Theme

The next theme in the Contributors' Picks series is 'Gems of the Sea'. This can include underwater species or scenes with gem colors such as ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, amethyst purple, amber gold, sparkly diamond, and shiny silver. Images can focus on one or several of these colors. To get an idea of the colors, see this link.

Materials

Please submit 3 to 4 images (unpublished only, online or in print) and 150 to 250 (max.) words of text, plus captions for each image (including location, species, specs: ISO, f/stop, speed; and camera gear used: brand/model of camera, lens, housing, strobes, etc.).

Images should be a selection of 4 different species, limiting wreck shots to only one, so that there are not too many similar images in the feature. 

In your text for the story, please mention what gem colors or gem qualities each image highlights, how you got the shot and/or photo or postproduction techniques used. Text can also include the location, conditions, or interactions that happened. The Contributors' Picks series is primarily about the art of photography, so please speak from your own personal insights and experience as an artist and photographer when writing about each image selected for the specific theme. Please include your website to be placed at the end of the text.

Please include a list of links to any outside sources, books, references or online sources used for facts in the text, as well as a link to your online image gallery, which will be placed at the end of the text. Please include the name of your dive or photo club, or your state/country.

New to writing for a dive magazine? Please watch the informative video by Editor-in-Chief Peter Symes.

Deadline

08 November 2024

Submission format

TEXT: Please download and type your text, captions and content release into this Word doc.

IMAGES: Image files must be at least 144dpi RGB jpegs, 2500 pixels on the longest edge. Only the best photos will be considered, which are clean, corrected, in focus, and without watermarks or hot spots. Please do not over-sharpen.

Submission

Submit all files via Dropbox, WeTransfer, or Google Drive and send to: gunild@xray-mag.com.

Notification

By 18 November 2024.

Due to the large number of emails we receive, only the photographers of the photos selected for the feature article will be contacted via email. However, we wish to thank everyone in advance who submits materials and encourage everyone to continue shooting underwater images and to participate in future topics.