The 13th annual Underwater Photography Contest hosted by the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) is now accepting entries.
Sea anemone with orange-fin anemonefish. Photo credit: David Burdick, NOAA.
The contest, which has been hosted by RSMAS every spring since 2005, is aimed at amateur photographers who earn “no more than 20% of their income from photography.”
Photographs are judged in five categories:
- Fish or Marine Animal Portrait
- Macro
- Wide Angle
- Student
- Best Overall
Photos will be judged anonymously by a panel of professional photographers and marine scientists. Winners will be announced at one of the Sea Secrets lectures and displayed in a traveling exhibit throughout South Florida. First, second, and third place winners will receive monetary awards, and the top prize is a trip on Blackbeard’s Cruises! Check out previous winners here.
Entries will be accepted until 12:00 PM, U.S. Eastern Time on Monday, April 3, 2017. Learn more about the rules and the prizes here.
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