POTY Round 4 (Print images)
Each member is entitled to enter ONE free-choice image (POTY 4F) and ONE themed image (POTY 4T). Details of the theme are provided below along with a brief note of guidance explaining how to comply with the theme.
The deadline for receipt of PDIs is 7:00pm on SUNDAY 12th March 2023
PRINTS MUST BE HANDED IN ON OR BEFORE 7:00pm ON TUESDAY 21st MARCH 2023
Theme - FILL THE FRAME
There are many rules you can use to improve your photography composition. For many photographers, the best way to enhance photography composition is to ‘fill the frame’.
The ‘frame’ in photography is the rectangular scene captured by your camera, but your camera captures only a fraction of what your eyes and mind see. You make decisions about what to include within the edges of your photograph and often the easiest way to direct attention to your subject is by making the subject larger in the frame. The best way to achieve this is to get closer to your subject. You can get visually closer with a zoom lens or physically closer.
Filling the frame also means being clear about what you’re taking a photograph of. So, in this round as Robert Capa says, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you probably weren’t close enough...!”.
PLEASE NOTE – To remove doubt and provide clarity macro-photography is explicitly disallowed in this round.
About POTY
The Norwich & District Photographic Society (NDPS) prides itself on being a friendly group of people all with a common interest in capturing and creating photographic images. NDPS’s overall aim is that with the support of the more experienced photographers within the Society all members can become the best photographer they can be.
NDPS holds regular competitions throughout the year to give members an opportunity to put their skills into practice, and these are a great way to improve and get feedback on their own photography.
Currently the ‘Photographer of the Year’ (POTY) is the most prestigious competition that NDPS members can enter.
Members entering POTY are expected to have read and be familiar with the document NDPS GENERAL COMPETITION RULES & CONDITIONS OF ENTRY which also apply unless stated otherwise in this document.
POTY Structure
The POTY competition consists of TWO (2) parts.
In the first part of the competition there are FIVE (5) qualification rounds with members competing in TWO (2) leagues
In the second part of the competition the THREE (3) photographers in each league with the highest score at the end of the qualification rounds will compete in the ‘Final’ round to be elected the ‘Photographer of the Year’ in a ballot of the members of the Society.