“Ocean Exploration” – Invitation to the Second Ocean Themed Photography Contest

Dear all,

Department of Ocean Science and Engineering will organize a photography exhibition under the theme of “Ocean Exploration”, and we are hereby very much honoured to invite you to this event, with a chance to present us the ocean in your eyes.

1. Photography theme

Your work must fully reflect the characteristics of the ocean and ocean culture, such as the beauty of marine nature and life, ocean culture, or marine economy.

2. Requirements

1) Participants: SUSTech staff and students

2) Photos submitted must be original and titled.

3) For camera photos, minimum file size is 2M; for mobile phone photos, minimum file size is 1M. Images must be clear, with accurate colours.

4) Image authenticity must be preserved. Simple modifications are allowed, such as adjustments of hue, shading, contrast, or saturation. Original colour images can be converted into black and white, or monochrome. It is not allowed to use either digital or traditional darkroom technology to add, shift or delete any objects in the photos, nor significantly alter the original colour. Computer-generated images are ineligible for this contest.

5) It is not allowed to submit images that already received awards in any other photography contests.

6) No texts are allowed on the images. Image file format can be JPG, JPEG or PNG.

7) The contents shall not infringe upon legitimate rights and interests of any third party, nor violate any laws, regulations, policies, or ethical values.

8) Do not add personal watermarks to the images.

9) If the main objects of the photos are pictures, paintings, calligraphy, papercutting, design drawings, etc., it is necessary to obtain permission from corresponding copyright owners and other right holders.

Photos taken from museums, exhibition halls, art galleries etc., with exhibits as main objects of the photos, will be regarded as remakes and ineligible for this contest.

10) Please do not re-submit photos that have already been submitted to “Ocean Exploration” – The First Ocean Themed Photography Contest.

3. Submission

1) File name: author's name + photo title (no more than 20 characters).

In case of multiple photos, add numbers after author's name in the file name, e.g.: “Li Ming (1) sunrise at sea”. Each photo should be annotated with one or two sentences to briefly describe the content of the image or the background story.

2) Information to provide: title/theme of the photo, author, date when the photo was taken.

3) Please send your submission to: 12132167@mail.sustech.edu.cn

Deadline: Dec 24, 2021

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Thank you for your attention.

Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, SUStech