plate.

In-Camera Capture

The capture of a single scene by the photographer as recorded on the sensor, film or plate. Entries must remain true to the
original capture with no compositional changes, except cropping.

In-Camera Multiple Exposure

Images produced as double or multiple exposures using frames captured in sequence, directly in the camera, in the same place
and at the same moment.

Permitted post-production techniques include basic processing using:
• Tonal control
• Colour control
• Black & white conversion
• Sharpening
• Cropping

Restrained use of:
• Grain
• Noise reduction
• Lens correction
• Vignette
• Leveling of horizons
• Perspective correction
• Removal of dust spots, sensor spots, and scratches
• Removal of incidental temporary blemishes
• Stray hair removal
• Removal of incidental elements that are outside the control of the photographer at the time of capture

Permitted camera techniques:
• In-camera capture
• Direct capture to Polaroids and plates - will require digital reproduction
• In-camera multiple exposure, with frames captured in sequence
• Focus stacking (macro photography only)

Exclusions:
• Stitched images are not permitted as they are considered composites.