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BSoUP
International Focus on Competition 2005
BSoUP's
first International Competition was judged at the Society's
August meeting. In addition to an invitation to participate
being advertised on this website, press relaeases were
sent out in six languages to diving magazines around
the world. Entries were received from the UK, USA, Canada,
Belgium, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary,
Russia, Poland, Venezuela, Thailand, Philippines, British
Virgin Islands, Yap and the Cayman Islands. Alex Mustard
presented the images in a powerpoint presentation, which
was shown twice, the second time a little quicker than
the first. The audience present then voted for their
favourite three images in order of preference.
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| 1st
MIKE VEITCH (Yap). |
2nd
CHARLES HOOD (UK) |
3rd
= GILES SHAXTED (Cayman Is.) |
The
winner, with 47 points, was MIKE VEITCH from Yap, with
an image of four manta rays. Mike is a Canadian, originally
from Vancouver, BC. He runs Manta
Visions, the underwater photography and video centre
located at the Manta Ray Bay Hotel in Yap, Micronesia.
Previous
to Yap, Mike worked as a photographer for 5 years
aboard Aggressor Fleet vessels in the Pacific. The
opportunity to dive every day in such great locations
as French Polynesia and Palau helped Mike capture
many great scenes on film. Mike's photo library consists
of images from such diverse locations as the Galapagos
Islands, New Zealand, and the Philippines. Mike's
work has won several awards and appears in a variety
of publications throughout the world including: Fathoms,
Asian Diver, Pacific Magazine, Action Asia, Rodale's
Scuba Diving, Diver, Shark Diver, and Alert Diver.
For photography, Mike uses Nikon cameras and lenses,
an Aquatica housing and a mixture of Ikelite and Sea
and Sea strobes. In the realm of High Definition and
3CCD video, Mike utilizes Sony cameras and Amphibico
and Gates housings.
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| 3rd
= HEATHER HAMMOND (UK) |
5th
GREGA VERC (Slovenia)
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6th
FRANCESCO VISINTIN (Italy) |
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Second
place went to BSoUP member Charles Hood (UK), who scored
42 points. There was a tie for third place between GILES
SHAXTED (Cayman I.) and BSoUP member Heather Hammond
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7th.
STEVE JONES (UK)
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8th.
JEAN BRUNEAU (Canada)
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9th.
JP TRENQUE (UK) |
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BSoUP
extends its congratulations to the winners and thanks
all who participated.
International Focus On 2006
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