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	Summer Photo Fun           AFS Photo Contest 2011 These are past Photo contest winners. One of your photos could be here next year. Dig out those digital cameras and find some fuchsia beuties in your garden. Shoot to your heart's content; then select and work on the choice ones. The Photo Contest rules are attached. Study the judging categories and keep them in mind when framing your photo. Digital images may be cropped and color adjusted. Show your photos to friends for comments. Check thepluginsite.com for Fuchsia Fantasy programs  to use. Some are free or inexpensive. Al Sydnor, Photo Contest Chairman,  Contest rules will be in separate mailing.

AFS Photography Contest
All American Fuchsia Society members are eligible to enter the AFS Photography Contest. Entrants grant the AFS a non-exclusive license to use their entries for educational and reference purposes. Some photographs will be published on the covers of AFS Bulletins. Contestants should make duplicate copies to keep for their personal use.
American Fuchsia Society  Photo Competition Rules

NO SLIDES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS PHOTO CONTEST.
CLASS A:  A fuchsia branch showing a number of open blooms
CLASS B: A close-up showing not more than 3 open blooms, buds and foliage
CLASS C: A well-grown fuchsia plant in a container, display or in the ground
CLASS D: Novelty, with the fuchsia subject dominant, include accessories  or living things
CLASS F:  Fuchsia Fantasy – prints may be enhanced or altered digitally using photo editing software to produce special effects. If a special effect is better displayed in a round or square shape, a 5x5 inch photograph may be submitted.
Prints should be prepared as follows:
Submit two 4x6 inch prints for each entry. Do not write on the back of prints. Fuchsia Fantasy prints may be 4x6 or 5x5.
Mount and mark one print for each entry as follows:

1. Mount one copy on a 5 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 inch sheet of paper.
2. On the top front border, write the Class (A, B, C, D or F) and the name of the cultivar (A, B, C & D only). On the back side of the paper write the name of the contestant.
3. Do NOT write anything on the back of the un-mounted print as it will be used in the AFS Print Library
4. Individuals may enter a maximum amount of 6 prints in each class.

5.  DEADLINE: September 10, 2011
Judging Categories for A, B, C, & D

1. Composition: A good layout keeps the main object clear and uncluttered and uses lighting to the best effect.
2. Format: The format must be appropriate for the subject, i.e. landscape, (horizontal) portrait, (vertical).
3. Artistry:  The picture should have artistic appeal; i.e. good arrangement, focal point.
4. Technical Merit: The entry must do justice to the cultivar or species i.e. blossom perfection, good leaf structure, absence of pests, etc.

Judging for each category is on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best.
The contest is judged by photography club judges who are not affiliated with the American Fuchsia Society
Judging for Category F Only
Judging will be done by popular vote at the Annual AFS Meeting, October 11.
All winning prints will be enlarged to 5x7 and mounted in 8 x 10 mats with labels identifying cultivar, place, class, AFS and photographer’s name.

Entries Are Due on September 10, 2011.
Send all entries to AFS Photography Chairman, Al Sydnor, 18680 Hanna Dr. Cupertino, CA 95014.  If you have any questions write alsydnor@mac.com.

To see last year’s winners and all entries log on to <americanfuchsiasociety.org> and click on the square Photo Competition Results. By studying the winning photographs you can get an idea for what the judges liked.

Rev. 6/5/2011