Mini-Comps
At the monthly
NCUPS membership meetings a still photography minicomp is held. Video
minicomps are held quarterly. Members bring in a digital image/video
on the subject of the month, the submitted media is judged by the audience
and a check is awarded to the 1st place winner. All images must have
been taken by a NCUPS member underwater. Skill levels of competition
are: novice and open. Photographs/Images entered may not have won anything
whatsoever anywhere. The minicomp may be canceled or postponed if the
featured presentation runs long, at the discretion of the board.
| 2010 |
| January
|
My very
favorite fish. |
| February
|
Look into my eyes.
|
| March |
Cephalopods and other
suckers. |
| April |
Humor |
| May |
Patterns and Texture |
| June |
Creative Abstract
(anything goes). |
| July |
Centerfold (watch
out for the staple!) |
| August |
Sharks and Rays |
| September |
Mellow Yellow |
| October |
Silhouettes |
| November |
Man made objects (could
be anything from a wreck to a soda bottle..) |
| December |
Minicomp Winner of
the Year Competition! |
Mini-comp Rules
The mini-comp is intended
to be a fun competition that encourages all NCUPS members to participate
and have their work judged at the pleasure of the audience without distracting
and unenforceable technical rules.
Levels
There are two different
(arbitrary) competitive levels that NCUPS uses to identify photographers
in mini-comps:
Novice:
Beginning underwater photographers who have not won more than three
first place awards in an underwater photography competition (individual
club contests excluded), nor may they have received money (other than
contest awards) for their underwater photography. Once a photographer
has won the mini-comp three times, he or she must move up to Open.
Open:
Photographers who don't qualify as Novice or who choose to promote themselves
to Open.
Special Rules for Digital
Images
Manipulation
Any image may
be manipulated electronically or in the darkroom to improve its photographic
qualities. Images containing merging of multiple images, moving image
elements into unnatural situations or drawing or adding unnatural animation
to the image, except when the mini-comp category specifically specifies
creative images, will not be allowed.
Entry
Digital images
should be brought to the meeting on a CD or flash drive, for download
to the club laptop. Only one image file for each entrant will be downloaded.
Please do not bring an entire directory full of images. Entries should
be scaled to 1024 x 768 pixels and saved in JPEG format. You must be
present at the meeting to enter.
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