Up to 14 clubs in the CACC region are invited to take part in this PDI Competition.

 

The 2026 competition evening is set for Thursday 26th February 2026.  It will be held on Zoom. All members of the participating clubs are welcome to attend.  A link will be distributed shortly before the event.

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Each club must enter 5 Intimate Scapes, each taken by a different photographer.

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There will be a prize for the best club and the author of the best image.

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Entry Date & Requirements

Entries are required from each club by no later than 12th February 2026.  

The file name of each image must be in the following format:

Club name, Image number (1 to 5), Title, Author

e.g.  Tring CC, 3, Water Scene, Peter Cox

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A spreadsheet will be supplied for you to send an overview of the details of all 5 images.

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Image Format & Size:

Please send your 5 images in JPEG; sRGB, using a 16:9 aspect.  DO NOT reduce your images to a 1600x1200 pixels as this reduces the quality.  Images should be no larger than 10MB 

On the night, we will display the images, using a 16:9 ratio. We appreciate that some photographers: 

1. May want to ensure that the aspect ratio of their images is aligned with the aspect of 16:9.

2. Are encouraged, where the images are not in this aspect, (e.g. square, portrait or letterbox) to define the colour of the area outside of the image area, to thus fit the 16:9  aspect and to add a keyline. (Note that the default surround without such fill, will be mid grey.)

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Judges

We are fortunate to have two wonderful judges:

• Maria Leekblade – a highly respected photographer and judge from South of England who is known for her understanding of creative photography – Maria had great feedback on her judging of this competition ion 2023.

• Tony Oliver - another highly respected judge and photographer from the Southern Region,  Tony had planned to be a judge last year but due to illness had to take a break but we are delighted that he is back to full health and is with us this year.

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The judges will pre-judge the images and swap notes in coming to an agreement on the scores for each image, prior to the Competition night.  Both will attend on the night and rotate in giving feedback on the images and announcing their agreed score.

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All entries and the results will be published on this website. Authors must therefore agree to their entries being published on this and www.tdcc.club and any other website that may be used for publicity related to the event.  The authors retain their personal copyright at all times.

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The date of the Competition is deliberately set to be before entries are required for the Landscape Photographer of the Year (LPOTY) and the Close Up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) competition, thus acting as an opportunity to test potential entries for these National competitions.  The images could also be used as entries to the CACC Championship Day

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