Foto: Helle Lorenzen, Fotolinsen
Den 1. juni blev de tre største
internationale foto organisationer enige om en fælles definition på
natur og vildtlevende dyr i fotografi.
FIAP (som repræsenterer mere
end 85 nationale forbund og omkring 1.000.000 medlemmer), PSA (med 6.500 medlemmer og 470
fotoklubber) og RPS (med over 11.000 medlemmer) vil fremover benytte
den samme definition for natur og vildtlevende dyr i deres respektive
konkurrencer.
Den nye definition vil træde i kraft internationalt fra 1. januar 2015.
Implementeringen af en fælles
definition sker primært for at skabe øget klarhed for deltagerne i
internationale konkurrencer. Desuden vil det gøre det nemmere for
forbundene og deres tilknyttede organisationer at skride ind overfor
de som indsender billeder som er i strid med reglerne, eller direkte
bevidst bryder dem. Alle tre organisationer opfordrer til at man som
arrangør eller forbund adopterer disse regler.
BEMÆRK
Der er pt. IKKE truffet beslutning i SDF om implementering af de fælles natur regler. Herfor er det de regler, som er beskrevet i Alt om SDF, som er gældende i SDF regi.
I saloner, som både er godkendt af SDF og af FIAP, er det altid FIAPs regler, som er gældende - også i Natur kategorien.
Spørgsmål omkring natur reglerne i SDF stilles til Billedsekretæren.
Spørgsmål omkring de internationale regler stilles til SDF Udland.
Spørgsmål omkring de internationale regler stilles til SDF Udland.
Som er service for SDF Udlands flittige brugere, har vi ladet den engelske tekst oversætte. I tvivlsspørgsmål er det altid den engelske tekst, som er gældende internationalt. Betragt herfor alene den danske tekst som vejledende.
DEFINITION
Naturfotografi er begrænset til brugen
af den fotografiske process til at afbillede alle naturhistoriske
grene, undtaget antropologi og arkæologi, på en sådan måde at en
velinformeret person vil være i stand til at identificere motivet og
anerkende autenciteten i dets repræsentation. Historiefortællingen
i fotografiet vægtes højere end de billedmæssige kvaliteter, mens
der bevares en høj teknisk standard.
Tegn på menneskelig
tilstedeværelse må ikke forekomme, undtaget hvor de menneskelige
elementer er en integreret del af den naturlige fortælling. Det
gælder eksempelvis motiver såsom slørugler eller storke, som er
tilpasset et miljø modificeret af mennesker, eller hvor de
menneskelige elementer er i situationer som afbilleder naturkræfter,
eksempelvis orkaner eller flodbølger.
Videnskabelige mærkninger
eller radio halsbånd på vilde dyr er tilladt. Fotografier af
kunstigt frembragte plantearter, kultiverede planter, husdyr eller
udstoppede dyr er ikke tilladt, ligesom enhver form for manipulation
som ændrer sandheden i den fotografiske repræsentation.
Ingen teknikker som tilføjer, flytter,
erstatter eller fjerner billedelementer er tilladt, undtaget
beskæring. Teknikker som fremhæver fotografiets præsentation uden
at ændre natur fortællingen, billedets indhold eller det
oprindelige motiv er tilladt, inklusive HDR, Focus stacking og
dodging/burning. Teknikker som fjerner elementer som er tilføjet af
kameraet, såsom støvpletter, digital støj og film ridser er
tilladt. Sammenkopiering, herunder stitchede billeder er ikke
tilladte. Alle tilladte justeringer skal fremtræde naturlige.
Farvebilleder må konverteres til gråtone monokrom. Ifrarøde
billeder, hvad enten der er tale om direkte optagelser eller afledte
versioner er ikke tilladt.
NATURFOTO OG WILDLIFE
Billeder anvendt i naturfoto konkurrencer
kan inddeles i to klasser Natur og Vildtlevende (wildlife). Billeder
indsendt i Natur kategorien, og som opfylder definitionen som
fremstillet ovenfor, kan have landskab, geologiske formationer,
vejrfænomener samt bevarede organismer som det primære motiv. Dette
inkluderer billeder taget med motivet under kontrollerede
betingelser, såsom zoologiske haver, vildtfarme, botaniske haver,
akvarier samt enhver indhegning, hvor motivet er totalt afhængigt af
mennesket for føden.
Billeder som indsendes i Vildtlevende
kategorier, og som opfylder Natur definitionen som fremstillet ovenfor, er endvidere defineret som en eller flere bevarede zoologiske eller
botaniske organismer som lever frit og uhindret i deres naturlige
eller adopterede miljø.
Landskaber, geologiske formationer,
fotografier af dyr i zoologiske haver eller på vildtfarme, eller af
en hvilken som helst zoologisk eller botanisk art taget under
kontrollerede betingelser er ikke tilladte i Vildtlevende kategorier.
Vildtlevende er ikke begrænset til dyr, fugle og insekter. Billeder
af undervands motiver og biologiske motiver (inklusive svampe og
alger) som er taget i fri natur er acceptable Vildtlevende motiver,
ligesom kadavre af bevarede arter er det.
Vildtlevende motiver kan indsendes i
Natur kategorier ved konkurrencer.
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Significant Update to Nature Photo Definition
The same definition for nature and wildlife categories will now be used in competitions and exhibitions by three major international photographic organizations.
1 June 2014
Three of wildlife photography. The Photographic Society of America (PSA) which represents 6500 members and 470 camera clubs, the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) which represents more than 85 national associations and The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) with over 11,000 members will alluse the same definition for nature and wildlife categories for their respective competitions and exhibitions.
The new definition will come in to effect from 1 January 2015.
The introduction of a common definition is primarily intended to provide clarity to competition entrants. In
addition, it will support efforts by all three bodies and their affiliated organizations to clamp down on those entering ineligible images or who set out to abuse the rules.
Commenting on the new definition John Davis / Riccardo Busi / Derek Birch, President of PSA / FIAP / RPS said: “The development of a common definition for nature and wildlife photography will be an important step in helping photographers, many of whom enter competitions internationally, know what the rules are. It will also provide organizers with a very clear definition when they need to deal with the problem of ineligible images. We would encourage other competition organizers to adopt the definition.”.
Nature Photography Definition
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible.
Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted
specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning.
Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Color images can be converted to grey-scale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed. Images used in Nature Photography competitions may be divided in two classes: Nature and Wildlife. Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.
Images entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above are further defined as one or more extant zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Landscapes, geologic formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not eligible in Wildlife sections. Wildlife is not limited to animals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species.
Wildlife images may be entered in Nature sections of Exhibitions.
The Photographic Society of America (PSA) is an educational non-profit organization founded in 1934, dedicated to the promotion of the art and science of photography. It is an international organization comprised of individual, club, federation and society members from around the world.
The Society publishes the PSA Journal, provides recognition to international exhibitions, publishes an annual Who’s Who in photography list, provides online education courses for photographers, offers study groups and other member services, conducts an annual Conference and offers events year-around through its Chapters, member Councils and Clubs, and provides honors, distinctions and other recognitions to photographers.
For more information about PSA exhibitions contact Daniel Charbonnet, Exhibitions VP.
The International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), is an educational non-profit organization
recognized by UNESCO, founded in 1950, which affiliates as operational members, the national associations of photography. FIAP counts more than 85 national associations in the five continents and represents the benefits of nearly one million individual photographers. Since September 2004, camera-clubs and regional groups of clubs can join FIAP, under some conditions. The official languages of FIAP are French and English.
The official texts are also translated in German and Spanish. Its purpose is the promotion of photographic art in all its aspects and through all kinds of photographic events. FIAP holds over 500 events around the world every year and provides honours, distinctions and other recognitions to photographers. Ask for more details or contact Pierluigi Rizzato.
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) is an educational charity founded in 1853 ‘to promote the Art and Science of photography’. With a membership open to everyone The Society is the UK’s largest organization representing photographers with over 11,000 members in the UK and abroad.
The Society publishes the RPS Journal and Imaging Science Journal and it holds over 300 events around the UK and overseas.
For more information contact John R. Simpson.
