- The judges' decision is final
- You can submit as many images as you like in
any (single) category but only one entry per day
- The images can be used by the
organizers (for any reason) royalty free e.g. to promote
the competition press releases, shot of the day (on our home
page) etc.
- All images must be your
copyright
and model release obtained (if appropriate)
- No contact details, e-mail
addresses, HTML tags, or URL links in the description text.
- Any entrant either found guilty (or suspected) of
spamming votes will have their votes
publicly marked down.
- Entries are automatically in both monthly and
annual contests.
- No 'lookalikes' i.e. images similar to your own previous
entries e.g. the 'next one on the roll'
- The subject must be suitable for a family site
- The subject must be non-controversial e.g. not an environmentally
unfriendly activity like divers touching coral or holding turtles
etc.
 Conservation Rules
Conservation Rules
Marine should never be stressed
or endangered for the sake of a photo. Entries will first be screened by our moderators.
Entries exhibiting the following behavior will be placed out of contest*.
- 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. It's hard for us to tell,
so impossible to police this one. Just think before you next flick a nudi into mid-water
for a shot - are you sure you're not hurting it?
- Animals being fed
artificial food from divers Unless the food is a human e.g. a great
white taking a chomp of a surfer!
This includes guys in chainmail feeding sharks, chumming etc. We have allowed this
in the past but no more. I for one do not want to be mistaken for food!
- Delicate marine
life being touched (e.g. coral polyps, seahorse tails).Marine life
interaction has been (and always will be) good u/w photo subject matter but only
when the marine life is not endangered e.g. holding a turtle. On the other hand,
touching big critters like dolphins is usually fine - if they can escape a diver
easily.
- Marine Aquaria
Wildlife belongs in the wild, not zoos! This includes dolphins in sea-pens.
* Out Of Contest Being placed 'Out Of Contest' means that the images can still
be seen but cannot be voted for (and will not go forward to the annual awards).
We still want to be able to see these images so that other entrants can see what
is unacceptable. Plus, we want to expose dubious practices such as dynamite fishing,
shark finning, spearfishing with an aqualung etc. If we simply pretended they don't
exist (by deleting the shots) we wouldn't help anyone.
These are the Conservation Rules of EPIC. http://www.epicphotocontest.org/rules_regulations.htm
If any of the above is not acceptable,
do not enter
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