Penryn Camera Nature and Wildlife rules 
Revision: June 2025

These rules cover the CPA, The WCPF and Penryn Camera Club. 

You can enter every competition by following these rules.

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Competition Guidelines

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CPA;  This is a digital image only competition –image size 1600 x 1200dpi. A maximum of 6 images may be entered between the two sections at your discretion.
e.g. You could enter four in the Nature section and 2 in the Wildlife section OR one in Nature and 5 in wildlife

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        Section A – Nature.

• Images taken in wildlife parks, zoos, aquaria, bird parks, game farms or studio type setups and where subjects are captive or trained may be entered in Section A

• Hybrid & cultivated plants, domesticated or pet animals, are not acceptable

• Techniques that enhance the image, such as dodging/burning, contrast, brightness,

  levels adjustment, and sharpening, are allowed

• Cropping, HDR, focus stacking, noise reduction and removal of other camera

  introduced blemishes such as dust spots are allowed

• Adding, relocating, replacing or removing main pictorial elements are not permitted.

• Removal of minor distractions is allowed

• Monochrome images may be used

• Any image used in any previous nature and wildlife competition cannot be reused

• Please only enter true wildlife images in section B not section A
  
  Section B – Wildlife.

• Rules as for Section A except all subjects to be wild and free (not fed by humans)
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CPA Naming convention
N for Section A Nature and

W for Section B Wildlife so .... N1-Title-Author-Club
Examples...........
N3-Swan-Dave Jones-Fraddon CC
W4-Bison-Dave Jones-Fraddon CC

Entry costs.............................£1 per image (max 6 images)

NB To be paid to your club treasurer who will collate all entry fees and forward to CPA

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Penryn Camera Club Naming Convention

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Title - membership number - penryncc

Example...........

Swan - 201 - penryncc

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