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Announcing the 2nd Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year Underwater Photographic Competition
OZTek and Nikon Australia have announced the second Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year Underwater Photographic Competition.
The Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year is a chosen collection of six images, showing a range of techniques over numerous categories that showcase the photographer’s breadth of skill. The winning portfolios will be displayed around Australia’s capital cities as part of the 2018 Ocean Film Festival in March – April 2018 and at OZTek2019, ICC Sydney, March 16/17, 2019.
Competition entrants need to enter six images from the existing OZTek bi-annual underwater competition categories. Each portfolio will be judged by a panel of peer photographers, as well as through a public vote. The competition judges will be looking for the following criteria when selecting the 2018 Nikon Portfolio of the Year:
‘The Nikon Dive Portfolio needs to demonstrate clarity of vision and artistic intent to produce an inspirational body of work from a minimum of three out of five standard OZTek Underwater Photography Competition categories. Portfolio images should show breadth of skill with different underwater photography styles (e.g. wide angle, macro etc.), lighting techniques and subject matter, while illustrating the passion, dedication and expertise needed to create a consistent collection of captivating images’.
2018 Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year Prizes:
- First Place Portfolio wins a Nikon D850 camera body valued at $5,250
- Second Place Portfolio wins a Divers Alert Prize pack valued at $300 including:
- DAN AP Individual Membership for one year
- DAN Master Plan Treatment Insurance for one year
- DAN Gear Bag
- DAN Surface Marker Buoy
- DAN Book Pack
- Third Place Portfolio wins a Gold Pass to OZTek2019 valued at $275
Competition registration is now open and closes January 31st, 2018. For more information on how to enter please visit: www.oztek.com.au/Photo-Comp-2018.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
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