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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.
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