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OZTek Announces Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year Award
OZTek and Nikon have teamed up to introduce an exciting new portfolio category within the OZTek2017 Underwater Photographic Competition.
Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year will be a chosen collection of 6 images to be displayed at OZTek2017 on 18/19th March 2017 in Sydney, Australia.
Competition entrants can enter up to 10 images from the existing competition categories, from which 6 shots will be chosen by the Judges for the Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year.
OZTek’s competition judges will be looking for the following criteria when choosing the Nikon Portfolio of the Year:
‘The portfolio needs to demonstrate clarity of vision and artistic intent to produce an inspirational body of work from three out of the 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’.
Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year Award rules
- The Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year is for ages 18 and over.
- Entrants can submit between 6 and 10 images from which the jury will select a maximum of 6 images for the final portfolio.
- Each entrant may submit one portfolio only.
- Images provided need to represent three (3) out of the existing five (5) general competition categories.
- The five categories which need to be represented are Cave Diving, Wreck Diving, Marine Life (wide angle without diver), Marine life with Diver, and Macro marine life.
- The same, or substantially similar entries, may not be entered in more than one section of the competition.
- All images are subject to the overall competition terms & conditions.
Nikon Dive Portfolio of the Year Prize
The winning portfolio will receive:
- a Nikon D500 camera and 60mm micro lens; and
- be exhibited at OZTek2017
Competition registration is now open online and closes on January 31st, 2017.
Details for the OZTek Underwater Photographic Competition, including terms & conditions, are available at www.oztek.com.au.
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
with every purchase of a regulator system!
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MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
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MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
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SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
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