RULES
HIGH LATITUDE Internationality Photography Circuit 2024
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Conditions of Entry
Summary
1.EXHIBITION NAME
HIGH LATITUDE Internationality Photography Circuit 2024
HIGH LATITUDE Internationality Photography Circuit 2024 exhibition is with the patronage of the and conducted under the approved rules of the WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY UNION(WPU[2024]047)，All awards and acceptances obtained in this salon will be taken into account for WPU Star Rating listings in the worldwide WPU Who,s Who of Photography and credited for WPU Distinctions.
The Circuit is open to photographers all over the world. This is a digital image Circuit.
2.CORRESPONDENCE & ENQUIRIES TO:
ORGANIZER：Happy Photography Club
Exhibition Chairman: Mr. Mr. LI CHEN
7-302# Xiangzhou Sunshine Community, Century Avenue, Jishou City, Hunan Province, China
Chairman Email: 732710600@qq.com
Exhibition Email: 3334358169@qq.com
Phonenumber: 13574336633
Salon Secretary : LIANQING TIAN
Salon Treasurer : MEI YU
Rules & Submission: http://cipa.sychina.net/photo4/
The software provider：Hunan Huangjiu E-commerce Co., Ltd
3.SECTIONS
A. Open Color (Only Color)
B. Open Monochrome (Only monochrome )
C. Nature (Color/Greyscale Monochrome)
D. Photojournalism (Color/Greyscale Monochrome)
E. Photo Travel (Color/Greyscale Monochrome)
4.ENTRY FEES
1 Section USD $ 12.00 (80 CNY)
2 Section USD $ 19.00 (125 CNY)
3 Section USD $ 26.00 (170 CNY)
4 Section USD $ 33.00 (215 CNY)
5 Section USD $ 40.00 (260 CNY)
Group Entries - Discount Rates (% of Total Fee):
More than 5 Entrants: 5 %
More than 10 Entrants: 10 %
More than 20 Entrants: 20 %
Entry fee is mandatory for every participant. Entry fee can be paid with PayPal through our web site. PayPal: 497930342@qq.com
Chinese photographers please directly scan the QR code of WeChat or Alipay to pay in CNY.
NON PAYMENT OF FEES
Entries for which no fee is received will not be judged.
5.CALENDAR
Closing Date: 2024 / 04 / 17
Judging Start date: 2024 / 04 / 25
Judging Deadline: 2024 / 04 / 30
Notification emails sent: 2024 / 05 / 17
On-line gallery: 2024 / 06 / 11
Catalogues & awards sent: 2024 / 06 / 10
6.JURY（The jury will score all sections）
Salon 1
FENG GAO(EPSA,CPA)(China)
QINGHAI DING(GCWPU/1,HNPA,CIPA)(China)
TONG XIAN(GCWPU/1,FHPA,CIPA)(China)
Salon 2
PING DONG(QPSA,CIPA)(China)
WENSHENG LONG(GCWPU/1,HNPA,CIPA)(China)
CHUNPING WU(GCWPU/1,FHPA)(China)
Salon 3
JISHAN LI(QPSA,APPU)(China)
MINGXING TIAN(GCWPU/1,CPA)(China)
XUEBING LIAO(GCWPU/1,HNPA,CIPA)(China)
7.AWARDS:135+
The awards will be adjusted in proportion to the total number of participating images. New images are encouraged to enter. E-certificates will not be posted. Entrants are responsible for downloading and printing their e-certificates.
8.PHOTOS SIZE
File: Maximum 1920 pixels on the horizontal side, Vertical size maximum 1080 pixels,Maximum 2 MB, JPEG, RGB/sRGB,Resolution: 72-300 dpi .
The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the WPU.
An entrant’s images will not be presented to the judges consecutively. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. Distribution of images will be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant. At no stage will a judge be able to view all the entrant’s images together.
An image may be entered in only one section.
Each entrant may submit a maximum of four images in each of the 5 sections.
Method of Judging:The selection of accepted images will be conducted online through the competition website "http://cipa.sychina.net/photo4/".It is required that the monitor of each judge must go through standard color calibration and have a resolution of not less than 1920X1080pix to ensure that the image can be displayed on the screen 100%.Also photos will be published in http://cipa.sychina.net/photo4/.
Target Acceptance Range will not exceed 50%.
9.CATALOGUE and E-Cert
Online PDF Catalog(Downloadable)
After the results of the Circuit are announced, all contestants are asked to log on to the website to download the E-Cert. The E-Cert is only kept on the website for one year.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
ENTRIES
IMAGE AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: This exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the Sponsor or the Exhibition Organizers, in their reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and these ES-COE. Membership in any photographic organization is not required. Entries will not be accepted from any entrant who is on the WPU Penalties List for Ethics Violation. Entry fees are not refundable in these circumstances.
Image and creation and ownership
In all sections of the exhibition, images must originate as photographs made by the entrant. They may not incorporate identifiable images produced by anyone else (for example: clip art, replacement skies, or stock images). Images created in whole or in part by image creation software (frequently called ‘AI’ images) are not allowed. Editing or alteration of images is permitted within the limits specified in the relevant section definitions that are available here https://WPU-photo.org/page/division-definitions
Any person submitting or attempting to submit a totally AI generated image that does not begin with a light capture from the maker, from any Photographic Society of America exhibition, social media, event, or publication, other than for editorial purposes, shall be prohibited from WPU for a period of from 3 years to life.
Reproduction: The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The Photographic Society of America (WPU) may request specific permission from entrants to reproduce entered images in its educational materials. The terms of that permission will be mutually agreed between the entrant and WPU except in the circumstances where the entered image is found to breach the WPU Ethics Policy. In those circumstances the image may be reproduced by WPU, without the entrant’s further permission, for educational purposes to illustrate serious exhibition rule violations. For those reproductions, the entrant’s name will be withheld.
Entries will not be accepted from entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced in materials related to the exhibition. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright
Re-use of accepted images: Any image that has been accepted in this exhibition, past or present, may not be entered again in the same Division Star Ratings Class in any future instances of this exhibition. It may, of course, be entered in any other WPU recognised exhibitions but must always have the same title. Re-titling in another language is not allowed.
Entry: An Entry consists of, up to and including, four (4) images entered by a single entrant into the same Section. An entrant may only enter a specific Section once. Entrants may not enter identical or similar images into the same section or different sections of the same exhibition. Similar is defined as almost identical in subject, composition, props, lighting or technique so that a reasonable person viewing the entries together would decide the entrant has duplicated the previous image except for minor changes.
Titles: Each image must have a unique title that relates to the content of the image. That unique title must be used for entry of that image or of an identical Image into any and all WPU-Recognized exhibitions. Titles must be 35 characters or fewer. No titles may be visible to the judges, and nothing in the image may identify the entrant. Titles may not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filenames such as IMG 471). Titles may not consist of personal identifiers possibly augmented by a number; or include words such as “untitled” or “no title”. Titles may not consist solely of numbers unless those numbers are prominently contained within the image, such as a contestant number in a race.
Color and Monochrome:
Color and Monochrome images from the same capture that share substantial pictorial content in common will be considered the same image and must be given the same title.
DATA PROTECTION
By entering this exhibition, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical addresses, email addresses, being held, processed and used by the exhibition organizers for purposes associated with this exhibition. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this exhibition. You acknowledge, agree and accept that by entering this exhibition, your participation status which includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration at the exhibition, number of sections entered and number of photos entered in those sections will be made public in a published status list and that the results of your entry shall be made public in exhibition gallery, exhibition catalog.
SUBJECT MATTER AND SECTION DEFINITIONS
Monochrome Definition
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of grey which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.) A greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.
Greyscale Monochrome images may be entered for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel but toned images are not permitted for these sections.
Editing Guidelines for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel
These sections require images to be truthful records, so there are limits on the amount of manipulation allowed. WPU statement of subject matter applies to all sections.
Editing Guidelines
Processing or editing must be limited to making the image look as close to the original scene as possible, except that conversion to grayscale monochrome is allowed.
Allowed editing techniques:
• Cropping, straightening and perspective correction.
• Removal or correction of elements added by the camera or lens, such as dust spots, noise, chromatic aberration and lens distortion.
• Global and selective adjustments such as brightness, hue, saturation and contrast to restore the appearance of the original scene.
• Complete conversion of color images to grayscale monochrome.
• Blending of multiple images of the same subject and combining them in camera or with software (exposure blending or focus stacking);
• Image stitching – combining multiple images with overlapping fields of view that are taken consecutively (panoramas);
Editing techniques that are not allowed:
• Removing, adding to, moving or changing any part of an image, except for cropping and straightening.
• Adding a vignette during processing.
• Blurring parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the original scene.
• Darkening parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the original scene.
• All conversions other than to complete grayscale monochrome.
• Conversion of parts of an image to monochrome, or partial toning, desaturation or over-saturation of color
Nature Definition
Content Guidelines
• Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology. This includes all aspects of the physical world, both animate and inanimate, that have not been made or modified by humans.
• Nature images must convey the truth of the scene that was photographed. A well-informed person should be able to identify the subject of the image and be satisfied that it has been presented honestly and that no unethical practices have been used to control the subject or capture the image. Images that directly or indirectly show any human activity that threatens the life or welfare of a living organism are not allowed.
• The most important part of a Nature image is the nature story it tells. High technical standards are expected and the image must look natural.
• Objects created by humans, and evidence of human activity, are allowed in Nature images only when they are a necessary part of the Nature story.
• Photographs of human-created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domesticated animals, human-created hybrid animals and mounted or preserved zoological specimens are not allowed.
• Images taken with subjects under controlled conditions, such as zoos, are allowed.
• Controlling live subjects by chilling, anesthetic or any other method of restricting natural movement for the purpose of a photograph is not allowed.
Photojournalism Definition
Photojournalism entries are:
●images with informative content and emotional impact,
●reflecting the human presence in our world.
●The journalistic (story-telling) value of the image should receive priority over pictorial quality.
●Images that misrepresent the truth, such as those from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are not eligible.
Photo Travel
A Photo Travel image is a portrayal of the real world we live in, as it is found naturally. There are no geographic limitations.
Content guidance:
1. If the image is predominantly or exclusively a land-, sea- or cityscape, these “scapes” must include characteristic, distinctive and recognizable physical features, although it is not necessary that the image identify the exact location;
2. Images that predominantly or exclusively depict people and their activities must illustrate a distinctive culture of a country, region, or continent;
3. Images that predominately or exclusively depict animal populations are allowed, if the animals are in their native environment and are characteristic of that country, region, or continent;
4. Portraits or other close-ups of people or objects, in addition to meeting the above paragraphs as applicable, must include elements depicting some of the surrounding environment to make it obvious that the image was not taken in a studio setting;
5. Images from events or activities arranged for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are NOT allowed.
6. Time exposures are allowed, if they do not dominate the image as a special effect (star trails, for example, are a dominating effect). 7. Highly distorted images such as those produced by fish eye lenses are NOT allowed.