CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
Maitland International Salon of Photography -63rd International
President: Sharron Leppien
16 Denton Close,
Windella, NSW, 2320, Australia
email: windellapark@outlook.com
The exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organisation or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.
An entrant’s images will not be presented to the judges consecutively. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. Distribution of images shall be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own (aliases are not permitted). The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used “will not be eligible for awards” or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition “and could be subject to disqualification” by the exhibition sponsors.
The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated provided the photographic content predominates, subject to Nature, Photo Travel and Photojournalism divisional restrictions. All final work must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted.
No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat or mount entered in a PSA Recognized exhibition.
Each image must have a unique title. Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized exhibition, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction” duplicate of that image:
- May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
- May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition, including translation into another language.
Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.
PATRONAGE
The salon is conducted in accordance with the recommendations of and approval by:
The Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP) 2020/008
The Photographic Society of America (PSA) 2020/006
Global Photographic Union (GPU) L200002
The Australian Photographic Society (APS) 2020/001
SECTIONS
The 6 sections of the salon are:
- Monochrome Prints (PSA-PPD)
- Colour Prints (PSA-PPD)
- Nature Prints (colour or monochrome) (PSA-ND)
- Colour Projected Images (PSA-PID-C)
- Nature Projected Images (colour or monochrome) (PSA-ND)
- Photo Travel Projected Images (Colour or monochrome) (PSA-PTD)
Each entrant may enter a maximum of four prints or electronic images in each section.
Monochrome images may be entered in the PID colour section. Entrants are reminded that monochrome images entered in a PID colour section only count towards PID Colour Class stars, not Monochrome Class stars.
The same or substantially the same image cannot be entered in more than one section of this exhibition regardless of image titles. Colour and monochrome images produced from the same image capture are considered the same image for this rule.
Images accepted in previous Maitland salons, or images considered by the organising committee to be substantially the same, are ineligible for entry in any of the sections.
There are no restrictions on the subject matter of images except as outlined in the definitions for Nature and Monochrome sections.
Entries in Nature sections must comply with the Nature or Wildlife definitions.
Wildlife Awards: To be eligible for these awards the entry must comply with the Wildlife definition. The entrant must tick the wildlife box in the online entry system for each image the entrants wants to submit for consideration for the wildlife award.
Entries in the Photo Travel section must comply with the Photo Travel definition.
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2020 CALENDAR
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01 October 2019
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Entries Open
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13 January 2020
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ENTRIES CLOSE midnight UTC
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24 January 2020
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Judging starts
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26 January 2020
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Judging finished
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07 February 2020
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Report Cards
sent
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07 February 2020
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Results posted on website
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10-16
February 2020
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Exhibition
at Maitland Showground
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22
February – 3 May 2020
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Exhibition
at Maitland Regional Art Gallery
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11April 2020
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Catalogues
posted
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11April 2020
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Awards posted
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PRINT
ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE JUDGED – please post early.
PSA CONDITIONS OF
ENTRY
The exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected
when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion,
believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.
An entrant’s
images will not be presented to the judges consecutively. An entrant’s four images will be distributed
throughout four rounds of judging in that section. Distribution of images shall be in the same
round order as submitted by the entrant.
Entries must
originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made
by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of
submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own (aliases are not
permitted). The entrant permits the
sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for
publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include
low resolution posting on a website. Note: Entrants who indicate
that their images may not be reproduced or used “will not be eligible for
awards” or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition “and could be subject to disqualification”
by the exhibition sponsors.
The exhibition
assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically
or otherwise, by the maker. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated provided the
photographic content predominates, subject to Nature, Photo Travel and Photojournalism divisional restrictions.
All final work must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic
or electronic print material, mounting excepted.
No title or
identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image,
print mat or mount entered in a PSA Recognized exhibition.
Each image must
have a unique title. Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized
exhibition, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction”
duplicate of that image:
- May not be entered or re-entered in any section of the same Division
Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
- May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition,
including translation into another language.
- Images meeting the Monochrome Definition and non-manipulated color
images from the same capture shall be considered the same image and must be
given the same title.
Words
such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an
image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.
An
image may be entered in only one section where acceptances of that image in
multiple sections would be eligible for the same star path.
If
at any time, it is determined in the reasonable discretion of the exhibition
organizer or the judges before, during, or after the judging of an exhibition
that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images may fail to
comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the
exhibition organizers reserve the right to delete the entry from the exhibition
and void any or all acceptances or awards in connection with the exhibition.
Fees may be forfeited or refunded in these circumstances. The entrant
acknowledges that the decision of the exhibition organizers or the judges is
final.
In
order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions,
the exhibition organizers may carry out reasonable measures to verify that:
a) The
images are the original work of the entrant and
b) The
images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these Conditions of
Entry.
These steps
include, but are not limited to, questioning any entrant, requiring the
submission of RAW files or other digital files representing the original
capture of the submitted image(s), confronting the entrant with evidence that
one or more submitted images fails to comply with the Conditions of Entry (also
known as Entry Rules), and offering the entrant a reasonable opportunity to
provide counter evidence to refute the exhibition organizer’s evidence by a set
deadline. Such entries that are not cleared or are still questionable after the
entrant has presented evidence may be considered in breach of these Conditions
of Entry, and declined. Such entries may be referred to PSA for further
investigation of possible ethics violations.
PSA retains the
right to investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry
conditions, impose sanctions if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any
image found to violate the PSA rules, include the entrant’s name on the list of
sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP.
Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the
Exhibition and agree to cooperate with any investigation.
DATA PROTECTION:
By entering this exhibition, you are explicitly consenting to the
personal details you have supplied, including email addresses, being held,
processed and used by the exhibition organizers for purposes associated with
this exhibition. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to
organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or
accreditation to this exhibition. You acknowledge and accept that entering this
exhibition means that the status and results of your entry may be made
public.
NAME OF ENTRANT
PSA requires entrants in all PSA recognized
exhibitions to provide name and country data exactly the same in each
exhibition entered in order that they might receive proper credit for
acceptances. Entrants must use the name they have used for membership of PSA,
GPU or APS, or the name they intend to use when applying for honours from those
or other photographic organisations. Aliases are not permitted.
NAMING IMAGES
In the
online entry system, both prints and digital images should be given titles exactly
as you want them to appear in the catalogue. Image titles should be no more
than 35 characters, including spaces.
Subject
to the rules of the relevant organisations, acceptances in this exhibition are
eligible for inclusion in applications for FIAP honours, APS honours, PSA Star/Galaxy
Ratings and PSA ‘Who’s Who’.
NOTICE:
When an entrant goes into to the
Entry Form to submit an entry the entrant will see a feature to affirm he or
she has read these PSA Conditions of Entry when he or she fills out the entry
form. If the entrant does not so affirm
the entry will not be submitted.
If an Entry is submitted by a
third party on behalf of the entrant, the entrant shall still be held liable
for full compliance to these conditions of entry, including certification that
all work is the entrants.
A check box shall be included in
the entry form.
In order to have legal authority on those who do
not respect the rules of FIAP, all participants in the 2020 International Salon
must tick the box when entering the Salon which states:
FIAP info-317-patronage-e
For more
information contact FIAP
“I
hereby expressly agree to the FIAP document 2014/317 E
<Conditions for application and regulations for organization if
international photographic events> and especially to chapter II
<Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage>
dealing under Section II.2 with the FIAP participation rules and the red
list.”
If an
entry is submitted by a third party on behalf of the entrant, the entrant shall
still be held liable for full compliance to these Conditions of Entry,
including certification that all work is the entrant’s.
Participants
who do not tick the box will be excluded from the 2020 Salon.
SUBMITTING ENTRIES
BOTH
PRINTS AND DIGITAL IMAGES MUST BE ENTERED THROUGH THIS SYSTEM. You can describe your prints,
upload digital images and pay the entry fee from this link: ………..
The
online entry system does NOT accept group entries. Each entrant must
complete a separate ONLINE entry. Print entries may be submitted as a
group but the package must contain copies of the individual entry confirmation
for each entrant. Each entrant must pay a separate entry fee by PayPal.
If
you are making a PayPal payment from an account that is not in the entrant’s
name please add a note in the “Special Instructions” sections of the
PayPal process to tell us who the payment of for.
PRINTS
The title on the backs of the prints must match the titles on the
Entry Form.
Only
pressure sensitive (self-adhesive) labels may be used on the backs of unmounted
prints.
Each
entrant submitting prints must complete the on-line entry form, including
payment by PayPal.
Print
sizes: Prints
must be no larger than 508 x 406mm (20” x 16”) and no smaller than 203 x 203 mm
(8” x 8”) or equivalent area. The size of prints we recommend for Exhibition purposes should be no smaller than 30
x 21cm (A4).
Unmounted prints are preferred. Mounted prints will be accepted
provided the total thickness of the print and the mount does not exceed 4 mm.
These restrictions are necessary because of the method used to display accepted
prints. Black mounts are preferred and images with mounts of any other colour
may not be displayed in the public art gallery.
Identification. Please print the mailing
label page and attach the label for each entry to the back of each print. Attach
the label to the top left hand corner of the print. Attach the mailing label portion to your
postage packet.
Posting. Entrants are advised to send
their entries by airmail and allow adequate time for delivery and a
similar time for the return of their entries. Packages arriving after the
closing date for entries will not be judged. The postal address
for print entries will be made available as part of the entry payment
process.
Entrants must include with
their print package, the printed confirmation email which shows sections,
thumbnails and titles.
DIGITAL IMAGES
The maximum
image size is 1920 pixels horizontal and 1200 pixels
vertical when the image is viewed with correct orientation. Maximum
size of closed file is 2 MB.
Images
larger than the permitted size will be rejected. Smaller images are permitted
but will be projected smaller on screen.
File
format must be JPEG.
Digital
files should have the same name as the title of the relevant
digital image in the online entry system. For example, an image called
“Golden sunset” should have a file name “Golden
sunset.jpg”. Titles and file names must use the English alphabet and may
include numbers. No other characters are permitted.
Images
will be displayed to the judges at the size submitted, using an Epson EB-1985WU
projector with a display resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and operating in
sRGB colour space.
The
projection background is black.
Any
borders should be included within the dimensions shown above. Please keep
borders to a minimum, e.g. to separate images from the background if necessary.
BREACH OF CONDITIONS OF
ENTRY
If the exhibition determines
before, during, or after the judging that an entrant has submitted entries
where one or more images fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry,
including the stated definitions, the exhibition reserves the right and
discretion to delete the entry from the exhibition and void any or all acceptances
or awards. Fees may be forfeited in these circumstances.
In order to ensure that
images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition may
carry out checks on the images to make sure that:
1. the images are the original work of the entrant and
2. the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in
these Conditions of Entry.
This may involve asking the entrant to
provide originally captured image(s), with EXIF data intact, by a set deadline.
The questioned image(s) of any entrant failing to comply with such a request
for the original image(s) may be considered in breach of these Conditions of
Entry, and declined. Such entries may be referred to PSA for further
investigation of possible ethics violations. PSA retains the right to
investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry
conditions, impose sanctions if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any
image found to violate the PSA rules, include the entrant’s name on the list of
sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP.
Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the
Exhibition.
DEFINITIONS
Maitland
International Salon of Photography has patronage from the following
organisations:
The Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP)
The Photographic Society of America
(PSA)
Global Photographic Union
(GPU)
The Australian Photographic Society
(APS)
All
entries shall conform to the stricter of the following definitions for acceptances
to be validated by all the International Organizations granting recognition or
patronage.
MONOCHROME
PSA: An image is considered to be
Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains
only shades of gray which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives
the impression of being a grayscale image that has been toned in one color
across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.)
A
grayscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having
been modified by partial toning, multi toning or by the inclusion of spot
coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as
a Color Work.
FIAP: A
black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear
grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey.
A black
and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work
able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in
black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.
On the
other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the
addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the
colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP
Patronage.
NATURE
Nature
photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all
branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a
fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject
material and certify its honest presentation.
- The story telling value of a
photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while
maintaining high technical quality.
- Human elements shall not be
present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the
nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to
an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in
situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves.
- Scientific bands, scientific
tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of
human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic
animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of
manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
- No techniques that add,
relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are
permitted.
- Techniques that enhance the
presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the
pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene,
are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning.
- Techniques that remove
elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film
scratches, are allowed.
- Stitched images are not
permitted.
- All allowed adjustments must
appear natural.
- Colour images can be
converted to grey-scale monochrome.
- Infrared images, either
direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.
- Images entered in Nature
sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have
landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms
as the primary subject matter. This
includes images taken with subjects in controlled conditions, such as
zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the
subjects are totally dependent on man for food
WILDLIFE
Images
entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above
are further defined as:
- One or more extant
zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or
adopted habitat.
- Landscapes, geologic
formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant
zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not
eligible in Wildlife sections.
- Wildlife is not limited to
animals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including
fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are
carcasses of extant species.
Wildlife
images may be entered in both Nature sections of Exhibitions.
PHOTO
TRAVEL
PSA: A Photo Travel image expresses
the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are
found naturally. There are no geographic limitations. Images from
events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects
directed or hired for photography are not appropriate. Close up pictures
of people or objects must include features that provide information
about the environment.
Techniques
that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original
image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable
adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the
appearance of the original scene, and complete conversion to
greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not
permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.
PID COLOUR
Monochrome images may be entered in PID
Color sections but if accepted will only be eligible towards PID Color Star
Ratings.
1 Acceptances in PID
recognized Color sections shall be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings and
Who’s Who Color listings. Monochrome images accepted in PID recognized Color
sections shall only be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings.
2 Acceptances in PID recognized Monochrome
sections shall be credited towards PID Monochrome Star Ratings and Who’s Who
Monochrome listings.
3 All acceptance eligibility
shall be in accordance with the PID Star Ratings or the Galaxy/Diamond Ratings
requirements as appropriate.
4 If
the exhibition sponsored CPID recognized sections or EID recognized sections in prior years. An image
that was accepted in a prior CPID or EID recognized section of this exhibition
may not be entered in a PID recognized Color section of this exhibition.
APS CONDITIONSOF ENTRY
By submitting imagesto this exhibition in either print or digital form,I
agree to accept without exception or objection the following terms:
- To ensure that images comply with
the Conditions of Entry, including all relevant definitions, the exhibition
organisers may ask me to provide originally captured images, with EXIF data
intact, by a specified deadline.
- If I do not supply the requested
image(s) in the specified time those images will be deemed to be in breach of
the Conditions of Entry.
- Images that are submitted as
requested may be investigated by any means determined appropriate by the
exhibition organisers to establish if the image(s) comply with the conditions
of entry.
- Images that are deemed by the
exhibition organisers to breach the Conditions of Entry will be removed from
the exhibition. Any acceptances or awards allocated to those images will become
void.
- The exhibition organizers will
provide APS with details of all breaches of the Conditions of Entry. APS
retains the right to impose sanctions on entrants deemed to have repeatedly
breached the Conditions of Entry of any APS Approved exhibition.
By virtue
of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his/her own (aliases
are not permitted).
The
entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material
free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the
exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. Note:
Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used may not
be eligible for awards or inclusion in audiovisuals of the exhibition and could
be subject to disqualification by the exhibition sponsor.
By
submitting an entry the entrant certifies that in the process of capturing the
image the entrant did not violate any of the standards of ethical practice of
FIAP, PSA, GPU or APS.
Authenticity:
With the sole
act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the
entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted
images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey FIAP regulations
and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP; that FIAP
will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal
to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured
by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by
FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non compliance with FIAP
regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to
inform the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data
in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations.
Copyright: The copyright of each image
entered always remains with the author of the image. The exhibition assumes no
liability for any misuse of copyright.
Note:
The salon committee reserves the right to check all accepted images for
copyright violation.
Image
alteration and computer generation: Except for the restrictions on Nature images
described in the Nature definition, images may be altered, either digitally or
otherwise, by the entrant. Images may not be constructed entirely with a
computer and all photographic components must have been photographed by the
entrant who holds copyright of the complete works submitted.
Titles
must use the English alphabet and can contain no more than 35 characters (including
spaces). Image titles may be in a foreign language, but the English alphabet
must be used.
The
titles of prints and digital images should be exactly as you want them to
appear in the catalogue.
The title on the backs of the prints must match the titles on the
Entry Form.
Only pressure sensitive (self-adhesive) labels may be used on the
backs of unmounted prints.
No
title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of
an image or print mount.
Titles
will not be announced at judging.
Acceptance Target Range:
The
Salon aims at an acceptance level of 25% of entries in each Section.
Email
List
By
virtue of submitting an entry, the Entrant accepts that his/her email address
will be used for communicating information about this salon and future Maitland
salons. The Entrant may opt out of this email list by notifying enquiries@maitlandsalon.org. Warning: opting out of
this email list before the salon catalogs are posted may result in the entrant
not receiving important information about the salon.
Monochrome
images may be entered in the PID colour section. Entrants are reminded that
monochrome images entered in a PID colour section only count towards PID Colour
Class stars, not Monochrome Class stars.
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