Sun Lakes Camera Club
Rotating Assignments and Special Techniques 2024 – 2025 Club Year
Note: Several of the SLCC Rotating Categories are also used in PSA and ACCC competitions. They have the same name as the SLCC categories, but may have different definitions and restrictions. If you plan to enter a PSA or ACCC competition with the same or a similar name, review the requirements on the host organization’s website.
October 2024 Rotating Subject: Flowers.
There is no definition nor any restriction. The image may be color or monochrome or creative.
October 2024 Special Techniques: Water.
There is no definition nor any restriction. The image may be color or monochrome or creative.
December 2024 Rotating Subject: Broken.
There is no definition nor any restriction. The image may be color or monochrome or creative.
December 2024 Special Techniques: Sunrise Sunset.
Any image taken at either sunrise or sunset showing the impact of the color, color saturation, and color hue in either the sky or on other objects or both. The image must be color.
January 2025 Rotating Subject: Nature.
Nature Photography refers to a wide range of images taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, geologic formations, weather, wildlife, plants, and close ups of natural scenes and textures. 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, however, no evidence of human activity should be visible.
To reiterate, no hand of man can be present in the image. This means fences, roads, power and telephone lines and poles, mechanical equipment, hybrid flowers or plants or other man- made items cannot be in the image. The exception is identification banding, tags and radio collars or similar identification items attached to the animal.
Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph, but without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted, including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. All adjustments must appear natural. Removing or changing elements in an image by post processing techniques such as cloning, or content aware fill are not allowed. The image may be in color or monochrome but infrared images are not allowed.