Deadline approaching quickly! Only four days left to get your entries in, including today!
The SEA 2008 International Underwater Photographic Competition is October 10, 2008. All entries must by postmarked by that date!
The SEA competition is open to amateur uw photographers and videographers from around the world. Already entries have been received from the United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Australia, Italy, India, and from several US states!
Award sponsors of the SEA 2008 competition, with prizes totaling in the tens of thousands of dollars, include SCUBA ecotourism resorts, travel agencies, and luxury live-aboards, as well as SCUBA and photography equipment manufacturers. Sponsors include: Nai'a Cruises, Fiji; Kararu Cruises, Indonesia; Bilikiki Cruises, Solomon Islands; MV Febrina, Papua New Guinea; Pindito Dive Cruises, Indonesia; Manthiri, Maldives; Stormcase, Lowepro, SanDisk, Ultralight Control Systems, Ikelite, and Backscatter Underwater Photo and Video.
The SEA 2008 underwater photographic competition will issue awards for the best work in categories including Macro, Wide Angle, Underwater California, and Marine Conservation; a traditional print category; creative categories in print and digital; and a video category. In the creative categories entrants are encouraged to use any and all tools available to express their individual creativity.
The SEA International Competition Best of Show, in addition to a selected prize from the prize list, is awarded the prestigious Bob Commer Award of Photographic Excellence! All media; digital still, print and video, are eligible. The winner of the Bob Commer Award receives $500.00 and a handcrafted glass trophy of an underwater photographer. (For additional info: http://www.ncups.org/commer.html).
Get your entries in now! There is a new online entry procedure for digital entries...makes entering easier!
Download Rules, Regulations, and the Entry Form from the NCUPS website at http://www.ncups.org.
Entries can be submitted (CD, DVD or prints) at the October 10, 2008 NCUPS meeting featuring a presentation on diving in British Columbia and Alaska by Clinton Bauder.
Good luck,
Kathy Mendes
SEA Coordinator
SEA@ncups.org
