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Left: Jill Sneesby Hon MPSSA,
MPSSA, FPSSA(Dux), AV-FPS-
SA, MFIAP, ESFIAP, FPSA is the
chair of the Honours Judging
panel and one of the most
experienced Honours judges.
She is also the FIAP repre-
sentative in South Africa.

Right: Francois Roux Hon
MPSSA, MPSSA, EPSSA(Mille),
AV-LPSSA, EFIAP is the per-
son on the Salon Committee
who decides whether an im-
age had been manipulated
and has the final say about
diqualifications. He is also a
long term Honours judge.

E&D 20 November 2024
Manipulation: how to avoid a DQ

Jill Sneesby did a presentation at the Parys congress to explain what would be consid-
ered illegal manipulation and what would be permissible. We will show this Power Point

presentation during our November E&D evening, followed by Francois Roux leading a
discussion on manipulation, based on images members had submitted.

Manipulation in wildlife and nature or photo journal- use for education of their members.
ism (sport and travel) images is an issue that even ex- We'll start the evening by showing this Power Point pres-
perienced salon photographers entation.
struggle with. Since a manipu- Please send your images you want This will be followed by a dis-
lated image in a non-manipu- clarity on to Sally-Ann Spooner at cussion on manipulation by
lative category will be disquali- sallyannspooner@gmail.com — Francois Roux, who is the head
fied, this may result in severe use WeTransfer if they are too big. of the salon committee and the
sanctions for an author — es- man who has the final say on
pecially, since three or more dis- disqualification of salon images.
qualifications (DQs) can lead to severe sanctions.
Sometimes a disqualification could be the result of a Members must please come armed with all the ques-
tions about manipulations and disqualifications that
genuine mistake, or ignorance of the rules. have always concerned them. It is a rare opportunity to
All CTPS members are therefore invited to attend our get answers from the people with the most experience
E&D evening on 20 November, where the two people of rules governing manipulation.
who are the leading Francois agreed to
authorities in the discuss images sub-
country on manipu- mitted by members.
lation rules and their You are therefore
application, will give invited to send im-
guidelines on what is ages that you pro-
allowed, or not. cessed, together
Jill Sneesby made with the Raw files,
the presentation on to get an opinion on
manipulation and whether your post-
disqualification she processing changed
gave at the recent would be consid-
PSSA Parys Congress ered as manipula-
available to clubs to tion, or not.

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