http://www.underwatercompetition.com/Competitions/deep-indonesia.20115TH ANNUAL DEEP INDONESIA INTERNATIONAL UNDERWATER PHOTO COMPETITION
HOSTED BY DIVEPHOTOGUIDE & WETPIXEL
*** Over $51,000 In Prizes! ***
The prestigious DEEP Indonesia International Underwater Photo Competition is part of a unique series hosted by DivePhotoGuide & Wetpixel, in association with DEEP Indonesia, Indonesia’s first-ever diving, adventure travel and extreme sports expo.
Photographers will compete in seven themed categories to win over $51,000 in prizes, including underwater photo equipment and premium dive travel packages to some of the top photo destinations in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Indonesia trips include Triton Bay, Raja Ampat, Komodo, Lembeh, Manado, and Bali. The contest includes a category for images that focus on conservation and the marine environment, one specifically for entries taken by compact digital cameras, and one specifically for Indonesian entrants.
The DEEP Indonesia competition is part of a unique series, and together with the Our World Underwater competition, the prize pool is over $120,000 – the biggest in the world. Winners also achieve the glory of being named some of the world’s best underwater photographers, and the wining images will be exposed to millions of readers of dive, travel and photography magazines and websites worldwide. Esteemed judges include leading professional underwater photographers and magazine editors from around the world.
** Deadline for submissions Jan 17, 2011 **
Winners will be announced online, published by our media partners worldwide and exhibited during the DEEP Indonesia Expo in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 31 - April 3, 2011).
As with all UnderwaterCompetition.com events, 15% of entry proceeds will be donated to marine conservation efforts.
Register and Enter CompetitionRules & GuidelinesCategories
PHOTOS
Compact Cameras
Underwater images of all kinds, taken by point 'n shoot, non-SLR digital cameras. In this category, no entries from scanned slides or digital SLRs will be accepted. Although there exist many great underwater images taken by point 'n shoot cameras, it is often difficult for them to compete with SLRs when it comes to image quality. In this category, digital manipulation is allowed, but as we are not running a digital manipulation contest, you should exercise care in the decisions that you make.
Divers
Best image featuring a scuba diver underwater.
Animal Portrait
Any underwater image featuring a portrait of an animal.
Animal Behavior
Any underwater image featuring animal behavior.
Reefscapes
Any underwater image featuring a wide angle view of a reef.
Environment and Conservation
Topside and underwater images of all kinds, taken by any camera, with a focus on the marine or lake environment and conservation. Subject matter must address a marine or lake-related environmental issue. The goal in this category is to convey a real-world message.
Indonesia Residents
Open to Indonesian residents only
Prizes
SPONSOR
10 day packages to Papua New Guinea at Walindi Dive Resort
with Walindi Resort
SPONSOR
10 day packages to Komodo with Kararu Dive Voyages
with Kararu Dive Voyages
SPONSOR
10 day dive packages to Triton Bay or Raja Ampat aboaurd MSY Seahorse
with MSY Seahorse
SPONSOR
10 day dive packages to Lembeh Strait and Buyat Bay with Critters @ Lembeh and Lembeh Resort
with Lembeh Resort
SPONSOR
10 day packages to Manado and Bunaken Marine Park at Minahasa Lagoon Dive & Tour Club
with Minahasa Lagoon Dive & Tours Club
SPONSOR
10 day packages to Lembeh Strait with Eco Divers and Lembeh Cottages
with Eco Divers
SPONSOR
7 day packages diving various regions of Bali, with Bali Diving Academy
with Bali Diving Academy
SPONSOR
DS-160 Strobes from Ikelite
with Ikelite
SPONSOR
$100 gift certificates from Ultralight Control Systems
with Ultralight Control Systems
SPONSOR
Signed books from Wyland
with Wyland
DEEP Indonesia 2011
Rules & Guidelines
General Rules
1.The Our World Underwater competition is open to entrants of all skill levels.
2.Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com staff are allowed to enter, however, photo contest staff and judges are not allowed to enter the contest.
3.Each individual can only win one prize or prize package. Entrants with multiple winning entries will be given priority in prizes by value.
4.Winners will be announced on UnderwaterCompetition.com on March 31, 2011.
5.We are adopting the Conservation Rules established by EPIC®. Marine life should never be stressed or endangered for the sake of a photo. Conservation rules will apply to all entries, and decisions will be final.
Entries suspected of exhibiting the following behavior will be disqualified:
◦Divers visibly damaging the environment (e.g. gear dragging or kicking up sand).
◦Animals with signs of stress (e.g. puffed puffers, inking octopus).
◦Animals moved to an unnatural environment or risky location.
◦Animals being fed (especially with artificial food from divers).
◦Marine life being touched (e.g. coral polyps, seahorse tails).
◦Divers exhibiting poor buoyancy control
◦Category descriptions are available at the home page of each photo competition.
◦Additional Rules for Image Entries
6.All submitted images must have been taken by the entrant.
7.Images that have won or placed in photo contests with winning entries announced before December 1st, 2009, may not be submitted. A winning image is defined as follows:
◦any image that has placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in any contest that has resulted in prizes worth $100 USD or more.
◦any image that has placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a major photography contest (to be determined subjectively by judges).
◦any image that has placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in any photo of the year-type contest. Photos of the day, week, or month are fine, as long as they have not resulted in prizes worth $100 USD or more.
◦any single image that was part of a portfolio, but did not place as a single image, is eligible to be entered.
8.Photographers retain all copyrights to their images. Wetpixel.com, DivePhotoGuide.com, and UnderwaterCompetition.com retain the right to publish the contest entries in print or online to congratulate or feature the winners and their respective images, and to promote future events. Winning images will be included in a press release for third party websites and publications in the context of congratulating and/or featuring the winners and winning images, and to promote future competitions. Strict guidelines requiring photo credit and specific one-time press release usage are issued along with the press release.
9.All images need to have been taken underwater.
10.Entries may have been taken from any camera, film (as scanned slides) or digital.
Additional Rules for Video Entries
1.All videos must be limited to 5 minutes long, not including titles or credits where underwater footage is not used. Absolute length including titles and credits may not exceed 5 minutes 30 seconds.
2.A minimum of 50% of the footage must have been taken underwater.
3.Videos should not show deliberate harassment of the marine creatures unless this harassment is the ecological point of the video.
4.Please ensure that you have all rights to any media that is used in your video(s) (music, visual footage, personal, copyright, or any other legal rights.
5.Multiple videographers and editors are allowed, but only the submitter will be awarded the prize. In addition, see #4.
Photo Submission Guidelines
1.Entries must be saved in jpeg format and should be sized to be between 2000 and 6000 pixels in the longest dimension. Please limit your images to a maximum file size of 5,000KB (5MB). Images will be viewed on a large monitor and should be in the AdobeRGB 1998 or sRGB color space.
2.An image can be uploaded into multiple competitions, but only assigned to one category per competition. Any individual image can only place in one competition, and in the instance that it places in more than one competition simultaneously, the instance with the highest rank will prevail.
3.The preferred method of entry is electronically, however, if this method is not possible due to your lack of a proper internet connection, you will be able to print out a mailing label to physically submit images on CD
Entry Fees
1.The entry fee for each image and video submitted is US$10.
2.You may enter as many images or videos as you wish
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