1. General
On the occasion of the celebration in Madrid of the nine edition of the Madid Azul 2018 Event (Dive Travel Show in previous editions), an exhibition of photography (hereinafter "the Exhibition") will be held. To select photos that will participate in the exhibition, a photo contest will be convened (hereinafter, "the Contest").
The theme of the contest is "What is your challenge?".
The Photo Exhibition Madid Azul 2018 will be held in the booth called Expofoto in the map of exhibitors from the page Dive Travel Show (http://madridazul.com/mapa-y-empresas-participantes)
2. Participation
The competition may participate anyone over 18 years. Employees of the Organization, Partners and Sponsors may participate in the Competition and Exhibition but are not eligible for prizes.
3. Organization Partners and Sponsors
The competition is organized by Buceo Ibérico (www.buceoiberico.com) in collaboration with Madid Azul 2018 (www.divetravelshow.es), and sponsored by:
- Submadives Liveaboard(http://www.submaldives.com)
- Beluga Vela Liveaboard (http://www.belugavela.com/)
- Blue Force Fleet(http://www.blueforcediving.com/)
- Kanau Underwater Photography (http://www.kanau.es)
- Olympus (https://www.olympus.es)
- Contraste y Enfoque Photography (http://contrasteyenfoque.com/)
- Restaurant Pirata´s Rock & Wey (https://www.facebook.com/piratas.rockwey/)
- Ana Laguardia Clinic of Physiotherapy(http://www.analaguardia.com)
- Dive Center Lanzarote-Buceo (http://www.lanzarote-buceo.com)
- Bohol Divers Club Dive Center (http://www.alonaboholdiversclub.com/)
- Divers Cabo de Palos (http://www.diverscabodepalos.com/)
4. Agreement to Official Rules
Entry in the Contest implies full and unconditional acceptance by the participant of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Organization, which are final and binding, both in terms of the competition and exposure. The winners of the competition must comply with the conditions and requirements set forth herein.
Any situation not covered by these rules shall be resolved unilaterally by the Organization.
5. Duration of Contest
The enrollment phase Competition begins on 11/01/2018 and end on 31/01/2018 23:59, Madrid time, hereafter called the "Contest Period" The entries made before or after these dates will not participate in the contest .
Upon completion of the Contest Period will begin the voting period beginning on 01/02/2018 and will run until % contest_poll_end%, Madrid time, hereafter called the "Voting Period"
Photographic Exhibition Madid Azul 2018 will be held on February 17 and 18 2018, at booth named "Expofoto Buceo Ibérico" and will be open on those days at the times the Madid Azul 2018 organization determine as opening hours.
6. Registration and How to Enter
There will be 3 types of entries in the contest:
- Admission free: It will allow you to participate in the contest, have your picture selected for the final phase and be part of the Underwater Photo Show Madrid Azul 2018.
- VIP (€ 10): In addition to everything that standard inscription allows, it will allow you to participate in the <a href="http://www.buceoiberico.com/noticias-buceo/concurso-y-exposicion-de-fotografia-submarina-dive-travel-show-2018/#premios">draws to be held among participants</a>, be selected as <a href="http://www.buceoiberico.com/noticias-buceo/concurso-y-exposicion-de-fotografia-submarina-dive-travel-show-2018/#premios"> one of the winners of the Contest </a> or the Categories and take your picture home at the end of the Show.
- VIP inscription with shipping to Ibericpeninsula * (€ 18): In addition to everything that VIP inscription allows, at the end of the Show we will send you the photo at home.<small> * for other destinations consult. </small>
You can enter the competition as follows:
Email: To enter the competition you need to send a maximum of three (3) photographs without any text or signature, and have not been awarded previously in another contest of photography, to the mail account: expofotografia.dts@gmail.com, with a minimum size of 3000 pixels long side, in JPG format, indicating in the mail your name, telephone numbre, birth date and the name or nickname that you want that are signed in the exhibition should be selected.
Participation is limited to one (1) entry per person with a maximum of three (3) photographs throughout the Contest Period. Repeated entries will be void.
The digital retouching is allowed, provided it is limited to the basics of photo retouching: Cuts, enlightened or obscured, and contrast. Not allowed eliminating or incorporating internal and external elements of the original composition.
The Organization may request the original RAW participants if there is any doubt or dispute in the previous point. The Organization may exercise their right of veto on any photo that could be considered offensive or distasteful or that do not fit the theme of the contest.
Each participant must hold all intellectual property rights in this photograph.
7. Selection of photographs for the exhibition.
If more than 100 photographs are presented during the inscription of the competition, will proceed to the vote for which will be exhibited.
All photographs submitted during the Contest inscription will be presented during the voting period in the Buceo Ibérico website. A reduced version of the photographs of 800 pixels long side, without any text or signature, without indicating its author and referred by a number only will be exposed.
Once exposed, registered users by their e-mail, may vote in a form of Buceo Ibérico, naming the twenty (22) photographs for their criteria deserve to be in the exhibition. Answers to vote more or less than twenty (22) photographs will not be counted when the count is made.
Any anomaly detected by the Organization in the ratings, as duplicate voting or some other type of fraudulent operation will lead to the elimination of voting.
Upon completion of the voting period, the most voted photo of each participant, ordered by number of votes received will be selected.
If the number of selected photos so far is less than one hundred (100), the second most voted photo of each participant, ordered by number of votes received, will be selected until reach one hundred (100) selected photos or until the second photographs of the participants are exhausted.
If the number of selected photos so far is less than one hundred (100), the third most voted photo of each participant, ordered by number of votes received would be selected.
In case of a tie, the total sum of votes of all 3 pictures participant count.
In addition, they will advance to the final phase 3 photos with most votes that best represent the theme of each category.
8. Prizes:
Between the Participating photographs in the exhibition, the following prizes are awarded:
- First place: A place on a cruise for Maldives on the Southern Cross with Submaldives + Pack of dives* + Physiotherapy session**
- Second Place: A place on a weekend cruise through Ibiza on the Beluga Vela + Pack of dives* + Physiotherapy session**
- Third Place: Pack of dives* + Physiotherapy session**
*Diving Packs:The First Place will choose between the 3 options, then the Second Place will choose between the 2 options remaining, and then the Third Place:
- 3 Dive days Package (3 dives max per day) with Bohol Divers Club Dive Center in Panglao Island, Bohol, Filipinas
· 1 day diving on the island of Balicasag.
· 1 day diving on the islands: Snake Island and Pamilacan.
· 1 day of 3 dives in Bohol.
Includes taxes, boat, guide, weights and diving equipment
- 4 dives pack including full equipment in Lanzarote with Lanzarote Buceo
- 5 dives pack in Cabo de Palos with Divers Cabo de Palos</strong>
The diving packs can be enjoyed by the awarded person or can be assigned to a person of their choice. The packs will be valid during the current year
**Physiotherapy sessions On the clinic Ana Laguardia Fisioterapia y Estética. The physiotherapy sessions can be enjoyed by the person awarded or they can be given to a person of their choice. They sessions will be valid during the current year.
There will be a special citation and trophy to the picture that best represents each of the following categories:
- Trophy Dive Travel Show - Photo with model
Among all the participants with VIP registration in the competition the following items were drawn:
- A discount coupon of € 300 with Blue Force Fleet to redeem on any trip they have available
- Two packs of 1 session of physiotherapy + 1 dive in Divers Cabo de Palos (1 pack per winner)
- Tree 1 Dive pack in Divers Cabo de Palos Dive Center will be raffled, one for winner
The awards are made possible through the sponsorship of the following organizations:
- Submadives Liveaboard(http://www.submaldives.com)
- Beluga Vela Liveaboard (http://www.belugavela.com/)
- Blue Force Fleet(http://www.blueforcediving.com/)
- Kanau Underwater Photography (http://www.kanau.es)
- Olympus (https://www.olympus.es)
- Contraste y Enfoque Photography (http://contrasteyenfoque.com/)
- Restaurant Pirata´s Rock & Wey (https://www.facebook.com/piratas.rockwey/)
- Ana Laguardia Clinic of Physiotherapy(http://www.analaguardia.com)
- Dive Center Lanzarote-Buceo (http://www.lanzarote-buceo.com)
- Bohol Divers Club Dive Center (http://www.alonaboholdiversclub.com/)
- Divers Cabo de Palos (http://www.diverscabodepalos.com/)
9. Jury and Selection of Winners Photos
The jury will be composed of the organizers, partners and sponsors of the exhibition. Each entity will vote three photos, at its discretion, with 3 points for the best, 2 for second and 1 for third.
- First Place: The photo with the most votes.
- Second Place: The second picture with the most votes.
- Third Place: The third picture with the most votes.
In case of a tie, the vote of the participant in the selection phase for the Exhibition will be counted.
The awards will be communicated by the organization to the winners via email and will be delivered in an Awards Ceremony during the Madid Azul 2018.
Winning photos printed will become the property of the Organization, not their rights, and may be used for the promotion and dissemination of the Competition and Exhibition.
10. Image Rights
No photograph received for the exhibition will be presented in facebook or other social networks by the organization, Partners or Sponsors before, during or after the contest and exhibition without the express permission of the owner.
The selected photos will be printed and displayed at the exhibition with the author's name and the logos of the organization and Partners.
Printed non-winning photographs may be collected by the authors at the end of the exhibition according to the inscription. Those that are not collected will become the property of the Organization, who may transfer them unchanged for exhibition by the sponsors or other more permanent exhibition. In either cases, they shall not be used for economic exploitation.
The organization, Partners and Sponsors of the exhibition can make use of the participant pictures before, during and after the event, for the promotion and dissemination of the competition and exposure, and (with the exception of the voting phase of the contest ), quoting the author's name.
11.Privacy
The information received from entrants is subject to the Privacy Policy Buceo Ibérico: http://www.buceoiberico.com/politica-de-privacidad/
12. Release and Limitations of Liability
The Organization accepts no legal responsibility for the pictures and content.
The Organization disclaims all liability for damages of any kind that may result from the temporary lack of availability or continuity of the Web by which we participate in the promotion, and in particular, though not exclusively, to failures in access to different pages and share answers shipments via the Internet. The organization reserves the right to remove promotion for cause to any user who defrauds, alters or impairs the proper functioning and normal and mandatory operation of the same. Similarly, the organization reserves the right to shorten, extend, modify and / or terminate this contest, in whole or in any stage, if deemed appropriate or if so were exceptional circumstances that would prevent their realization.
This is not an open platform for complaints, inquiries or complaints channel.
In any event the organizers and sponsors are not responsible for the comments, statements or representations that may be published or disseminated through this channel, by persons outside the organization and sponsors and become reserves the right to initiate proceedings law court that assist it in its case and defend their rights.
The Organization has the power to decide on the contingency that may arise and which have not been reflected in these rules.
Yes, also, there will be prizes for the winners according to the type of inscription: