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I've
been diving since 1989, taking pictures since about 1994 when
I acquired my first Nikonos V. In 1997 I made the leaps to
a Nikon F90x in a Subal housing and last month I went digital
with a D100 so my days of slides are over!
The pictures,
in order, are a seal taken in the Farne Islands (Sept 2004),
a reef scene from St Abbs (Aug 2004), an Anglerfish in the
Farne Islands, about 1996, an Edible Crab in the Farne Islands
(Sept 2004), a Velvet Swimming Crab in St Abbs (Aug 2004)
and a Cuttlefish under Swanage Pier (May 2002).
The seal
picture was from a dive on which we had an amazing 45 minutes
with this juvenile in 4 meters of water, who kept interacting
with us - mouthing hands, hoses and cameras, having his head
scratched and not wanting us to leave. In only ended when
we ran out of air (literally in my case but you don't need
to say that...) Needless to say I had a 60mm lens on but I
still got the shot!
All of
these pictures were taken with the F90x except the Anglerfish
which was with the Nik V. All of the slides were scanned,
optimized (nothing I would call manipulation) and made back
into slides for the competition.
As for
my reaction on winning - I was delighted to win my first BSoUP
portfolio competition at the same time as becoming Chairperson
of the Society, and am particularly pleased that it is the
British portfolio, images taken on home ground.
BSoUP
BEST OF BRITISH COMPETITION
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