National Underwater Photography Competition “OCEAN IN FOCUS”

Bahasa Indonesia

This competition is presented by U.S. Embassy Jakarta and CANON, supported by Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP), Datascrip-Business Solution, Tamasya Magazine, Coca-Cola, and The Nature Conservancy. 

Rules and Criteria:

§         This competition is open to all Indonesian citizens and holders of KITAS.

§         Each participant may only participate in one of the two categories: student category or public category.

§         Each participant may submit no more than 3 photos with the following specifications:

1.      Photo should be a minimum of 1600 pixels wide or high on the shortest side of the photo with the maximum size of 3 MB in JPG format.

2.      Photo should be uploaded to www.flickr.com and tagged with “ocean in focus” for sorting purpose.

3.      Photo should consist of photo title (in English or in Bahasa Indonesia), participant’s name (as shown in the student/ID card or KITAS), category (student or public), brand and model of camera used, location where the photo was taken.

4.      Photo should not be editied more than cropping and contras/brightness/colour adjustment.

5.      Photo should be the participant’s own work and free of any copyright other thatn his/her own personal copyright.

6.      Photo must show the underwater nature of the ocean.

Deadline:
Submission will be closed on June 30, 2009 and the winners will be announced in Tamasya Magazine August issue. 

Judges of the competition:
The Nature Conservancy, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and U.S. Embassy Jakarta. 

Judges’ decisions are final and all forms of correspondence with the judges will not be responded.

Prizes (for each category, Student and Public):

1^st Prize            :  Canon Digital PowerShot G10 + underwater case
2^nd Prize           :  Canon Digital Camera Ixus 980 + underwater case
3^rd Prize            :  Canon Digital Camera Ixus 90 + underwater case 

Winning photos taken with a Canon Digital Camera will receive an additional Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printer CP770.

Additional Grand prize from Coca Cola for first winner of each category

• Trip to Bunaken tour

• Return airplane tickets Jakarta-Manado

• Hotel accommodation Manado

• Bunaken tour with glass bottom boat and snorkeling

All winners will also receive certificates from the U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and Canon Datascrip.
 

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