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Beginners
Portfolio Competition 2002
Winner
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My winning portfolio 2002
by
Jane Morgan
I
live in Teddington (about a stone throw from Diver Mag!).
I currently work for Crusader Travel in
Twickenham, selling diving holidays! I am also a volunteer
crew member of Teddington Lifeboat Station (RNLI). I am living
with my boyfriend JP, who is also a diver (but more into video).
I have been diving for 13 years - have always had a love for
the water, and became a PADI Instructor in Feb 2000, then
IAHD Instructor (International Association of Handicapped
Divers) in 2001 after having worked with the Scuba Trust. |
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I
spent several months in 1998 working for Coral Cay Conservation,
first as a volunteer in Borneo, then as an Expedition Leader
in the Philippines, after which I felt there was something missing
from my diving - having been used to being so busy with things
to do whilst diving. It wasn't until April 2001, when we went
on a Red Sea Liveaboard that I took up photography.
Basically everybody else on board was a photographer, and I
was convinced to do the PADI speciality course.. well it was
love at the first shot. I returned with some reasonable results
and very shortly after, purchased a second hand Motormarine
II. |
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then enrolled on a Martin Edge Course early this year and learnt
loads. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the strobe of my MMII
died on the Saturday morning of the course, so I borrowed Martin's
housing (he said that there would be no going back, and he was
right), so with a little push from Martin, and JP running over
with deals from Alan James at the London Dive Show, I invested
in a Nikon F90X, with a Sea & Sea Housing, and haven't looked
back. All of the pictures in the portfolio, bar 1, were taken
on my first trip after purchasing the camera in May this year.
I was lucky enough to have a month away, in Australia and Komodo,
with a few days in Bali at the end. |
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No.1.
The grouper and cleaner shrimp were taken in Tulamben, Bali,
just off the beach from where we were staying. Strangely,
I did not expect many results from this film as I had inadvertently
switched my 60mm lens onto Focus Limit. I was very lucky with
this shot taken on F16, aperture priority. This image worked
really well at the top left corner, in a diagonal leading
into the portfolio. |
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2. The Manta was taken in Komodo during one of the few dives
where I had taken my 20mm lens.The Manta appeared, and came
in to us twice, swooping over my head. The shot was taken
on aperture priority, f8 or F11. |
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No.
3. The Scorpion Fish was taken on a night dive in Komodo.
He was an excellent subject, and allowed me to get really
close, again aperture priority and f16 - F20 with a 60mm lens. |
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No.
4. The Porcelain Crab in the purple anemone was also taken
in Komodo. It was at the end of a dive, and in very shallow
water with a very strong swell, so it took several shots to
get this one. Picture taken with 60mm lens, aperture priority
on F16. |
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No.
5. The Oceanic White Tip was taken in the Southern Red Sea,
in Gota Sharm. He had spent a couple of hours under the boat,
before we went for our afternoon dive. He didn't seem at all
disturbed by our presence, but just after this photo was taken,
he sailed straight over my head and took a dislike for my
pony tail. I did not see any of the action, as he was behind
me, but apparently his nose was between my pillar valve and
head, and he was displaying very erratic behaviour... Probably
a good job I could not see what was going on. He was beautifull,
being about 1.5m. Like a puppy growing into his paws, the
shark was obviously growing into his fins! Picture taken with
60mm lens, no strobes, on aperture priority and f11 - without
strobes to avoid disturbing the subject ! |
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6. The anemone fish was taken in the Coral Sea, Australia.
It was late in the day and the amenone was closed to feed,
giving me an excellent chance to photograph its family of
anemone fish. Taken on F16, Aperature priority.
All
the photos were taken with my F90X in the Sea and Sea housing
with a single 120 strobe. I have since invested in another
90 strobe, and hope to be able to purchase a 105 lens next
year. |
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