At our club we take part in several external competitions during the year. These are competitions where we compete as a club against other clubs. Members of the club are very welcome to come to these competitions and we particularly encourage the authors of the competition images to come and support their image and club. They are an opportunity to meet other clubs and see some of their work. They fall into four categories:-

1. Inter- club competitions with one other club. These are friendly affairs with a single judge who gives their opinion of our images.

2. Inter-club event with more than one club.

3. Invitation events. A larger number of clubs are invited to participate, usually on a weekend, and again a single judge will give his or her opinion on the images.

4. Federation events: The EAF has around 120+ clubs and all of them are invited to enter

Rules for the competitions will typically have a limit on the number of nature pictures, a limit on number of pictures from any one author, and a limit on the ratio of monochrome to colour images.

In addition, the EAF has an annual exhibition for individual members, who can only enter through the club. Entries have to be submitted in March and this is also judged by three judges. A score of around 12 is usually required for acceptance to this exhibition.