The deadline for entering images into the Knockout Competition is midnight on 4th January 2024 with the competition scheduled for 11th January 2024. Although there is plenty of time please don’t leave it to the last minute. Christmas will distract all of us and early entries will greatly help with planning the evening as it takes a lot of work to set it up….
How a Knockout Competition Works
This competition is similar to a sports knock-out competition. Members each submit 8 images which are placed in a virtual pot on the computer. Specialist software will show two randomly selected images on screen side by side. Members vote for their favourite with a show of hands, the image with the most votes goes through to the next round and the losing image is knocked-out. This process continues until there is just one winner left at the end.
This competition works best if everybody gets involved and we have lots of images so please try to enter 8 images. Remember – images only get a few seconds on screen before the vote so try to choose images which will make an instant impact!
A number of images will randomly be given a bye into the next round to ensure that each round has an even number of images.
All images are shown anonymously (with the exception of the winning images announced at the end).
- Each member can enter a maximum of 8 images.
- There are no restrictions on the subject or age of the image.
- Do not enter anything which has been placed (1st, 2nd or 3rd) in any previous Kelso Camera Club competitions.
- Do not enter anything which as previously been included in a KCC Knockout Competition.
- Images must be a maximum 1600px wide and a maximum of 1200px tall and JPEG format. (Images larger than this will automatically reduced by software so you may want to take control of this yourself.)
- File names must be in the format membership number_image title, for example 099_Kelso Sunset.jpg.
- The closing date for submission of entries is 23:59 on 4th January 2024.
- Please send your images to Dave C as a single download via WeTransfer (https://wetransfer.com/) or FromSmash https://fromsmash.com/).
- In the event of a tie during any of the rounds the organiser will have the casting vote.
- By entering this competition members agree that their images may be added to the club web-site and may be used for publicity purposes with the photographer retaining copyright.
Full rules for the Knockout Competition are on the Competition and Theme Rules page.
