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The Maren Talbot Photographic Trophy will be awarded to the best picture in the show, and winning pictures will be published in the HOS Journal and on the HOS web site.

13. For classes 14 to 17 the images should be put on a CD and posted to the appropriate person with your name, contact details, a list of image titles and the classes they are entered in and a note naming the plant and providing any other information of interest to other members. None of this information should appear on the images themselves. Single images may be emailed.

14. All entries for any class should be photographed within two years of the competition.

Send entries as follows

Entries for classes 14 to 17 Entries for classes 1 to 13

Final entry date 1st October 2009 Final entry date 1st November 2009

Mrs Ann Kitchen, Mrs Christine Hughes,

Kincraig, Linmoor Cottage,

Stonycroft Drive, Highwood,

Arnside, Ringwood,

Cumbria, LA5 0EE Hants., BH24 3LE

knak@kenak.plus.com Christine Hughes.

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Those members who wish to enter but cannot attend the meeting may register as above and send their photos in advance to Malcolm Brownsword.

Do please remember that photographs must be ones you have never shown in the HOS Competition before. Please put your name and address on the back of each print and slide, and correctly "spot" the slide as per the Rules. There is only one trophy and no prizes - but your efforts will be rewarded by the pride of winning and seeing your own photographs in colour in the HOS Quarterly Journal, or you may even be able to declare proudly that you “Have pictures on the Web!” If, in addition to your competition entries, you would like to bring along any photographs you have shown before, we could put up a non-competitive display. This is always appreciated by members.

1.	Judging will be based on the quality of the pictures, not on the rarity of the plants.
2.	Plants may be wild or cultivated, though only ‘hardy’ plants are acceptable.
3.	Advance entry is essential. All entries must be staged by 09.45 a.m. so that judging can be completed before the meeting.
4.	Prints must be un-mounted so that they can be inserted in plastic pouches for protection when on display.
5.	Each member may enter up to one picture in each of classes.
6.	Pictures entered previously in HOS competitions are not permitted.
7.	Prints should have the competitor's name and address on the back. They should also have a small note with them naming the plant and any information of interest to other members, but your name must appear only on the reverse side of the print.
8.	Slides should be labelled with your name (the judge will not see it)! and with an alignment dot on the bottom left corner of the mount (when viewed the right way up). Any standard 35mm slide mount is acceptable.
9.	When a class states ‘close-up’, the photograph should include only part of a plant. This would normally be the flowering part, but may be another detail of interest.
10.	When a class states ‘a single orchid plant’, the picture should consist of the whole of a single plant which may be multi-stemmed.
11.	For Class 13, a Novice is defined as an HOS Member who has never been placed First in a HOS Photographic Competition.
12.	Images printed digitally may have Minor adjustments to improve print quality and limited manipulation to remove distracting items
13.	For classes 14 to 17 the images should be put on a CD and posted to the appropriate person with your name, contact details, a list of image titles and the classes they are entered in and a note naming the plant and providing any other information of interest to other members. None of this information should appear on the images themselves. Single images may be emailed.
14.	All entries in any class should be of orchids photographed within 2 years of the competition.

1.	An orchidaceous landscape, print size up to 7x5 inches.
2.	A group of orchid plants, print size up to 7x5 inches.
3.	A single orchid plant, print size up to 7x5 inches (see Rule 10).
4.	A close-up, print size up to 7x5 inches (see Rule 9).
5.	An orchidaceous landscape, print size up to A4.
6.	A group of orchid plants, print size up to A4.
7.	A single plant, print size up to A4 (see Rule 10).
8.	A close-up print size up to A4 (see Rule 9).
9.	An orchidaceous landscape, 35mm colour slide (see Rule 11).
10.	A group of orchid plants, 35mm colour slide (see Rule 11).
11.	A single orchid plant, 35mm colour slide (see Rule 11).
12.	A close-up, 35mm colour slide (see Rule 11).
13.	Novice Class any hardy orchid print, size up to A4
14.	Orchidaceous landscape, max size 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high in JPEG form.
15.	A group of orchids , max size 1400 pixels wide and 1050pixels high in JPEG form.
16.	A single orchid plant (see rule10.) max size 1400 pixels high and 1050 pixels wide in JPEG form.
17.	A close up ( see rule 9.) max size 1400 pixels high and 1050 pixels wide in uncompressed JPEG form