DAN Europe is organizing an Online contest show of underwater pictures in digital format.
The contest has a quarterly pace.

The photos will be judged by two juries.

The first one is represented by the people who visit the DAN Europe WEBSITE, who can express their preferences by an ON-LINE voting web device that automatically and instantly update the score of each photo.

The second one is made by a pool of underwater photographers chosen amongst the best qualified in the international arena. Their preferences will be expressed, in this case after the ON-LINE jury voting period expires.

The preferred shots will then enter the "TOP SHOTS" hall of fame, a kind of permanent exhibition that will show the best photos awarded by DAN Europe Photocontest. The winners, will also have the right of the placing their work in a designated place of the "Alert Diver" magazine, with mention of the author and details of the picture, the right to participate to the final contest to be chosen amongst the best shots of the current year. Which will then be placed upon the DAN Europe member cards (of the following year) and on the cover of "Alert Diver" (IV trimester of the current year) magazine . The author will also be awarded the DAN EUROPE PHOTOCONTEST  trophy.

All visitors to the DAN Website may participate in the contest, with their original work, even with pictures they have used in other contests (digital or non, on line or non) so long as they are underwater subjects with a maximum of 3 (three) pictures per trimester.

The contest theme is free. Graphic elaboration’s based on real photos will not be accepted.

PRESENTATION MODALITIES

The works of the contest must be sent via through an on-line procedure according to the following calendar:

Proceeding with the entering of data, you will be directed to a page with all the necessary instructions on sending, as an attachment through email, the images you want to present to the contest.

JURY

The contest is completely ONLINE and the photos will be judged by the very public who visit the DAN Europe website and by a pool of underwater photographers chosen amongst the best qualified in the international arena.

A cryptic authentication system allows single votes to be made by the people who visit the DAN Europe website. Also the system will not accept votes coming from computers which show the same IP Address assigned by the Internet Service Provider.

The works which have arrived within the specified dates, will be kept displayed in the virtual gallery for 3 months till they are voted upon.

Each participant (or voter) may verify the progress of voting, keeping in mind, submitted votes could have a latency of 3 days before they are updated to the gallery score board. At the closing of votes, the list of the best voted photos will be exhibited on the site. The participant who has obtained the highest number of preferences will be contacted by DAN Europe and will be invited to forward within 10 days a copy in high resolution (300 points per inch A4 format) of the original image, or alternatively, the original or hard copy of the image (slide or printed min 13x15 cm). In this latter case DAN Europe cannot guarantee the return of the materials submitted. If the winner does not present the work in the requested format, they will be disqualified and the 2nd runner up will be awarded and so on.

NOTE

• DAN Europe declines all responsibility related to the loss and/or deterioration or destruction of the materials submitted.

• DAN Europe reserves the right to use the participating photo for non profit promotional means. For this reason a request may be made for the digital version of the photo, compatible to the printed form (high resolution). In any case, photos used are not subject to compensation of any type except that the author will be cited and mentioned.

• The verdict by the expert underwater photographers are to be considered indisputable and unquestionable