DRM Ljubljana
društvo za raziskovanje morja in podvodne športe
IUPC - International Underwater Photography Cup (Mednarodni pokal v podvodni fotografiji)
IUPC - International Underwater Photography Cup is an initiative of underwater photographers of four countries (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, and Serbia). The Cup is organized in a friendly spirit and open to all photographers of any nationality and all diving schools. It started primarily from a desire of improving photographers’ quality and increase recognition of underwater photography in general. With the organization of the Cup we are raising the level of each particular competition, while also enabling photographers involved in cup, to get diverse experience with taking pictures in a range of different water conditions and represent a unique challenge. One of the Cup objectives is also international bonding of underwater photographers and their mutual exchange of experiences, which will be of a great benefit for beginners as well as established photographers. 
Scoring
Cup is divided into two groups. In view of the camera equipment the groups are divided to "compact" and "DSLR". Cup ranking points can be obtained from the seven competitions that are organized in four countries. At each competition points are awarded for all competitors who are ranked in their group as ˝top 10˝. Points are awarded as fallowed: 
1st place 10 points
2nd place 8 points
3rd place 6 points
4th place 4 points
5th place 3 points
6th place 1 point
7th place 1 point
8th place 1 point
9th place 1 point
10th place 1 point
Final Cup ranking is a sum of four best ranks in the four countries!If the contestant attends several events in a single country, only one of the better positions will be accounted for the cup ranking. If the contestant does not participate on a competition in one of the countries, it receives no cup points in this country for the final cup ranking. The maximum possible score is thus 40 (4x10), a sum of the best four classifications in four countries. 
Competing season is divided to spring and autumn and includes seven events in four countries. At the end of the year a winner will be announced and prizes will be awarded.
Schedule for IUPC 2010
08. and 09.05. Slovenia - Bled (DRM Fresh) – DRM Ljubljana (PHOTO GALLERY)
22. and 23.05. Serbia - Belgrade (Ada Ciganlija) - S.D.T. Svet ronjenja (PHOTO GALLERY)
29.05. Italy - Trieste (Seawall) - Ghisleri (PHOTO GALLERY)
05. and 06.06. Croatia - NP Briuni (Kup A. Gavranić) - KPA Rovinj (PHOTO GALLERY)
25. and 26.09. Croatia - PP Telascica (DP RH) - KPA Zadar
02. and 03.10. Slovenia - Piran (DRM Open) – DRM Ljubljana
16.10. Italy - Trieste (Seawall) - Ghisleri
NOVEMBER 2010 - Completion and awards.
All competitions are open for all divers and ongoing in both categories "compact" and "DSLR"! Competition rules and propositions are determined by the organizer of the competition. However, the rules are largely uniform, differing only according to local specificity (the size of the area, categories, number of cast photos ...). We also tried to take care of the uniform criteria for ranking. In each contest there sure will be some differences between the juries’ opinions, but the jury will always be consisted of experienced underwater photographers, who will carry out their work professionally. 
Details on rules, composition, the selection of jury and the number of awards can be found at the announcement of a particular event, on the website of the organizer or the sites of DRM Ljubljana.
For the application to the individual contest, please e-mail host of the competition or wait for the announcement of the event on this site. 
Your involvement in the competition will help support underwater photography, and your photos will contribute to a greater recognition and development of the underwater photography. Our goal is to give proper conditions to as many participants as possible and help you get valuable experience to become a high class photographer. We want to make you compete for your own satisfaction and joy.
In desire to see you in great number, we wish you best regards and a successful photo season.
IUPC organisational team!
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IUPC - Mednarodni pokal v podvodni fotografiji je nastal na pobudo podvodnih fotografov štirih držav (Hrvaške, Italije, Slovenije, Srbije). Pokal je organiziran v prijateljskem duhu in namenjen vsem fotografom, vseh nacionalnosti in vseh potapljaških šol. Nastal je predvsem iz želje samih fotografov po razvoju in večji prepoznavnosti podvodne fotografije. Z uvedbo mednarodnega pokala se tako dviguje nivo posameznega tekmovanja, obenem pa omogoča fotografom fotografiranje v zelo raznovrstnih akvatorijih, v povsem različnih pogojih, kar predstavlja svojevrsten izziv. Eden od ciljev pokala je tudi mednarodno druženje podvodnih fotografov in medsebojna izmenjava izkušenj, kar bo v veliko korist tako začetnikom kot že uveljavljenim fotografom.
Točkovanje
Pokal poteka v dveh skupinah. Glede na fotografsko opremo lahko tekmovalec tekmuje v skupini »kompakt« ali »DSLR«. Točke za pokalno razvrstitev je mogoče dobiti na sedmih tekmovanjih, ki so organizirana v štirih državah. Na vsakem tekmovanju se podeli točke vsem tekmovalcem, ki so v svoji skupini uvrščeni do 10. mesta. Točke se podeljujejo po sistemu:
1. Mesto 10 točk
2. Mesto 8 točk
3. Mesto 6 točk
4. Mesto 4 točke
5. Mesto 3 točke
6. Mesto 1 točka
7. Mesto 1 točka
8. Mesto 1 točka
9. Mesto 1 točka
10. Mesto 1 točka
Za pokalno razvrstitev štejejo štiri najboljše uvrstitve v štirih državah!
V kolikor se tekmovalec udeleži večih tekmovanj v eni državi, se za točke v pokalni razvrstitvi upošteva le ena, boljša uvrstitev. V kolikor se tekmovalec v posamezni državi ne udeleži nobenega tekmovanja, ne prejme v tej državi nobenih točk za pokalno razvrstitev. Maksimalno možno število točk je torej 40 (4x10), ki jih tekmovalec zbere na podlagi najboljših štirih uvrstitev v štirih državah.
Tekmovalna sezona je sestavljena iz spomladanskega in jesenskega dela in vključuje sedem tekmovanj v štirih državah. Na koncu leta bo organiziran zaključni dogodek na katerem bodo razglašeni zmagovalci in podeljene nagrade.
Razpored tekem za IUPC 2010
08. in 09.05. Slovenija – Bled (DRM Fresh) – DRM Ljubljana (PHOTO GALLERY)
22. in 23.05. Srbija – Beograd (Ada Ciganlija) – S.D.T. Svet ronjenja (PHOTO GALLERY)
29.05. Italija – Trst (Valobran) – Ghisleri (PHOTO GALLERY)
05. in 06.06. Hrvaška – NP Briuni (Kup A. Gavranić) – KPA Rovinj (PHOTO GALLERY)
25. in 26.09. Hrvaška – PP Telašćica (DP RH) – KPA Zadar
02. in 03.10. Slovenija – Piran (DRM Open) – DRM Ljubljana
16.10. Italija – Trst (Valobran) – Ghisleri
NOVEMBER 2010 - Zaključek in podelitev nagrad.
Vsa tekmovanja so odprtega tipa in potekajo tako v kategoriji »kompakt« kot »DSLR«!
Pravila tekmovanja in kriterij žiriranja so stvar organizatorja, ki je nosilec tekmovanja. Kljub temu pa so pravila v veliki meri enotna, razlikujejo se le po nekaterih lokalnih posebnostih (velikost akvatorija, kategorije, število oddanih fotografij...). Pravtako bo poskrbljeno za enotnost kriterijev žiriranja. Na vsakem tekmovanju bo sicer nekoliko drugačna sestava strokovne žirije, vendar pa bodo v njej vedno sodelovali izkušeni podvodni fotografi, ki bodo svoje delo opraviljali kar se da korektno.
Podrobnosti o pravilih, sestavi žirije in nagradah si lahko preberete ob najavi posameznega dogodka na spletni strani organizatorja ali na straneh DRM Ljubljana.
Za prijave na posamezno tekmovanje se obrnite na elektronski naslov organozatorja tekmovanja ali počakajte na najavo dogodka.
S svojo udeležbo na tekmovanju boste izkazali podporo podvodni fotografiji, s svojimi fotografijami pa boste prispevali k večji prepoznavnosti in razvoju podvodne fotografije. Naš cilj pa je, da bi vam udeležba na tekmovanju prinesla dragocene izkušnje in bi vam takšno druženje postalo v lastno zadovoljstvo in veselje.
V želji po čim številčnejši udeležbi vas lepo pozdravljamo in vam želimo uspešno fotografsko sezono.
Organizacijska ekipa IUPC!
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IUPC 2010 - CURRENT RANKINGS:
DSLR
# NAME NATION I. II. III. IV. I. II. III. TOTAL
(Slo) (Srb) (Hr) (I) (Hr) (Slo) (I)
1 Andrea Tosi HR 4 10 X 10 ....<>.... 24
2 Fabio Iardino I 6 6 1 8 ....<>.... 21
3 Rok Kovačič SLO 10 3 0 1 ....<>.... 14
3 Marino Brzac HR 1 8 1 4 ....<>.... 14
5 Oskar Marko Musić SLO 8 4 0 1 ....<>.... 13
6 Michele Davino I X X 10 X ....<>.... 10
6 Danijel Frka HR 1 X 3 6 ....<>.... 10
8 Adriano Morettin I X X 8 X ....<>.... 8
9 Eros Gaddoni I X X 6 X ....<>.... 6
10 Hinko Šolinc SLO 3 1 0 1 ....<>.... 5
10 Francesco Visintin I X X 4 X ....<>.... 4
12 Tomaž Volaj SLO 1 X 0 3 ....<>.... 4
13 Claudio Zori I 1 X 1 X ....<>.... 2
13 Dalibor Andres HR 1 X 0 0 ....<>.... 1
13 Sven Zvočak HR 0 1 0 0 ....<>.... 1
13 Franco Pedrellil I X X 1 X ....<>.... 1
13 Roberto Spinanti I X X 1 X ....<>.... 1
13 Grega Verč SLO 0 X X 1 ....<>.... 1
13 Vedran Frka HR X X X 1 ....<>.... 1
Compact
1 Jaka Ferjan SLO 10 8 10 8 ....<>.... 36
2 Marko Gasparič SLO 8 6 6 6 ....<>.... 26
3 Dejan Mavrič SLO 3 3 8 1 ....<>.... 15
4 Ivana Orlović Kranjc SRB X 10 X 1 ....<>.... 11
5 Vlado Bjelac HR X X X 10 ....<>.... 10
6 Domen Skuk SLO 6 X 3 X ....<>.... 9
7 Ivo Gasparič SLO 4 X 1 X ....<>.... 5
8 Slobodan Savatović SRB X 4 X X ....<>.... 4
8 Alessio Tinti I X X 4 X ....<>.... 4
8 Melita Bubek SLO 1 1 1 1 ....<>.... 4
8 Janez Kranjc SRB X X X 4 ....<>.... 4
12 Điordano Bucci HR X X X 3 ....<>.... 3
13 Damir Zurub SRB X 1 X X ....<>.... 1
14 Leon Želj SLO 1 X X X ....<>.... 1
14 Danijela Ahčin SRB X 1 X X ....<>.... 1
14 Dušan Novaković SRB X 1 X X ....<>.... 1
14 Zorica Kerkez SRB X 1 X X ....<>.... 1
14 Alex Zambelli I X X 1 X ....<>.... 1
14 Evgen Suban SLO X X 1 X ....<>.... 1
14 Cristina Conti I X X 1 X ....<>.... 1
14 Anton Prekalj HR X X X 1 ....<>.... 1
Teams
1 DRM Ljubljana SLO 10 10 6 0 ....<>... 26
2 KPA Adria HR 8 0 X 10 ....<>.... 18
3 Ghisleri I 6 0 10 0 ....<>.... 16
4 KPA Rovinj HR 0 6 0 6 ....<>.... 12
5 SDT Svet Ronjenja SRB X 8 X 0 ....<>.... 8
5 Delphinus Ravena I X X 8 X ....<>.... 8
5 Neptun SLO 0 X X 8 ....<>.... 8
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