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INTERNATIONAL UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
The XII Edition of the IMASUB 2024 Underwater Photography Contest will take place from September 2 to 7 at its usual venue in María La Gorda.
All those who wish to participate, whether they are professionals or amateurs, may do so.
Maria La Gorda seabed keeps the sharpest contrasts for the practice of underwater photography due to the transparency of its waters, which allows visibility of up to 30 meters of longitudinal distance in depths.
The competition will be divided into the following CATEGORIES:
MACRO: Any photo in which the subject is recorded as life size or larger on the camera's image sensor, also known as a 1:1 (or greater) reproduction ratio. As a guideline, macro subjects are generally 6 inches in diameter or smaller and shot with a lens focal length greater than 35mm.
MARINE LIFE PORTRAIT: A portrait of an underwater animal including fish, sharks, sea lions, octopus, seabirds, etc. The portrait usually focuses on a single subject and shows its personality. Portraits can be full body or framed tightly around the face/head.
MARINE LIFE BEHAVIOR: An underwater photograph showing marine life in action (e.g., feeding, cleaning, training, yawning, playing).
EVENT THEME: An underwater photograph showing the theme selected by the organizing committee together with the jury of the event and which will be used to promote the event next year. The chosen theme will be announced at the pre-competition briefing.
REEF LANDSCAPE: Any photo where the living reef is the subject of the photo, similar to an underwater landscape shot. Reef landscapes may use the close focus wide-angle technique and may also incorporate large fish, divers or other animals, as long as they are shown in the reef habitat among the hard and soft corals, sponges and other reef life.
Identification of the works:
• Each contestant will have access through their password and pseudonym to their selection folder, it will contain 5 folders with the names of the categories to compete in which they will place their 3 photos to compete.
• The downloads of the photos will be done directly on the server before collecting the cards by a member of the organizing committee, after each session. They will be identified by days in the previous folders identified by pseudonym. This procedure is for the use of the organizing committee and panel to verify the veracity of each photo to compete. They will not be seen by the contestants, which will be returned to them before the beginning of the following day without deleting content.
• The names of the photos are changed by the computer scientist appointed by the organizing committee
• Each contestant at the end of the selection time will sign an evidential document with the ID of the photos placed in the folders to compete. Then that ID will be changed to be evaluated by the panel. But the original ID will never be lost.
• Photos must be submitted as JPEG; maximum quality. The original capture can be done in RAW or JPEG. Photos can be in color or black & white with the preferred sRGB color space. Manipulations that are not made in the camera are not allowed. It is important to set the day and time for each day.
Copyright:
All images in competition, whether awarded or not, may be used by Gaviota Tourism Group S.A. in the dissemination of its products and services, acknowledging the author's credit. The images in competition or awarded will not be in any way commercialized by Gaviota Tourism Group S.A. without prior agreement with the author.
Contact us for more information at comercial11.ventas@gaviotatours.cu, comercial8.ventas@gaviotatours.cu, coordinador4@ventas.gaviotatours.cu or by the Facebook page of the International Diving Center Maria La Gorda (@CIBMarialaGorda).
