6th ANNUAL THINK PINK IMAGING COMPETITION
Accepting entries until August 31, 2025

Thank you for entering Think Pink!  

100% of the funds raised will go directly towards

cancer research and patient support. Please review the rules below carefully prior to entering. 

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Rules

1. The Think Pink competition is open to entrants of all skill levels.

2. DivePhotoGuide.com, Dive into the Pink, Crystal Blue Resort, and Lissenung Island Resort staff are allowed to enter, however, current photo contest staff and judges are not allowed to enter the contest.

3. Each individual can only win one prize. Entrants with multiple winning entries will be given priority in prizes by value.

4. We adhere to the Conservation Rules established by EPIC®. Marine life should never be stressed or endangered for the sake of a photo. Conservation rules will apply to all entries, and decisions will be final. 
   
   Entries suspected of exhibiting the following behavior will be disqualified: 

   • Divers visibly damaging the environment (e.g. gear dragging or kicking up sand).

   • Animals with signs of stress (e.g. puffed puffers, inking octopus).

   • Animals moved to an unnatural environment or risky location.

   • Marine life being touched (e.g. coral polyps, seahorse tails).

   • Divers exhibiting poor buoyancy control

5. All submitted images must have been taken by the entrant.

6. Images that have won or placed in photo contests with winning entries announced before June 1, 2025 may not be submitted. A winning image is defined as follows: 

   • any image that has resulted in prizes worth $100 USD or more.

   • any image that has placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in a major photography contest (to be determined subjectively by judges).

   • Images that have been widely published are eligible but are less likely to gain judges’ attention

7. Photographers retain all copyrights to their images. DivePhotoGuide.com, Dive into the Pink, Crystal Blue Resort, and Lissenung Island Resort retain the right to publish the contest entries in print or online to congratulate or feature the winners and their respective images, to promote the Pink Auction, and to promote future events. Winning images may be included in a press release for third party websites/publications in the context of congratulating and/or featuring the winners and winning images, and to promote future competitions.

8. All images must have been taken underwater of natural subjects and in natural habitats (e.g., no mermaids, no non-diving-related/purpose-added props, no swimming pools).

9. Entries may have been taken from any camera, film (as scanned slides) or digital. 

10. Feeding/baiting using live bait is not permitted. Any other feeding/baiting (e.g., chumming) must be declared in the caption for the Jury and Owner to review. Failure to disclose feeding/baiting in the caption may result in the photo being discarded, when the Jury has a high confidence feeding/baiting was involved.

11. Caption information supplied must be complete, true, and accurate.

12. If Dive into the Pink, Dive Photo Guide, or the judging panel suspect that an entry has been achieved through unethical practices, the entry will be disqualified. The Owner reserves the right to report the entrant to the applicable authorities. If, in the process of judging, an entry is flagged for ethics review, the entrant will be contacted and asked to respond to any concerns raised by a required date. The entrant’s response will then be taken into consideration when deciding if the Rules & Guidelines have been breached. Failure to respond to questions in a timely manner might end up in entries being disqualified.

Photo Preparation and Submission Guidelines

1. Global photo adjustments, such as white balance, brightness, contrast, and sharpness are permitted, as is cropping. Minor cleaning of images is also permitted, including the removal of backscatter, dust and scratches. No composite images of any kind (including in-camera composites) are permitted. The use of generative AI to add content or replace parts of an image is strictly forbidden. AI-powered editing tools such as upscaling, de-noising, and sharpening are forbidden.  Images are expected to represent reality in both execution and subject and judges reserve the right to inquire about individual image execution.  Raw files of finalist images will be audited.

2. Entries must be saved in jpeg format and should be sized to be 3000 pixels in the longest dimension. Please limit your images to a maximum file size of 5,000KB (5MB). Images will be viewed on a large monitor and should be in the AdobeRGB 1998 or sRGB color space.

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Many thanks to our 2025 judges: Richard Barnden, Shane Gross, and Tanya Houppermans

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Generously sponsored by: Crystal Blue Resort,  Lissenung Island Resort, Backscatter Photo and Video, Marelux, Kraken, and Ultralight Camera Systems.

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Looking for inspiration?  Last year's winners are linked below.