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Musalainternational contest of photography
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ORGANIZER
The International exhibition of art photography Musala is exhibition of art
photography organized by Photo club Pirin from Razlog, Bulgaria.


SECTIONS
The contest is divided into following sections:
A. OPEN COLOR [color digital - PSA PIDC]
B. PORTRAIT [color digital - PSA PIDC]
C. STREET [color digital - PSA PIDC]
D. OPEN MONOCHROME [monochrome digital - PSA PIDM]
E. NATURE [color/ greyscale monochrome digital - PSA ND]
F. PHOTOJOURNALISM [color/ greyscale monochrome digital - PSA PJD]


CALENDAR
Closing date: 20 October 2024
All judging completed by: 30 October 2024
Score Reports sent by: 6 November 2024
Latest Date for EDAS Reports: 29 November 2024
Awards mailed by: 29 December 2024
On-line gallery publish date: 29 December 2024
Catalog publication date: 29 December 2024


ENTRY FEE
Depending of the number of sections participant enters, the entry fee cost as
follow:
• 15 € for any 3 sections;
• 20 € for any 6 sections;

Discount for groups:
• 5-10 participants = 10%;
• 11-20 participants = 20%;
• 21-30 participants = 30%.

Payment of entry fee can be made in the following ways:
- Through our web site: https://photoclubpirin.com/musala/

Images from participants who did not pay entry fee will not be taken into
consideration.


PARTICIPATION
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 PSA Penalties List
for Ethics Violation. Entry fees are not refundable in these circumstances.
Image 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://psa-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 PSA for a period of from 3
years to life.
PSA Star Ratings: To receive proper Star ratings credit from PSA, entrants must
provide their names and country exactly the same way in each exhibition. Aliases
are not permitted. Please contact PSA in the event of name changes or relocating
to another country. Using one’s name differently in different exhibition exposes
the entrant to the risk that many of their acceptances may not be recognized by
PSA Star Ratings.


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 (PSA) 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 PSA except in
the circumstances where the entered image is found to breach the PSA Ethics
Policy. In those circumstances the image may be reproduced by PSA, 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 PSA 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 PSA-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.
The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the PSA
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.


SUBMISSION
Photographs must be in JPEG format, with dimensions horizontal 1920 x vertical
1080 pixels at 300 DPI, JPEG compression (if Photoshop used for export): 7-12,
file size maximum 4 Mb. No file naming is needed. Digital images cannot be
altered, including resizing in either direction, by the exhibition or by the
exhibition’s equipment before or during judging.
The photographs of authors with the application are submitted in these ways:
- uploading thought our web site: https://photoclubpirin.com/musala/


IDENTIFICATION
The judging will be done by remote online judging. Judges will be using color
calibrated equipment. Judging Method projection equipment or computer monitors
are required to be capable of displaying images at 100% of the image resolution
and that images will be displayed at exactly 100% of their resolution (that is,
that the images will not be enlarged -at no point zoomed in- beyond their native
resolution)
Target range should not be more than 30%.


JURY
Each jury shall judge all sections.
Bozhidar Barlakoski (KMF; Bulgaria)
KLEA KYPRIANOU (EFIAP/d1, GMPSA, GPU VIP5 CR4 HERMES, c*** MoL; Greece)
Ovi D. Pop (EFIAP/p, GMPSA/b, BPSA, GPU VIP-5 Cr-5 Zeus, EKDVF; Romania)


AWARDS
At the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION Musala the following awards will be presented:
6x PSA Gold medals [1 per section];
6x IAAP Gold Medals [1 per section];
6x IAAP Silver Medals [1 per section];
6x IAAP Bronze Medals [1 per section];
18x IAAP Diplomas [3 per section];
The organizer reserves the right to award the most successful authors of Musala
depend on the total number of the entrants.


DEFINITIONS
Statement on Subject Matter - applicable to all sections
The fundamental rule that must be observed at all times and applies to all
sections offered in exhibitions with PSA recognition is that the welfare of
living creatures is more important than any photograph. This means that
practices such as baiting of subjects with a living creature and removal of
birds from nests, for the purpose of obtaining a photograph, are highly
unethical, and such photographs are not allowed in any exhibition with PSA
recognition. Under no circumstances may a living creature be placed in a
situation where it will be killed, injured or stressed for the purpose of
obtaining a photograph. Images that show live creatures being fed to captive
animals, birds or reptiles are not permitted under any circumstances.
There are also concerns about the use of aerial photography, drones,
helicopters, low flying aircraft. These should not cause any interference with
other individuals or animals which causes a disturbance in their normal activity
or disrupt the way any individuals or animals interact with their environment.
Entrants in PSA recognized exhibitions should comply with all relevant laws and
regulations, associated with aerial photography, in the country in which the
image was taken.
Entry into PSA recognized exhibitions is conditional on accepting these
policies. The content of images must comply with the General Conditions and with
the Division and Section definitions listed in these conditions. Images that -
in the sole opinion of the judges- do not comply, will be disqualified so the
entrant may be aware of the problem when considering entry into other
exhibitions with PSA recognition.
PSA 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.
Monochrome images may not be entered in color sections of PPD or PID.
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.
PSA 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 blend-ing or focus stacking);
● Image stitching – combining multiple images with overlapping fields of view
that are taken consecutively (panora-mas);

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

PSA/FIAP Nature Definition
Content Guidelines
● Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology
and archaeology. This includes all as-pects 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 activi-ty 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 nec-essary 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.

Attention is drawn to the PSA Statement on Subject Matter which applies to all
sections.

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.

STREET PSA PIDC. All images in this section must be color.
Street photography is photography conducted for art that features unmediated
chance encounters and random incidents within public places. Street photography
does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment.
Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of
people and can be of an object or environment where the image projects a
decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.
Attention is drawn to the PSA Statement on Subject Matter which applies to all
sections.

PORTRAIT PSA PIDC. All images in this section must be color.
Portrait photography is about capturing the essence, personality, identity and
attitude of a person utilizing backgrounds, lighting and posing.
Attention is drawn to the PSA Statement on Subject Matter which applies to all
sections.


NOTIFICATION & CATALOG
NOTIFICATION
Notification cards will be sent by email.

CATALOG
All entrants of the event (participants which submitted works and paid entry
fee) will receive on-line PDF catalog of the photo event. The organizer will
take all possible care while handling the emails, awards and catalogs, however
will assume no liability for damages. It is understood that awards can be lost
in shipment to the recipients. Exhibitions are required to ship replacement
medals when notified an award has not been received within 120 days after end of
judging. Exhibitions are advised to ask the entrant to confirm the correct
address. If a second mailing fails, then exhibitions are not under any further
obligation to send replacement medals.


CONTACT
Chairman:
Radoslav Dimitrov
Ul. Prespa No. 8
1444 Bistrica – Sofia
Bulgaria

Exhibition e-mail: pcpirin@gmail.com
Entry via webpage: https://photoclubpirin.com/prometheus/
Exhibition Software Provider: IAAP [officeiaap@gmail.com]


closingOct 20, 2024
judgingOct 30, 2024
notificationNov 6, 2024
deliveryDec 29, 2024
participants2
images24
countries2
entry fee15 EUR
awards42
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NATURE
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