Categories
Liquid Lens categories are defined below. Our very experienced judging panel will use their common sense when choosing winners in a category.
No image may be entered in more than one category.
Please be careful when selecting the category for your entries.
If, for example, there is no marine life obvious in the Wide Angle- Marine Life category, the image will not be included in the judging.
All photos have to be taken with any type of camera: dSLR, mirrorless or compact.
Compact camera is defined as a: point and shoot camera (e.g. Canon G7 X, Canon G16, Canon s120, Sony RX-100 series, Olympus TG-6, SeaLife Micro 3.0, GoPro). A point and shoot camera does not have interchangeable lenses. Mobile phones are not allowed.
All images are subject to the overall competition terms & conditions as well as the specific.
Wide Angle - Landscapes
Any photo that shows a wider angle of view than the human eye (35mm focal length), including over-under shots (half in the water, half out), and close-focus wide-angle photos. Currently, stitched panoramas are not allowed in this category. This category can include images taken in any natural body of water and have to showcase natural or manmade structures such as reefs, seabeds, caves, wrecks or any structure. Divers and animals can be in the image but cannot be the predominant item in it.
Macro
Any photo where the subject is recorded as lifesize or greater on the camera's image sensor, also known as a 1:1 (or greater) reproduction ratio. As a guideline, macro subjects are generally 6 inches across or smaller and shot with a lens focal length greater than 35mm.
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Wide Angle - Marine Life
Any photo that shows a wider angle of view than the human eye (35mm focal length), including over-under shots (half in the water, half out), and close-focus wide-angle photos. Currently, stitched panoramas are not allowed in this category. This category can include images taken in any natural body of water and have to showcase wildlife as the predominant item in the image. Divers can be in the image but cannot be the predominant item in it.
Art
Let your imagination fly! Images can be taken in any type of water environment and all techniques are valid. Meanwhile any type of editing is allowed, the main subject of the image has to be taken underwater. The photographer has to be the sole content creator of this image.
Freediving
This category includes all images that have been taken in a breath-hold and include any type of underwater landscape (ocean, lake, natural fresh body of water) with a person in freediving gear (with or without fins) as a main subject or in the background.