Digital Entry Fees
   World Wide      -  $5 US for 1 section  or  $7 US for both sections.

Slide Entry Fees
   United States    -   $7 US for 1 section  or  $10 US for both sections.
   Other               - $10 US for 1 section  or  $12 US for both sections.

An entry consists of 4 digital files in a section or 4 four slides in a section. You cannot submit both digital files and slides to the same section. You may submit all slides to one section and all digital files to the other section (split entry) but must pay the appropriate single section fee for each section.

Entries will be judged in 4 rounds. Any entry without paid entry fee at time of judging will not be judged. IRC's are not an acceptable form of payment.

An on-line 8½"x11" PDF Exhibition Catalog for all sections in the Division is included with your entry fee. A link will be included on the Exhibition Web Site so you can email the Catalog to yourself and save as an electronic file and/or print out. This is the same Catalog that will be provided to the Division Star Ratings Director and includes color reproductions of the medal winning images.

A printed copy of the catalog can be mailed to entrants who do not have an email address if indicated on the entry form and upon the payment of an additional $5 US to cover costs of printing and mailing. This version of the catalog will not include any image reproductions.

Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, in such a fashion that a well informed person will be able to identify the subject material and to certify as to its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality. Human elements shall not be present, except on the rare occasion where those human elements enhance the nature story. The presence of scientific bands on wild animals is acceptable. Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement. No pictorial elements may be moved, cloned, added deleted, rearranged or combined. No manipulation or modification is permitted except resizing, cropping, selective lightening or darkening, sharpening, and restoration of original color to the scene. Any adjustments must appear natural.

NOTE: Human elements are not limited to people in the image. Artifacts made by humans, such as roads, fences, signs and buildings, are also considered human elements.

Authentic wildlife is defined as one or more organisms living free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Therefore, photographs of zoo or game farm animals are not eligible for submitting in the Wildlife section.

NOTE: Wildlife subjects are not limited to birds and mammals. Insects, reptiles, amphibians, sea creatures and botany are also eligible wildlife subjects. The main subjects must be living organisms therefore Landscapes are not eligible wildlife subjects.

Open Section
   PSA Awards
       1-75th Anniversary Gold Medal; 1-Silver Medal; 9-Bronze Medals and
       22-Honorable Mention Ribbons
   Nature Awards
       Diversity Award (selected from high scoring entrants with 3 or more
       that show diversity in subject category); Botany Award

Wildlife Section
   PSA Awards
       1-75th Anniversary Gold Medal; 1-Silver Medal; 7-Bronze Medals and
       18 Honorable Mention Ribbons
   Nature Awards
       Mammal Award; Ornithology Award; Insect Award; Wildflower Award

If the judges feel there is no image worthy of one or more of the Nature Division awards, that award will not be awarded.

Descriptive titles are recommended. Titles will be read aloud during judging so incorrectly identified subjects can hurt your score. Please limit titles to 35 characters including spaces and punctuation. The Entry Form software will clip any excess characters resulting in an incomplete title that could cause you problems when applying for a star rating.

Borders are allowed for nature images but not recommended. If you do use a border, we recommend you limit it to a thin stroke that separates the image area from the black projection background. Decorative borders that draw attention from the nature story are discouraged and could hurt your scores.

Using sRGB color space for your .jpg files is recommended as it will provide better quality under the projection conditions used for judging the exhibition and producing the exhibition show.

Black & White images are allowed in Nature. Black & White images must be monochrome with no colors. Infrared Black & White images are not allowed in Nature.

Maximum digital image width (horizontal) is 1024 pixels. Maximum digital image height (vertical) is 768 pixels. Images larger in either dimension will be rejected by the entry software. Smaller images are acceptable but place you at a disadvantage. We recommend you save your .jpg images using the maximum image quality.

All slides must be in 2x2 inch mounts. Slides must bear the name and address of the entrant, the title of the image and a number (1-4) to correspond to the Slide Entry Form. The mount must have a prominent thumbspot in the lower left corner as properly hand viewed to assure proper orientation during projection.

You do not have to follow any naming convention for your jpg files when you enter. The on-line entry form will properly rename your files to meet the needs of our exhibition software.

We recommend saving your .jpg images in a special folder on you computer using the image title as the file name. That will make it easier to pick the correct image when using the Entry Form browser to attach your images.

Digital Images
All digital files must be submitted On-Line using the Digital Entry Form. After you have carefully read these "information and instructions", and after double checking to make sure your files are no larger than 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high, click here to fill out the Digital Entry Form, attach your files and submit them. Digital entries on CD via postal mail will not be accepted.

Slides
All slides must be submitted using the Slide Entry Form and must also conform with the slide requirements in the General Rules. NOTE: We recommended you
fill-in the form before printing it out. The filled-in form must be mailed with the slides to the address indicated on the Entry Form. Slides should be packaged so the shipping materials can be reused to return the slides to you. After you have carefully read these "information and instructions", click here to fill out the Slide Entry Form and print it out to include with the slides. Do not mail slide entries to the Dual Projection Chairman.

After you submit your electronic entry, you will receive an email with your name, address, email, etc. plus the image titles you typed in. Please review and if you made any errors, please contact the Dual Projection Chairman by clicking psa@vertalis.com to resolve.

Click Here To Review The Entry Status List - The entries are processed periodically and the status report indicates the time/date of the next scheduled status list up. It takes longer for slide status to be included on the Entry Status List so please be patient.

If any problems are noted in the status list, please contact the Dual Projection Chairman by clicking psa@vertalis.com to resolve.