Monthly Minicomp Themes for 2024
| Month | Theme | Upload Link |
|---|---|---|
| January | Wrecks | Upload January |
| February | Eggs | Upload February |
| March | Jellyfish | Upload March |
| April | Portfolio -- 3 pictures on a theme of your choice | Upload April |
| May | Negative Space | Upload May |
| June | Pink | Upload June |
| July | Reef | Upload July |
| August | Portrait | Upload August |
| September | Schools | Upload September |
| October | Scary | Upload October |
| November | Macro | Upload November |
| December | Minicomp of the year | No upload! |
NCUPS Minicomp Rules
The minicomp is intended to be a fun competition that encourages all NCUPS members to participate and have their work judged at the pleasure of the audience.
*Only paid-up NCUPS members may enter the monthly contest and must be present to enter their image and win
* All images must have been taken by a NCUPS member underwater and photographs/images entered may not have won anything whatsoever anywhere.
- Entries must be shot underwater by the entrant except when the category is for over/under or creative.
- Any image may be manipulated electronically or in the darkroom to improve its photographic qualities.
- Moving and adding photographic elements is not allowed except when the category is creative.
Photo Preparation:
- File should be full resolution, full quality, JPEG submitted by clicking on the appropriate link above.
-When exporting photo, please include metadata.
-File Naming: Please name the file <month number><your name>. EG, for September, “09JaneSmith.jpg” It will be helpful if you put your name in the Creator field of the metadata. Most cameras can be setup to do this automatically, or can be added later with Lightroom or other software (this is a good principle in general for your own work).
Submission, Voting, Points and Ties :
- Only one photo per entrant per month. - Entrants must log their entry on an entrant list at the time of submission. - Online submissions via the link close at noon on the day of the competition.
Voting:
- Will be done at the end of the meeting with records kept and tallied throughout the year.
- Anyone in the room may vote.
Point Distribution: - The more you enter, the more points you will accumulate throughout the year.
First place: 9 points.
Second place: 5 points.
Third place: 3 points.
Entering: 1 point.
-In the event of a tie for first place: - each tying entry shall receive first place points.
- If there are two entries tied for first place, only second place will be awarded and no third place shall be awarded.
- If there are three or more entries tied for first place, neither second nor third place shall be awarded.
- In the event of a tie for second place: - each tying entry shall receive second place points. - no third place shall be awarded.