Photo Salon: This Year's Photo Salon Will Consist of 5 Categories: Forest Insect; Forest

Photo Salon: This year's Photo Salon will consist of 5 categories: Forest Insect; Forest Insect Damage; Series (3-7 slides) - where a single slide just won't tell the whole story; "Other" - for subjects that don't conveniently fall into any other category; and Humorous - the lighter moments of Forest Entomology. Click here for Image Submission form.

Media may be 2x2 photographic slides or digital. Submissions of slides are welcome but they will need to be submitted to Laurie by 24 July 2009 to allow for scanning before the meeting. If you submit digital photos, please submit them in as large a format/file size and as uncompressed as you have available. You may submit your images via US mail to: Laurie Reid, South Carolina Forestry Commission, PO Box 21707, Columbia, SC 29221 or by e- mail [email protected] We encourage you to follow the Forestry Images guidelines www.forestryimages.org/contribute.cfm for information about image format, size, etc. Unless photographers specify otherwise, the winning images will be added to Forestry Images, www.forestryimages.org.

Digital photos will be accepted at the meeting no later than 12 pm on 29 July 2009 to allow for slideshow preparation and judging. If you need more information, please contact Laurie (803 667-1002). Also, if you have a story that needs to accompany your slide(s), please send it in with the slide(s). INSECT PHOTO SALON – Submission Form Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Gulfport, MS 28-31 July 2009

CATEGORIES: Forest Insect; Forest Insect Damage; Series – 3-7 photos; Other – for subjects that don’t conveniently fall into any other category; Humorous – the lighter moments of Forest Entomology.

FORMAT: Photographs may be submitted as 35mm slides or as high-resolution digital images. Winning images will be incorporated into The Bugwood Network ForestryImages (www.forestryimages.org) unless specifically non-submission is requested by the photographer. See image submission guidelines at www.forestryimages.org/contribute.cfm.

JUDGING: Criteria for judging are excellence of photographic technique, aesthetic appeal, clarity of purpose, and scientific accuracy. Winners will be selected for each category, and one photo will be selected as Best of Show. 1 • Please fill out one form for each category entered. 2 • Please make sure that your name is on every slide.

CIRCLE THE CATEGORY YOU WISH TO ENTER: Forest Insect; Forest Insect Damage; Series; Other; or Humorous Photographer’s Name: Mailing Address, email and phone number: ______

SLIDE TITLE/DESCRIPTION (Limit two for categories other than sequence): 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______6. ______7. ______

Hold the slide as it is to appear on the screen and place a “thumb spot” in the lower left corner

Send all entries to: Laurie Reid South Carolina Forestry Commission, PO Box 21707, Columbia, SC 29221; phone (803) 667-1002; email [email protected] Note: if a street address is required for mailing, please use: 5500 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29212