BSoUP's
second International Competition was judged at the
Society's August meeting. Entries were received from
Australia, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Egypt,
France, Germany, Monaco, the Philippines, Poland,
Russia, Singapore, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland,
Turks and Caicos and the UK.
JP Trenque presented
the images in a powerpoint presentation, which was
shown twice, the second time a little quicker than
the first. The 70 members of the audience then voted for their
favourite first, second and third image.
1st
MARTIN TOMCYK (Slovak Rep).
2nd
RALPH MORTIMORE (UK)
3rd
ALEX MUSTARD (UK)
The
winner, with 48 points, was MARTIN TOMCYK from the
Slovak Republic, with
an split (above/under) shot of a frog waving at the camera.
Born in 1970 in Slovakia, Martin has been diving since 1999 and taking pictures underwater since 2000. He uses a Nikon F80 camera in a SEALUX housing with Sea & Sea YS 90 strobes. Despite having taken pictures in many countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, his most successful shot was taken on a lunch break just a few kilometres outside his hometown. It is an image of a little frog standing on its back legs, with an arm stretched out as if waving right at you.
This picture was taken in Gader Valley (Slovakia) in a small lake during the frogs coupling time.
Martin was awarded several prizes at international UW festivals, such as World Festival of Underwater Pictures Antibes Juan Les Pin, MARMARA Istanbul, LAUPS Los Angeles, SUBIOS Seychelles, SanDisk Red Sea Israel, Golden Dolphin Moscow, MFPF Vysoke Tatry, PAF Tachov and BSoUP.
4th=
LEN DEELEY (UK)
4th=
PETER MOONEY (Australia)
6th
ANDRZEJ CZYZYK (Poland)
Second
place went to RALPH MORTIMORE from the UK who scored
39 points. ALEX MUSTARD was third with 36 points.
7th=
PATRICK WEIR (Cayman Is.)
7th=
STEVE JONES (UK)
9th
ERIC HANAUER (USA)
BSoUP
extends its congratulations to the winners and thanks
all who participated.
