| Section | Acceptable Images | Unacceptable Images |
|---|---|---|
| Creative | - Altered reality. - Significant processing. - In-Camera effects (ie: ICM, Double exposure, etc…) | - Images without obvious signs of processing or in-camera effects. |
| Record | - Man-made objects. | - Excessive processing, including adding or removing significant elements to/from the image. - Natural objects or scenes. |
| Portrait | - People where they are the principle element. - Animals where they are the principle element. | - Scenes that include people where they are not the principle element (ie: walkers within a landscape) |
| Nature | - Wildlife. - Zoo / Captive species. - Workshop images. - Wildflowers. - Focus Stacking. - Subtle Dodging & Burning. - Removal of minor elements (ie: a blade of grass, dust-spots, etc…) | - Excessive processing, including adding or removing significant elements to/from the image. - Textures. - Domesticated animals (Dogs, Cats, Sheep, etc…). - Cultivated plants / flowers. |
| Mono | - Overall tint (Sepia, etc…). - Single toned images (Blue cast, etc…). | - Colour popping (selective toning / colour). - AI generated images. |
| Colour | - Images that do not fit within the above sections. | - Nature images (unless they have been significantly processed so as not to fit within the Nature section). - Mono. - AI generated images. |
