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Each
year the British Society of Underwater Photographers organises
a National competition for Beginners. This annual event, sponsored
by DIVER magazine, is open to any underwater photographer
who has not won first, second or third place in a National
or International Underwater Photographic Competition.
Entrants
had been invited to submit a portfolio of six 35 mm slides
of their own choice, taken anywhere in the world. Aquarium
shots were ineligible. All slides had to be mounted in GEPE
glass mounts and bear the photographer's name and address
on the reverse side. A coloured spot had to be placed in the
bottom left-hand corner of the mount (when the slide is viewed
the right way up and the right way round).
All
portfolios were projected at the November meeting of BSoUP
on Wednesday 17 November in the Holland Club, Sherfield Building,
Imperial College, London SW7. Entries were judged by the audience
present at the meeting.
More
than twenty portfolios were received. Fourth place with 35
points went to SUE HEAPS. There was a tie for second place
between LINDA DUNK and KEN SULLIVAN who both scored 40 points.
The winner with 51 points was GAVIN ANDERSON, who was presented
with the DIVER trophy for the Best Beginner's Portfolio.
Gavin,
who lives in Fife, has been diving for six years and taking
underwater photographs for three, although he used to photograph
top side for fun before taking shots underwater. His portfolio
comprised four slides taken in the Cayman Islands in 1992
- a wide-angle shot of a diver with a stingray, a close-up
of a French Angel, a macro shot of an Arrow Crab and a wide-angle
diver/boat shot with a red tube sponge in the fore-ground.
Gavin's fifth slide, a close-up of a featherstar on a red
encrusting sponge, was taken in the Gulf of Aqaba last year.
His final slide, a wide-angle shot of a diver in a wreck,
was taken on the west coast of Scotland, near Oban.
BSoUP
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