Can photographs be manipulated or enhanced?
Only photographs entered into our Altered Images category can be digitally or traditionally manipulated or enhanced. What does it mean when you say photographs in four of your five categories may not be “enhanced or altered” Contestants cannot construct photographs from pieces of other photographs. Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, contrast and slight color adjustments, or the digital equivalents, are acceptable for all five categories. You may, for example, submit a black and white photo as color and vice versa. If our judges see that a photo has obviously been altered by the photographer, they have the right to disqualify it or move it to our Altered Images category.
