SFUPS Monthly Contest Subjects

2012 MONTHLY CONTEST SUBJECTS

We have two categories - Masters and Challengers. Masters have previously won the Photographer of the Year Award and may compete only in the Masters Category. Everyone else is a Challenger and may compete in either category. Only two entries per person per month are allowed. Please click HERE to review all of the contest rules and submission instructions.

NOTE: If you are uncertain about what qualifies in a category, please consult a reputable guidebook such as Humann/DeLoach's reef set. If still in doubt, contact Rob Myers or Mike Schmale well before the contest. They will be happy to clarify a potential submission to confirm if it fits the category.

FEBRUARY MASTERS
Fish Faces - A close portrait of a fish face.

FEBRUARY CHALLENGERS
Mating and Courting - Mating and courting behavior of any underwater animal, NOT the results of mating activity like the jawfish with eggs in mouth.

MARCH MASTERS
The Cleaners - Best cleaning station.

MARCH CHALLENGERS
Beautiful Butterflies - Butterfly fish from around the world.

APRIL MASTERS
Patterns

APRIL CHALLENGERS
That's Funny - A humorous image. Can include a diver.

MAY MASTERS
W/A featuring a model - Wide angle image must have another diver(s) in the image. Diver can be close or in the distance.

MAY CHALLENGERS
Turtles

JUNE MASTERS
Dinner Time - A predator catching and/or eating its prey.

**SPECIAL JUNE CREATIVE CONTEST**
Creative - Open to everyone. Put together your best computer manipulated, creative images. Anything goes. (No points for this one, just for fun). Maximum two entries in this contest in addition to the regular June Categories listed above.

JUNE CHALLENGERS
Rainbow Reefs - Wide Angle reef scene with many colors.

JULY MASTERS
Super Macro (less than 1:1) - An image showing the details of the macro world. Must use a macro lens and diopters or teleconverters. Super macro image shot in camera, not super cropped in the computer.

JULY CHALLENGERS
Spots and Dots

AUGUST MASTERS
W/A featuring hard corals - Hard corals are the predominant foreground subject matter.

AUGUST CHALLENGERS
Crabs

SEPTEMBER MASTERS
Panning - Use a panning technique to show motion. Main subject, especially eyes and face should be sharp while background is streaked or blurred showing motion.

SEPTEMBER CHALLENGERS
Close Focus W/A - Making a small subject look big compared to surroundings and background by using a wide angle lens very close to the main subject.

OCTOBER MASTERS
The Color Orange

OCTOBER CHALLENGERS
Shadows - Best use of side lighting and shadows to produce an interesting composition and image.

NOVEMBER MASTERS
Scorpionfish

NOVEMBER CHALLENGERS
Eye Eye! - Beautiful or interesting eyes. Animals eyes are the main focus of the image.

TO BE ANNOUNCED:
Sometime between May and October there will be an on-the-day contest in which contestants participate in a dive or dives and submit up to two of their photos taken on those dives. This one is for points, open to all club members. Space may be limited depending on the venue, so sign up early once this is announced.

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