Eyes Wide/Shut competition

(CNS): An underwater photographer’s dream trip aboard the Cayman Aggressor (left) is one of the prizes up for grabs in a new component of the annual Underwater Film Festival on 30 January. The Cayman Islands Tourism Association (CITA) is inviting amateur photographers to submit underwater images that best depictCayman for its “Eyes Wide / Shut” Photo Competition. 

The Aggressor Fleet donated two trips aboard the Cayman Aggressor for first prizes in both categories – “Images with Strong Eye Contact”, and “Images with No Eye Contact”. A maximum of five images may be submitted and winners will be chosen for First Place, Second Place, and Honorable Mention for each category.

All photos entered in the competition will be displayed at the Underwater Film Festival on Friday, 30 January, where celebrity judges Cathy Church and Geri Murphy will announce the winners.

How to Enter: Submit a total of five images. The images must have been shot in the Cayman Islands and must be submitted in a jpeg digital format. Images must be emailed to info@cita.ky. One image per email. Your initial and last name along with the category code and photo number (1 through 5) must appear in the file name of the jpeg and the subject line of the email. See the example below for more information:

Images with Eye Contact – code IEC
Images with NO EYE Contact – code NEC

Entry Example:

My name if Joe Diver and I want to enter 3 images in the Eye Contact category and 2 images in the No Eye Contact category.

My subject line and file name will read as follows: jdiveriec1.jpeg
J (my initial) diver (last name) iec (Image with Eye Contact) 1 (number of entry, max. 5 per person) .jpeg (file type)

For more information about the Underwater Photo Contest contact kimpisano@cita.ky or call 949-8522.