Subject Categories
The Sandton Photographic Society uses the following guidelines for the various categories of photography.
Please enter club images under the correct category.
SPS Subject Categories
Zoological: Digital category file name prefix -
zoo
Images of live, wild animals, birds and reptiles in their natural surroundings.
No animals, birds nor reptiles in captivity.
No mounted specimens
No domestic animals
No manipulation is allowed in this category
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Botanical: Digital category file name prefix -
bot
Subject matter is restricted to indigenous flowers, plants, trees and grasses growing in their natural surroundings.
No mounted specimens
No manipulation is allowed in this category
Natural landscapes may be included in this category
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Landscapes/Seascapes/Cityscapes/Skyscapes: Digital category file name prefix -
sca
Pictorial depiction of these scenes.
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Macro: Digital category file name prefix -
mac
Macro pictures are defined as exhibits generated by using magnifications from 0.25 upwards using photographic equipment e.g close-up lenses, rings, extension tubes, bellows, etc.
Pictures taken with the aid of microscopes, electronic microscopes etc, are not permitted.
It is not necessary for the entire picture to be in focus.
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Close-up: Digital category file name prefix -
clo
This category includes table-top, still life and floral photography as well as photography of insects and other small objects.
Mounted specimens are not allowed.
In this category the entire subject must be in focus.
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Sport: Digital category file name prefix -
spo
Photographs of recognised sport activities illustrating its participants in action.
No manipulation is allowed in this category.
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Portraiture: Digital category file name prefix -
por
This section includes portraits of humans and animals.
The picture may be head and shoulders or full figure, but must depict the subjects character or emotion at that moment.
Animals portraits are usually only of the animals head.
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Photojournalism: Digital category file name prefix -
pho
Images in this section must be informative and have emotional impact, usually with human interest.
The images must be story telling or sequences such as are seen in the news media.
Documentary and travel photographs are included in this section.
Images may not misrepresent the truth and may not, therefore, be manipulated in any way
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Contemporary/Altered reality: Digital category file name prefix -
con
This category is for those with an active sense of creativity and imagination.
This category includes the use of filters and any amount of manipulation, and the final result does not have to bear any relation to the original image.
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Pictorial: Digital category file name prefix -
pic
This category if for images that do not fit, or qualify for any other category.
Manipulation is allowed in this category, provided the end result "looks natural".
