When uploading a photo to the underwaterphotography contest you can choose from 16 different categories.<\/p>\n
To clarify which image belongs where find a summary of the categories below:<\/p>\n
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Shots that have been digitally edited outside of the camera for creative reasons\u00a0in a program like Photoshop\u00a0(excluding standard “darkroom” corrections such as color balance \/ contrast \/ shadows \/ highlights etc.)<\/p>\n
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Underwater Fashion Photography, Trash the Dress, Wedding and Couple shots or any other shot with models underwater.<\/p>\n
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Any shot that predominantly has an amusement factor \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame – any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame<\/p>\n
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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)<\/p>\n
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Sea slugs. A subject popular with macro guys! (means naked gills) Flatworms allowed.<\/p>\n
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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)<\/p>\n
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Shots that cross the surface boundary, AKA split shots (under\/overs like Snells Window too)<\/p>\n
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Shots where sharks are the predominant subject.<\/p>\n
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Seas with green water well north or south of tropical zones typically cold enough for drysuits!<\/p>\n
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Shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment.<\/p>\n
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Shots taken with a WIDE ANGLE (or fisheye) lens having 1) A well defined close subject (usually strobe-lit) AND 2) A wide angle BACKGROUND with a second subject, usually a diver.<\/p>\n
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Divers doing what divers do – underwater or on the surface<\/p>\n
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Wide angle shots with no divers in frame<\/p>\n
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Shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting. Filters on the lens are allowed if declared.<\/p>\n
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Anything man-made that is sunk including cars, tanks, planes etc. – oh and ships!<\/p>\n
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