Competition Themes

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2024 - 2025  

2025 - 2026  

Themes description:

October 2024 - ABSTRACT - An artistic image whose subject is not easily identifiable.  The subject may be natural or manmade. 

January 2025ARCHITECTURE - The main subject must be a building or part thereof    

March 2025INSECTS AND SPIDERS -  The main subject must be one or more insects and/or spiders.  

May 2025SHOOTING THROUGH  SOMETHING -  The main subject must have been photographed for special effect through another substance, such as textured glass, smoke, fog, rain, gauze, flowers, etc.  

October 2025 - REFLECTIONS - The main subject must be a reflected image.  The source of the reflection may be omitted from the composition or included.  

January 2026TEXTURES - The image must emphasize the surface variations of the subject, which may be natural or manmade.     

March 2026TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY -  The main subject must portray features of the land, buildings, people, or culture.   People, if included, should be incidental, unposed and natural.   

May 2026SHAPES -  The visual composition of the image must clearly reflect one or more recognizable shape(s) (circle, square, triangle, etc.).