2025 Photo Contest

CONTEST RULES

The 2025 Photo & Video Contest is open to all CID members in good standing. i.e., your membership is paid and current when you enter and when awards are given. Anonymous entries will be evaluated by an independent, non-club member judge appointed by the CID Board.

Photos and videos will be evaluated on the following criteria:

THEME – How well the photo/video relates to scuba diving

TECHNICAL MERIT – Quality of composition, lighting, contrast, focus, etc.

ARTISTIC MERIT – Visual interest, emotional connection, etc.

Prizes for First and Second place will be awarded for each category. Each member may submit only TWO entries per category. However, each member will be limited to one prize per category. In the event the judge selects two entries by the same person as the winners for a category, a runner-up will be chosen by the judge for the second-place prize.

CATAGORIES

Underwater Macro Photo Macro shots are more than a close-up (often cropped from a wide-angle shot) – in true macro, the magnification ratio is 1:1 or higher, and the size of the subject on the image sensor is life-size or greater.

Underwater Wide-Angle Photo (includes close focus wide-angle and wide-angle pictures) Close focus wide-angle combines a foreground macro subject with wide-angle background showing the subject’s surroundings. Wide angle is with a lens that has a focal length of less than 35mm.

Topside Photo The subject of the photo must be related to diving (not just the beach).

Underwater Video The total length of each submission must not exceed 60 seconds and must be a single, unedited clip. No special effects or titles may be added.

Novice If you have not previously won in our photo contest, you may enter two photos or videos in this category, as well as in the other categories.

HOW TO ENTER - 3 WAYS

Complete the form below and upload your photos/videos.
Email your completed form (click here for PDF) with your media attached or with a link to cloud storage to the Club President, at president@channelislandsdivers.org.
Bring your completed entry form (also available at meetings) and your photos/videos on a flash drive or SD card MARKED WITH YOUR NAME to a meeting by the October meeting.

FORMAT

Submit Photos as JPEGs & Videos in MP4

DEADLINE

Submit all photo and video entries by the October General Meeting, October 22, 2025.

Deadline RE-Extended!
Entries now accepted til Midnight,
Friday
November 7th

Sorry, submissions are now closed.

However, if you couldn't submit

due to problems with the site,

send an email, ASAP, to

president@channelislandsdivers.org

2025 Photo Contest Online Entry

Instructions:

Enter your name and contact info
Select a category for each photo or video (limit of 2 per category) and give a brief description of each
Check to agree with the Rules and sign with a finger or mouse
Upload your photos and videos
Hit 'Submit'

If your file size and/or number of photos and/or videos exceeds upload limits, create a second entry with the additional files.

Date

First name

Last name

Phone

UNDERWATER PHOTOS (limit 2 per category, 4 total)

1) Select a category

Description

2) Select a category

Description

3) Select a category

Description

4) Select a category

Description

NOVICE (2 submissions in any category)

1) Select a category

Description

2) Select a category

Description

VIDEO (unedited, up to 60 seconds in length)

1) Description of video (what, where)

2) Description of video (what, where)

TOPSIDE PHOTOS AND/OR VIDEOS

1) Description

2) Description

CONSENT AND RELEASE FOR ONLINE ENTRY

By clicking on 'I agree' below, and providing my information, electronic signature, and media files, I confirm that I alone created the submitted photos and/or videos and that these materials do not infringe on anyone else's rights.

I give the Channel Islands Dive Club, Inc. my permission and a perpetual copyright license to use and reproduce my submitted work on the CID website, in newsletters, and other promotional materials, without any royalties or other compensation to me.

I also agree to protect the Club, its Board, and its members from any liability or other legal issues related to submission.

I agree to the Photo Contest Rules, and give my consent and release for the Club's use of my name and materials.

Signature

Drawing mode selected. Drawing requires a mouse or touchpad. For keyboard accessibility, select Type or Upload.

sign with finger, mouse, or type your name

Upload jpeg/MP4 files

If the cumulative file size or number of files exceeds allowed limits, simply create an additional entry for the remaining files.