Once again we have again teamed up with
DIVER Magazine
to stage this major competition at the DIVE SHOW at the NEC,
Birmingham over the weekend of 26-27th October 2019.
This year there are significant changes that deserve your attention. The major change is that only digital entries are needed - we will print 80 short listed images at A3 size and then display them at the Dive show for the public vote and judge's choice of best in show.
There is no need to print your submissions this year and there is no entry fee!
CATEGORIES
There are four categories:
British and Irish (images taken in
UK and Irish waters)
Overseas (images taken in overseas
waters)
Advanced British and Irish (images
taken in UK and Irish waters by an Advanced entrant)
Advanced Overseas (images taken in
overseas waters by an Advanced entrant)
The Advanced categories are for anyone
who has:
either won a major national or
international underwater photographic competition
(e.g. BSoUP's Open Portfolio competition, BSoUP BIUPC, Antibes,
U/W Photographer of the Year or Wildlife Photographer of the
Year, etc.)
or takes or has taken underwater photographs for
a living
or is otherwise significantly involved in
commercial underwater photography
You may enter a maximum of four images, no more than two in an Overseas category and no more than two in a British and Irish category
All short-listed prints will be
entered in the overall competition for the main trophy, to be chosen
by a panel of judges.
AWARDS
The best of show will be selected by
an independent panel of judges and recieve the winner's trophy.
The public will vote for
a winner in each of the four categories and each competitor will receive a trophy.
RULES
Images entered must not have come first, second or
third in a national or international competition, such as BSoUP's
Open Portfolio, BSoUP's Beginners' Portfolio Competitions, BSoUP's BIUC,
St Abbs Splash-In, SAC Travel Club, U/W Photographer of the
Year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Marine Conservation Society
etc.
All images must have been taken within the three
years prior to 7th September 2019.
Please format for printing at A3 size as a high resolution jpeg with a CMYK colour profile. Alternately submit in Adobe RGB 1998 and Diver Mag will do the CMYK conversion for you.
Prints can be any format, portrait of landscape, at any aspect ratio (3:2. 4:3, 1:1 etc). This will be printed within the overall space of an A3 size print that includes a border and caption. IMPORTANT: If it is not obvious which way to orient your print, please include in your note an indication of which edge of the image is the top.
Maximum of four images.
Please send your files to tkrees@gmail.com using either:
WeTransfer (a free file transfer system) or;
A link to your own dropbox folder (also sent to tkrees@gmail.com).
PLEASE INCLUDE A NOTE that gives your name, entry category for each image and the image details (subject, location and equipment used).
BSoUP reserves the right to publish winning images
both in the Society magazine and on its website. Winning images may
also be used in future promotional material for the event royalty
free, but copyright remains with the photographer.
AWARDS CEREMONY
The awards will be announced at the BSoUP November
meeting, which takes place on Tuesday 19th November 2017 at 7.30 for
8.00 p.m. Meeting Room 3, Imperial College Union, South Kensington,
London, SW7 2BB. See Directions
for further details and maps. For those who cannot attend, the awards announcement will be live streamed , for which details will be published by BSoUP on its Facebook page. |
