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Each
year the Society organises a Beginner's Portfolio Competition
for the DIVER Trophy. This event is open to all underwater
photographers who have not won a place in a major competition.
Each entrant is asked to submit a portfolio of six slides,
mounted in glass mounts.
This
year the event, as usual, was held immediately following the
Society's Annual General Meeting. A total of 26 portfoilio
each of 6 slides were received. Each portfolio was projected
twice, using an automatic timer so that each slide and hence
each portfolio was projected for exactly the same time. The
audience present were invited to vote for their favourite
three portfolios in order of preference.
Third
place with 32 points, went to MALCOM BRAY from West Sussex
for six slides taken in the Red Sea this year using a Nikonas
V camera. These included close-ups of a clown fish in an anemone
and a scorpion fish taken with an Ocean Optics close-up lens
and a 1: 1 macro shot of a sunset coral on Kodachrome 64;
and three scenic shots using a Subawider secondary lens on
a 35 mm standard lens with Fujichrome 100.
Runner-up,
with 57 points, was JOHN KORZOWSKI from Oldham, Lanes. John's
portfolio included a mixture of slides taken in British and
tropical waters using a Nikon F2 in an Oceanic housing. Two
shots were double exposures - close-ups of dead man's fingers
taken with a 55 am macro lens superimposed on silhouettes
taken with a 20 mm lens at the Barefoots Marine Reserve, Eyemouth.
His jellyfish shot was taken with a 35 mm lens, also at Barefoots,
and John used a red filter on his flashgun to acheive the
final image. His portrait of a wolf fish war. also taken with
a 35 mm lens. Two diver shots taken with a 20 mm lens in the
Red Sea completed John's portfolio. |
