The International Diving Center Maria la Gorda, hosts every year the largest festival of underwater photography in Cuba. The striking landscape that shows the morphology of the marine bottoms of the Guanahacabibes National Park where the wide surfaces of white sand adorned by coral formations of incomparable beauty stand out, their extensive walls of an impenetrable blue with diverse manifestations of caves, tunnels and passages, together a prolific fauna of a significant variety of colors and the wide transparency of its waters during almost the whole year, make this ambient an unparalleled place for the practice of underwater photography. That is why IMASUB has permanently made this their environment and invites you to live an unforgettable experience.
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.
Any photo where the living reef is the subject of the photo, similar to an underwater landscape shot. Reefscapes may use the close focus wide-angle technique and also may incorporate large fish, diver or other animal, as long as they are shown in the reef habitat among the hard and soft corals, sponges and other reef life.
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.
A portrait shot of an animal underwater including fish, sharks, sea lions, octopus, marine birds, etc. A portrait shot usually focuses on a single subject and shows their personality. Portraits can be full body shots or framed tightly around the face/head.
An underwater photograph that will show the theme selected by the organizing committee next to the jury of the event and that will be used to promote it next year. The chosen theme will be announced at the pre-competition briefing.
An underwater photograph showing marine life in action (e.g. feeding, cleaning, schooling, yawning, playing).
An underwater photograph showing marine life at night. It is important that you can perceive in the photo that the exhibition is only nocturnal life, although living elements of day and night habits can be accepted.
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