Categories & Prizes 2014

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Pictures of the Year Categories & Prizes

1. Portraits – the Emory Kristof Award for Outstanding Achievement

Pictures should feature the unique character or spirit of the marine animal as well as express a sense of tenderness and immediacy. We encourage the photographer to push the boundary of standard portraiture. Code: (PO)

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Prizes

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award - 7 day accommodation and dive package: Aiyanar Beach Dive Resort - Aniloa

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba - sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

2. Fish Behaviour – the Gerry Allen Award for Outstanding Achievement

Picture must have the WOW factor - instantly capture attention. It may be a rare or fascinating behaviour; simply ‘sitting’, ‘staring’ or ‘sleeping is not enough. While it is essential to show genuine behaviour, we are looking for images of special interest, with aesthetic appeal and dramatic. Code: (FB)

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Prizes

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award - 7 day accommodation and dive package: Aiyanar Beach Dive Resort - Aniloa

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

3. Animal Behaviour: the Doug Perrine Award for Outstanding Achievement

Any other animals – as per fish behaviour. Code: (AB)

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Prizes

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award - 10 day live-aboard on MSY Seahorse

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba - sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

4. Colour Prints – the Valerie Taylor Award for Outstanding Achievement Code: (CP)

Black & White Prints – the Ernie Brooks Award for Outstanding Achievement Code: (BW)

Pictures maybe above or underwater water; composition may be of animals or seascapes.
The picture should be aesthetically appealing.

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Prizes

 

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award - 7 day accommodation and dive package: Walindi, PNG

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba - sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

5a. Seascapes – the Carden Wallace Award for Outstanding Achievement

This is a category for underwater scenery i.e. landscape images shot underwater. It should have a sense of wilderness and exploration (of unchartered territories). It should make use of creative lighting, and capture both a feeling of an underwater wilderness and a sense of awe. Code: (SEAS)

5b.Seascapes with Model – the Kurt Amsler Award for Outstanding Achievement

This is a category for a picture of a diver in an underwater scene. The diver should not be the focus of the image but seen as directional tool that help to emphasis the beauty of the animal or scene. It should make use of creative lighting, and bring about greater awareness to the animal or environment.  Code: (SEAM)

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Prizes

 

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award plus one week diving package with Avalon – Cuba Diving Centre at Gardens of the Queen  or   Scuba Seraya Bali

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja

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Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba - sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

6. Creative Vision – the Wyland Award for Outstanding Achievement

We are looking for unique, surprising, artistic interpretations of the ocean. It may be intertidal or from the surface, abstract or ambiguous, but has to be executed to exacting photographic techniques. We will be looking for a distinct, well thought out process, originality and an attempt to convey a greater understanding of our watery planet. Code: (CV)

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Prizes

 

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award  plus one weeek dicing package with Avalon - Cuba Diving Centre at Gardens of the Queen 

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba- sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

7. ONE OCEAN Video or Slide Show – the Sylvia Earle Award for Outstanding Achievement

This important award raises awareness of endangered species or a marine protected area through photographic excellence. Species (both animals and plants) must be categorised under the 2011 IUCN Red List as critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or near threatened at an international or national level (if the latter, please supply details). Images must be memorable and capture the unique character or spirit of the subject. Code: (ONE)

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Prizes

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award plus $800 cash - live-aboard to Raja Ampat or Cenderawasih Bay on MSY Seahorse

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba -  sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membertship with USD200 expedition voucher

 

8. The Portfolio Award – the David Doubilet Award for Outstanding Achievement

This is a prestigious award goes to images that raise awareness of the ocean environment through photographic excellence. It should consist of a series of 10 pictures that depict a pristine environment or animals that inspire love of our ocean, or an environment that is currently threatened by destruction and needs urgent conservation attention. Shock value may be useful, but we are looking for genuine photographic merit. Messages may be positive or negative, pictures may be graphic or symbolic, but must be thought provoking, memorable and encourage concern for nature.  Images may be underwater or topside, depicting a water environment. Code: (PA) 

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Prizes

 

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award - SEACAM 2500 Euro voucher - for purchase of equipment from SEACAM head office (Austria)  plus choice of one live-aboard trip with Dive Encounters Alliance vessels to Cocos, Galapagos, Guadaluapte, Socorro, Philippines etc

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2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba - sponsored by Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

9. Young Photographer of the Year- the Alex Mustard Award for Outstanding Achievement

Images must show marine animals, marine birds, marine plants or seascapes. The judges will be looking for original, beautiful or striking shots rather than rare or exotic subjects. There are 2 age groups in this category: 8 -12 years Code: (YJ) and 13-18 years. Code: (YS)

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Prizes

 

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award plus AUD 300 cash

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - Selection of Books published by Michael AW & 1 year Ocean Geographic Premier Membership

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership 

 

10. Vision of the Sea - Video

60% of the video’s content must feature marine species or marine protected area(s) – the message may depict a pristine environment that inspired love of our ocean or an environment that is currently under the threat of destruction and needs urgent conservation attention. Messages conveyed may be positive or negative.
Group A – feature length 20 mins and above. Group B – less than 15 mins. Videos may have background narration or music.

 

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Feature Length movie – the Ron Taylor Award for Outstanding Achievement Code: (VA)

Shark Conservation movie - the Stan Waterman Award for Outstanding Achievement Code: (VC)

Short Movie – the Howard Hall Award for Outstanding Achievement Code: (VB)

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Music – the Eric Bettens Merit of Excellence Award for Music Adaptation – no submission required

 

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Prizes

 

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award plus selection of dive holiday prizes - such as accommodation, dive package at Lembeh Hills Resort, Solmar V, or  MV Maldives Princess

 

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD $550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or the Cuba.

 

 

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

 

11. Ocean Geographic Photo Journalist Award

This category is open to all underwater photographers and writers. The essay must be written in first person, about encounters with ocean mammals, reef fish, and invertebrates. Primary focus should about conservation, natural history or a research expedition. Code: (OGP)

 

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Prizes

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award plus $AUD 800 cash plus published article in Ocean Geographic

Honorable Mention Awards - (up to 5 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

12. Ocean Geographic Merit of Excellence Award for Novice Photographer

This category encourages novice photographers to submit three of their best pictures – composition may be portrait of marine animals or a wide angle composition of a marine habitat. (Please see definition of Novice Photographer in the Terms and Conditions). Code: (OGN)

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Prizes

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award plus one Ikelite DS 161 strobe, 

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba.

Honorable Mention Awards (up to 10 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

 

( New in 2014)  13. Small Exotic Animals - the Neville Coleman Award for Outsanding Achievement

This category is for the macro aficiondo - portraits or behaviour of small exotic animals - typically a 1:1 or magnified.  Pictures should feature the unique character or spirit of the critters which expresses a sense of tenderness or immediacy.  We encorage the photographer to push the boundary of standard close up images. Code: (SEA)

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Prizes

1st - Outstanding Achievement Award plus 7 day accommodation and dive package at Dabirahe ( Lembeh Hills)

2nd - Merit of Excellence Award - AUD 550 Ocean Geographic Expedition voucher for Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay or Cuba.

Honorable Mention Awards (up to 10 prizes) - 1 year Ocean Geographic premier membership with USD200 expedition voucher

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