Rule 1 - THE UNDERWATER PHOTO SAFARI (SFS) is to capture with the goal of a underwater camera as many fish species diversity, respect the marine environment, the principles of photography and standards of the following rules.

2 - REGULATIONS OF EVENTS SFS standards set out below govern all competitions SFS, except for international, experimental, promotions and contests. These rules should refer to special (RP) of the Italian Championships Individual and Society, the national qualification tests and other races.

Article 3 - Class I competitors of SFS races are divided into categories according to the type of participation and equipment. The name, number and the differences between the categories are specified in Circular Normativa (CN) of the year.

4 - EQUIPMENT Competitors may only participate with underwater cameras, the resolution or size, will be specified in RP is 'permitted the use of any type of optical (addition, additional lenses, telephoto lenses, etc..) And' lighting. E 'mandatory equip themselves with a knife, whistle and make sure the Surface Marker Buoy with rope of a length not exceeding 30 m in case of necessity is allowed to leave for a maximum of 15 m. horizontally from the vertical of the buoy. For competitors who use the ARA, in addition to the above, you must equip themselves watch, depth gauge, buoyancy compensator, decompression tables and / or computer. It is not allowed to use the air, nor of other equipment for breathing deeply. E 'forbidden, on pain of relegation, board the vessel supporting a quantity of air greater than 4000 liters per competitor. The organization will monitor the equipment, provide the green flag for apnea, numbered buoys segnasub, any vessels and cylinders of each competitor, verifying the capacity not to exceed the limits of air provided.

5 - MEMORY CARDS Each contestant may use your own memory card, the right skills, to be formatted as part of the camera's memory in the presence of an Official Notice, the forms will be signed with indelible ink by the referee (or by his delegate) at the time of delivery. Punching and delivery of memory cards should take place at least half an hour before the race. The contestant has the option to change camera but using the same card, can change it with a new one, only once, in case of flooding found the camera by the referee (or his nominee) who will collect and the replacement of the damaged card. The first frame must have as its subject the competitor to highlight the number of race.

6 - DURATION OF TENDER The tender will be conducted in one or more days, the duration for race day will be specified in the RP. A race started and then interrupted by adverse weather conditions will be valid only if at least half the scheduled hours per day have been made. The beginning and end of the race must be reported by means acoustic and / or visual. After the competition the competitors will meet at the points set for the collection and delivery of memory cards, in the presence of the judges (or his delegate).

7 - PHOTO FROM provide in order to facilitate the work of the jury, while maintaining the spirit of the safari underwater photography, the number of species to be submitted to the evaluation of the jury may be reduced as specified in the RP or the explanatory circular of the Safari Fotosub (Ci . SFS) of the year.

Article 8 - validity criteria 'on) the frame, the subject must appear free in its natural habitat, it is then admitted holding the fish by any means (hands, laces, nets, etc..) Photograph enclosed in pots and similar shooting dead fish, attracting the fish with baiting and / or other contrivance; b) must submit only one frame for each species and each contestant may submit up to 35 different species of fish, c) the frame must be presented intact and unchanged compared to recovery and can not be subjected to any process of editing, d) the fish species must be clearly identifiable and distinctive characters must be in evidence, besides the photos presented to the evaluation of the jury must meet the following criteria Validity: e) is essential to a correct exposure and proper focus (first reference with the eye of the subject), f) in the frame should always be clearly visible to the subject's head (head to mean the part that ends cephalic with a hypothetical line through the gill openings), or the subject itself is kind of undeniably recognizable and visible form of head, g) of the visible part of the fish, unless otherwise indicated in the RP must measure no less than ¼ the long side of the frame.

9 - SELECTION OF IMAGES The Organization, in the presence of competitor, pour on a PC with pictures of his memory card, create a folder named with reference to the competitor itself (in conjunction with the ISU letter N º notice). The contestants will present the selection of photos from the evaluation of the jury by using your PC and filling out the appropriate tab. Further details about the procedure at this stage are specified in Ci.SFS of this year. In the Italian Championships and in international competitions may be required to compile the card, indicating the species with the scientific name.

10 - validation group in order to facilitate the work of the jury may consist of a "validation group" formed by three experts, elected by a majority of the Company present, including the ichthyologist / consultant and / or representatives of different societies, with the task of checking the cards of competitors. Further details of the tasks of the validation group are specified in Ci.SFS. The validation group may not impose penalties.

11 - THE JURY The jury is composed of 3 (or 5) persons selected from the dawn of the jury, in exceptional circumstances or if it was not possible to find dawn, will be integrated with expert underwater photographers and ichthyologists. If on the jury there was no ichthyologist, it must rely on the work of the expert who participated in the work of selection, but using it as a contract worker with no right to vote and participate in making the jury only for the time necessary to clarify required. The numerical majority of the jury penalizes each frame does not meet the standards of the Rules. The jury must not be aware of the names of competitors or having participated in any way with the work of the preliminary selection of photos.

Rule 12 - EVALUATION OF PHOTOS For the evaluation, the fish species listed as SFS for the races are divided into three groups to which they are assigned the following coefficients of difficulty: 1 = Group 2, Group 2 = 4, Group 3 = 6 °, the ratio of difficulty can be adjusted in the RP When a competitor for one or more not included in that list, provided they meet the requirements of Art. 8, for they will be given the highest coefficient. Each jury awards to each photo, a valid score from 0 to 10, the sum of the votes of the jurors, multiplied by the coefficient of difficulty determines the score of the photo. If the jurors are 5 the highest grade and lowest are discarded. The majority of the jury awards to each photo invalid a penalty of 100 points subtracted from the total score of the competitor, the value of the penalty may be adjusted in RP Given that the main subject of the photo must be the fish in order to standardize the work of Juries, we propose the following general rules of court: PENALTY: Subject incorrectly exposed and / or not properly focused (Art. 8 / e). Step 0: difficult interpretation of the exposure and focus, composition unacceptable (cutting to length, subject scarcely distinguishable). ITEMS 1-3: low pricing - Errors in composition (fish not centered in the frame or top or rear), subject to cut (cut aesthetically unacceptable), foreign elements disturbing the subject (parts blurred or poorly exposed, suspension, etc.. ). ITEMS 4-6: Average - photo correct exposition and composition. ITEMS 7-10: high scores - pictures of well-made, elements foreign to the subject helped to enhance (chromaticism, setting, graphics), pictures of dynamic content and / or biological.

13 - CLASSIFICATION The sum of the scores of each photo, minus any penalties, determines the total score of the competitor. Will be declared the winner the competitor who has obtained the highest total score. In case of a tie between two or more competitors who made the most prevalent picture of the coefficient higher in case of further tie who took the photo with the highest score of the Jury. The overall standings and personal cards will be made public at least half an hour before the awards ceremony.

14 - Downgrading the competitor is relegated to last place if: a) with the camera plunges into the race site before the start signal and after the end of the race, b) exit from the competition during the competition, without the authorization of the Officials, c) immersed in apnea after use of air or continue the race after finishing the 4000 liters of air, d) is not equipped with all equipment and contravenes to the requirements of Art. 4, e) contravenes the provisions of paragraphs a) and c) of Art. 8 f) delivery to its memory card over 15 minutes from the end of the race, g) replaces the frames made in competition with other frames.

15 - CONTEST AND OUT OF RACE 'ability to combine the organizing body for the race in Underwater Photo Safari special competitions to reward: the best photo, best photo of the group, the most significant photos, etc.. The frames reported by the competitor on the card, one or more to competition in accordance with the provisions of the RP, can also be those submitted for the competition of SFS, or otherwise do not comply with Art. 8.

Article 16 - RIGHTS OF REPRODUCTION All photographs made during the Italian Championships remain the property of their author with the exception of the photos of top 5 players and special awards, which become the property of FIPSAS. These photos can be used by the Federation for its institutional purposes, not for profit, with the only requirement to name the author.

17 - CLASSIFIED Photo Copying photos of top 5 players and special awards will be held by the organizing of the Championship, we may use to advertise and promote non-profit activity undertaken by the Company in sports, citing mandatory FIPSAS Authority. The organizer is obliged to provide in a timely manner (7 days. The end of the race) to send a selection of photos of the top 5 and winning photos and / or referred, to the magazines of the sector indicated in the Federation. Moreover, at the request of the competitors and at their own expense, will send copies of their photos.

Section 18 - NOTES This Regulation is complemented by what is specified in the Regulations Details of Gare (RP), in Circular Normativa (CN), in the explanatory circular of the Safari fotosub (Ci.SFS) and the list of fish to the races SFS.