SEAFANZ is New Zealand's premier digital underwater photographic society and serves as a local meeting place for beginner and experienced underwater photographers. Monthly show and tell meetings are held where members gather in an informal atmosphere to become enthused, swap ideas, learn, further their skills and display their underwater images. In addition, SEAFANZ aims to foster and promote an awareness and interest in our marine environment. More information on SEAFANZ can be found on their website: www.seafanz.net by contacting Colin (09) 410 3881 or emailing colin@seafanz.net

CATEGORIES AND Prize Information

Advanced Category.  Winner will receive: a SanDisk Ultra 8GB memory card, a SanDisk CZ36 4GB Flashdrive and an Ikelite G ift Voucher for $150.00. If a Highly Commended (Runner-up) is awarded he/she will receive one SanDisk CZ36 8GB Flashdrive and an Ikelite Gift Voucher for $100.00. This category is open to anyone but especially those who have previously won the Novice category and/or sold your work.

Novice Category.  Winner will receive: a SanDisk 4GB Ultra memory card, a SanDisk CZ36 2GB Flashdrive and an Ikelite Gift Voucher for $100.00 If a Highly Commended (Runner-up) is awarded he/she will receive one SanDisk CZ 36 4GB Flashdrive and an Ikelite Gift Voucher for $50.00. Entrants in this category should ideally be fairly new to photography and not sold your work.

Winners have a choice of the type of SanDisk memory card, eg. CF, SD, SM etc. Due to product development prizes may differ to those advertised.

Competition Judges

Ross Armstrong. Colin Gans & Roger Grace

Current competition for Seafanz Photo Comp Dec/Jan No.121.

Please fill in the information to enter:

Rules

• Images should be in good taste with respect for the environment (no harming of wildlife).
• Images must be taken underwater (either fully or at least partially submerged) with a digital or film camera.
• Images with watermarks cannot be judged. Remember that the judges are judging blind so putting your name on an image effectively disqualifies you!
• You must own the copyright and must have taken the image you submit.
• You may edit or enhance your images with a view to improving their quality while maintaining a natural appeal; any manipulation should be noted in your comments.
• Uploaded photos should be of highest quality 640 pixels in the longest dimension. Larger images will be resized and we recommend keeping file sizes less than 1.5MB to reduce problems when uploading. For winning images we may request a higher quality version for print.
• If you have any queries or need to alter an entry, email divenz@divenewzealand.co.nz.
• You can upload a maximum of three photos per contest; there is no entry fee.
• Please complete your contact details accurately so we may contact you if you win.
• Please indicate if you wish to be added to the SEAFANZ mailing list for future announcements and meeting reminders.
• Permission to publish your entry in Dive New Zealand/Dive Pacific magazines and in the digital magazine copy at www.zinio.co.nz or on the Dive New Zealand or SEAFANZ website in relation to the competition is assumed but no entry will be sold or used for purposes outside of the competition and its future promotion without the express permission of the entrant.

• Images submitted can be used without notification and free of any charges when used for promotional purposes by Sea Tech Ltd in their promotions for Ikelite products.

• Previous issues winning images are available for viewing online.
• Winners will receive:
  
  • Advanced winner receives: One SanDisk Ultra 8GB memory card, a Sandisk CZ36 4GB Flashdrive and an Ikelite Gift Voucher for $150.00.
  • Advanced highly commended receives:. One SanDisk CZ36 8GB Flashdrive and an Ikelite Gift Voucher for $100.00.
  • Novice Category Winner receives: One SanDisk 4 GB memory card, a Sandisk CZ36 2GB Flashdrive and an Ikelite Gift Voucher for $100.00
  • Novice highly commended receives: one SanDisk CZ36 4GB flashdrive and an Ikelite Gift Voucher for $50.00.
  • Note due to product development prizes may change to those advertised.
    
• You have to be in to win; the competition and prizes will not grow if you don't participate and best of all, its free so have fun and good luck!