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Photographic Competition Categories

NZSS Photographic Competition Categories

"Pybus Cup"

for Black & White/Colour Prints
  1. All entries must have the title of the photograph on the reverse side of the print and digital files to be named.
  2. The print should be approximately 300mm x 200mm or A4 and should be mounted. Photographs submitted on digital media will be printed at NZSS’s expense.
  3. Prints must not be modified except as might be expected in a commercial printing environment.
  4. Prints may be either film or digital.

"Waitomo Caves Museum Trophy" (Novice Cup)

for Slides or Black & White / Colour Prints

This section is to encourage those who are new to cave photography.

  1. Anyone who has previously won NZSS photographic award or an experienced photographer shall not be eligible to compete for this cup.
  2. All print entries must be titled on the reverse of the print and digital files to be named.
  3. Prints should be approximately 300mm x 200mm or A4 and should be mounted. Photographs submitted on digital media will be printed at NZSS’s expense.
  4. Prints must not be modified except as might be expected in a commercial printing environment.

"Hobson Cup"

Artistic/ Modified / Fantasy
  1. All entries must have the title of the photograph on the reverse side of the print.
  2. Prints should be approximately 300mm x 200mm or A4 and should be mounted. Photographs submitted on digital media will be printed at NZSS’s expense.
  3. Prints may be either film or digital.
  4. All prints may be modified as the photographer desires.

"Dimond Cup"

Slide show

Compiled using Microsoft Powerpoint, LibreOffice Impress, Proshow, Microsoft Photo Gallery(approve sites), Google Picasa, or similar suitable software.

  1. Must not exceed five minutes in duration
  2. All entries must be either on DVD or USD drive, or may be emailed if under .

"NZSS Trophy"

The trophy will be awarded to the photographer attaining the highest aggregated points obtained from all the sections that they have entered, using the following points:

All sections except Slide Show

Winner3 points
Acceptance1 point

Slide show

Winner3 points
Acceptance2 points