The DEEP Indonesia International Photo Competition is open to entrants of all skill levels. Please fill out the form below to generate your own customized contest submission instructions. Generating a form does NOT bind you a submission. It merely gives you customized information about image specifications and how to submit.
Guidelines and Instructions
The DEEP Indonesia Competition is open to entrants of all skill levels.
Please read the general rules before proceeding.
Image Format and Filenames for Entries
Entries must be saved in
jpeg format and should be sized to be
between 2000 and 6000 pixels in the longest dimension. Please limit your images to a maximum file size of
5,000KB (5MB). Images will be viewed on a large monitor and should be in the AdobeRGB 1998 or sRGB color space.
Naming Your Images
Name your jpg files according to the following template, or see below for your customized file name list. You must rename your images.
CategoryAbbreviation-LastName-FirstName-Entry#.jpg
Categories are abbreviated as follows:
Divers (D), Animal Portrait (P), Animal Behavior (B), Compact Camera (C), Reefscapes (R), Environment and Conservation (E), Indonesia (I)
For example, if your name is John Smith, you might submit the following files:
DEEP-Smith-John.txt (see below)
D-Smith-John-1.jpg
D-Smith-John-2.jpg
E-Smith-John-1.jpg
P-Smith-John-1.jpg
C-Smith-John-1.jpg
... which would be a submission of 2 images to the Diver category, 1 to theEnviornment & Conservation category, 1 Animal Portrait, and 1 in the Compact Camera category.
Entry Form and Submission
All entries must be
received before the deadline date of
11:59pm (Pacific Time), Feb 15, 2008. There are two methods for entry submission, and both of the require a completed entry form.
Entry Form:
Download and complete an entry form (right click and select "Save As...") and fill it out.
The entry form must be renamed once you fill it out.
Please rename it DEEP-LastName-FirstName.txt.
Please -- only one entry form is necessary. Don't split your images up into multiple forms.
Note: please ATTACH the entry form as a text file in your submission, even if you choose to paste the text into the contents of your e-mail.
Electronic submission :
- E-mail
Submit an entry form with your entry images via e-mail to
DEEP2008@underwatercompetition.com
. Title your e-mail, "DEEP Indonesia Contest Entry". Try to keep the size of each e-mail message under 5MB (feel free to split up your submissions into multiple e-mails, but make sure you name your files properly). Video entrants should instead use options 2 or 3. You will receive an auto-reply if your e-mail was received successfully.
- Web Upload
Submit an entry form via e-mail, and upload entry images to us by using MediaMax (free, and easy to use). If you elect this option, make sure to send your renamed entry form via e-mail AND upload it to our web account.
To upload the entry form and entry images using MediaMax Streamload,
go to MediaMax Streamload's upload page and enter "wetpixel" as the username of the person to receive files.
- Physical submission, via CD-R
Download, complete and rename an entry form and submit it via e-mail to DEEP2008@underwatercompetition.com
. Copy the entry form and entry images onto CD-R media and send it to:
Underwater Holdings, Inc.
Attn: Jason Heller / OWU 2008 Competition
271 79th Street
Brooklyn NY, 11209
If you submit physically, you can still pay the entry fee electronically, or you may mail in a check with your CD (see below).
Payment
Entry fees are $10 per image (no limit on number of entries). Payment can be made in one of two ways:
- Electronically, via Paypal (safe, secure, and fast -- credit cards accepted)
No Paypal account is necessary to pay with credit card via Paypal.
In your Paypal shopping cart, change the quantity to match the number of images you want to enter, and the click on the "Update Cart" button.
- Physically, via a check, payable to Underwater Holdings, Inc. and mailed to:
Underwater Holdings, Inc.
Attn: Jason Heller / OWU 2008 Competition
271 79th Street
Brooklyn NY, 11209
Write your e-mail address and full name on your check, and make sure it matches what you have written in your entry form.
All entries submitted without matching payment will be disqualified.
