UNESCO Biospheres are internationally recognised as special places for people and nature. In 2015 UNESCO designated Dublin Bay as a Biosphere because of its rare and internationally important habitats and species of wildlife. While many can enjoy the wildlife in the Dublin Bay area only a few have experienced the life underwater. The Dublin Bay UNESCO Biosphere partnership and the Irish Underwater Council want to raise awareness of our marine life and are calling for underwater photographers to share their Dublin Bay (Lambay to Dalkey) underwater/spilt shot images through entering a new photography competition.
We will be displaying an exhibition of the best images around the Dublin Bay area so would love as many photographers as possible to enter in order to share our underwater world with the public. The ethos of the exhibition is to display the wide variety of marine life, so all levels of photography experience are encouraged to enter. The closing date for entries is the 20th of April 2018 and winners will be announced on the 4th of May.
Categories:
There are 7 categories. The Dublin Bay UNESCO Biosphere Partnership has sponsored €400 for the winning image in each category. Winning images may be displayed on placards in prominent seafront locations. Categories are:
There are some great runner up prizes from Flagship Scuba, Lambay Diving, Ocean Divers, The Purty Kitchen Dún Laoghaire, Seasearch and The Irish Underwater Council.
How to enter:
Email images to photosdublinbay@gmail.com
Images must be renamed with a Title and Category.
Name, address, location of shot, marine subject, date and camera model must be included in email
Images must be saved as JPEG of 1-2mb
Do not include your copyright name in the image (this ensures anonymous judging)
Competition Rules:
Exhibition
Dublin Bay Biosphere would like to display a wide variety of Dublin Bay underwater species in the exhibition so if you would like to share images outside of those entered in the competition we would welcome these. Images can be sent to: photosdublinbay@gmail.com please note in your email that these images are for the exhibition and not the competition.
To find out more about the Dublin Bay UNESCO Biosphere visit www.dublinbaybiosphere.ie