2nd Annual Wetpixel/DivePhotoGuide Photo and Video Contest 
In association with Our-World Underwater, deadling January 7, 2007
Categories: News, Wetpixel, Photo News [home]Author: Eric Cheng ( echeng )
Related Link: UnderwaterCompetition.com
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... in association with Our World-Underwater
Over $35,000 in Prizes!
Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com have teamed up again in association with Our World Underwater to celebrate the beauty and delicacy of the marine environment with the announcement of the 2nd -annual, international underwater photography and video competition. The competition aims to become the “Superbowl” of international underwater photo competitions, with fantastic prizes, celebrity judges, and the opportunity to have your images showcased to the world as some of the world's best.
A new website has launched to support the competition: http://www.underwatercompetition.com .
2006 Competition's Best of Show
"Shark in Motion" by Christopher Guglielmo
Photographers will compete in six still-image categories plus one video category to win more than $35,000 in prizes including premium dive travel, underwater photography equipment, and more! Dive packages include trips to some of the top photo destinations in the world, including South Africa, Socoros Islands, Raja Empat, Komodo, Grand Cayman, the Galapagos Islands, Bora Bora, the Solomon Islands, Manado, Lembeh Strait, Yap, Cocos (Keeling) Island and the Bahamas! Other prizes include camera housings, strobes, lighting systems, and other valuable items. The competition includes a category for images that focus on conservation and the marine environment, and one specifically for entries taken by compact digital cameras.
Celebrity judges Stephen Frink, Dr. Alexander Mustard, and Eric Cheng will select winners after the Jan 7, 2007 deadline . Winners will be announced on stage at the 2007 Our World-Underwater film festival in Chicago , Illinois (February 9-11, 2007), and will be published by our supporting media partners worldwide.
15% of entry proceeds will be donated to marine conservation efforts.
For more information, please go to:
http://underwatercompetition.com .
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