OZTeK Photo Competition & Prizes

Citizen Promaster OZTeK4 & SportDiving Magazine Announce the 2nd OZTeK Australasian Underwater Photographic Competition.

The Second OZTeK Underwater Photography Competition run is partnered by SportDiving Magazine and will accept entries from all interested photographers within the Asia/Pacific Region. The competition, run in conjunction to the Citizen Promaster OZTeK4 Dive Exhibition and Conference to be held in Sydney, Australia 12-13 March 2005, will feature categories for Best Wreck, Cave, Open and, for the first time, Video, with sections for Amateur & Professional.

To reflect the focus of the Conference & Exhibition on the technology of today?s diving, entries will be by digital file and will be accepted over the Internet as well as by post. Judging the competition will be an invited panel made up of SportDiving Magazine, Citizen Promaster OZTeK, Competition Sponsors and Award winning photographers. Prizes will be awarded on the Sunday 13 March 2005 during the OZTeK Conference.

The growth of digital photography has resulted in the opportunity for divers to be more creative. Cave & Wreck Diving Photos are often overlooked in traditional photographic competitions and individual categories will allow specialist photographers to compete equally with others. The Open category allows for underwater photographers to use their own creativity including the latest in desktop imaging software to manipulate and enhance their images to the limit of their imagination. This category is unique in underwater photographic competitions and calls for creativity and technical expertise along with photographic skills. The Video categories will allow entries of up to 5 minutes on any subject and will be judged on Creativity, Videography and Editing.

Prizes in the Photo Competition include:

1. The recently released, Citizen Promaster ?Cyber Aqualand NX? nitrox dive computer that serves equally as an attractive watch for every-day use. Depth rated to 200 metres and featuring an easily read digital screen, the Cyber Aqualand NX allows the user to select O2 settings between 22 ? 50% in increments of 1% and has a PO2 warning fixed at 1.6 atms. Based on the DCIEM decompression model, the computer displays full decompression data, current and maximum depth, water temperature, dive start, finish and elapsed time, and includes alarms for ascent rate, depth, MOD and all nitrox diving errors.

2. Courtesy of Dive Adventures, a trip to the Uepi Island Resort, in the Solomon Islands. Prize includes return airfares ex-Brisbane to Seghe, via Honiara, with Solomon Airlines; 7 nights accommodation, all meals while at the resort, return airport transfers, and 10 boat dives at Uepi with tanks, weight belts and services of a dive guide included.

3. An Ocean Trek weekend live-aboard trip for one to explore the underwater delights of magnificent Jervis Bay. (See: http://www.oceantrek.com.au for trip details.)

4. A Zeagle ?Envoy? 1st & 2nd stage regulator from Diveaus & Sports (Visit: http://www.diveaus.com.au for dregulator details.)

5. Courtesy of TAKA Diving Adventures, a 4 day/3 night liveaboard trip aboard the new ?TAKA? to explore the legendary Ribbon Reefs and Cod Hole that lie on the Great Barrier Reef?s outer edge, to the north of Cairns. (See: http://www.taka.com.au )

6. From Pro Dive Cairns, a 3 day/2 night liveaboard trip.

More details can be found on the official Citizen Promaster OZTeK Web Site at http://www.diveoztek.com.au, or by contacting the organisers by email at admin@diveoztek.com.au

Richard Taylor
Co-Convenor OZTeK4
Director TDI/SDI Australia

Contributed by Richard Taylor added 2005-02-22