Images (L to R) by Ian O'Neill, John Ranson, Anthony Grubb, Philip Chadwick

 

NWPA COMPETITION 7TH JUNE 2025

 

I do hope you will enter the June competition and come along to the event being held at Craig -y-Don, Queens Road, Llandudno, LL30 1TE on the 7th June 2025 doors open at 10am. 

A £3 entry fee on the door which includes Tea/coffee and biscuits, and there will be our usual raffle.  

We have a fantastic draw, suppliers have been very generous with sponsoring us with prizes. 

We are also holding a BRING AND BUY SALE details at the end. 

The competition entry portal will open on 14th May to 28th May. Details will be announced on 14th May along with details of how to enter your images. 

These details will be sent to your NWPA representatives, they will be posted on the NWPA web site and the NWPA Facebook.  

Please contact Jan or Linda if you need any help. (contact details below) 

Thank you to Richard Hainsworth who has volunteered to run the computer program and to those of you who are helping out on the day.

 

COMPETITION RULES

Any Images/Prints may be used, the exception being, if they have been accepted to the previous Exibitions, they are NOT eligible. To clarify, any images/prints who have been used in the Print Battle or PDI challenge may be used, as long as they have NOT been accepted to previous Exhibitions.

 

The rules for Mono, Nature and colour sections are below: 

With the new additions of AI to software used to process our images please be aware that generative fill using stock images is not allowed all parts of the image must be your own. 

Nature:                    You may crop, dodge, burn, sharpen, saturate or convert to mono. You may clone out but you may NOT clone anything in. You may not add any part of any other image into the finished image.

 

Open Colour:        As it says OPEN but must show colour.

 

Open Mono:          As it says OPEN, but must follow mono rules as follows: Definition of a MONOCHROME image – ‘A Monochrome image is one which has only a single tone e.g. cool, warm, sepia etc. A monochrome image which has been modified by the addition of another colour/partial tone is a colour image’... for e.g. Colour popping or adding a partial coloured filter

 

You can enter 6 images in pdi or print a maximum of 4 in any one category. 

The categories are OPEN COLOUR, OPEN MONO and NATURE.

 

Your pdi’s for both prints and pdi at 1600 x 1200 pixels need to be loaded into the portal site from 14th May to 28th May 2025. 

The prints should be on 50 x 40 board, ONLY THE TITLE to be written on the back of the print, to be delivered to Linda or Jan. However, The Eryri Group are meeting at Craig y Don, Llandudno on the 24th May, prints may be dropped off there if it's more convenient, between 1pm and 2pm prior to the start of their meeting.

Any Prints you want to enter can be dropped off or posted to the people below. Remember the pdi of your print needs to be entered into the portal from 14th May.

 

Jan Wilson - Chalon, Lletty Cottage, Hendrerwydd, LL16 4LL Email: Click here

 

Linda Bell, 6 Bryn Gwyn Lane, Northop Hall Flintshire CH7 6JT Email: Click here