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- February 2010
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X-ray Magazine - Latest issue
Website of the Week - Martin Edge
Ocean Views Photography Contest
NUPG Splash-in
BUPG - Next meeting
African Diver - Latest issue
Trans Antarctic Expedition
Underwater Photography.com Winners
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Website of the Week - Matt Doggett
EMUP - Next meeting
Golden Dolphin Underwater Festival
Our World Underwater Show
BSoUP / DIVER Annual Print Competition 2010
Other News Sources
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X-ray Magazine - Latest issue
The latest issue of the FREE web magazine is now available for download.
Isue 34 includes articles on Walindi and Loloata in Papua New Guinea by Scott Bennett, Andy Murch - Shark Diving for Dummies, Wreck Treasures of the Santa Margarita by Carol Tedesco, Mermaids of Jeju Korea by Bonnie McKenna, Life Amphibious by Lloyd Godson, U-Boat Wreck Myths vs Reality by Rob Rondeau, Diving Christmas Island by Wandy Hochgrebe, Coral Gardening by Austin Bowden-Kerby, Gifts for Sea Lovers by Catherine G S Lim, New Scuba Marketing by Nick Bostic:: Backlit photography by Kurt Amsler, Glass Sea Creatures by Joe Peters
To get your copy please visit http://www.xray-mag.com/index.php |
X-ray Magazine : Cover image: Scott Bennett
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Martin Edge |
Website of the Week - Martin Edge
Each week we are highlighing a BSoUP Member's website.
This week's choice is Martin Edge, Britain's foremost Underwater Photography teacher and author of the best selling manual 'The Underwater Photographer' which is now in its fourth edition, published this year.
To learn more about Martin and his courses and workshopsplease visit his website at http://www.edgeunderwaterphotography.co.uk/ |
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Ocean Views Photography Contest
Deadline: 1st March 2010
Nature’s Best Photography and Diver’s Alert Network (DAN) host the 3rd annual Ocean Views photography competition. As one of the largest and most prestigious underwater photography competitions, you won’t want to miss this one!
A selection of winning images will be published in Alert Diver and Nature’s Best Photography magazines as well as several online galleries. Prizes include $2,010 cash and a 9-night trip to Papua New Guinea with Peter Hughes Diving.
Entries are accepted from now until March 1, 2010. Entry forms and more information are available at the Ocean Views Photo Contest website. |
Ocean Views Photography Competition 2010 |
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Northern Underwater Photography Group
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Northern Underwater Photography Group Splash-in
NUPG are holding their Annual Winter Splash-in on Sunday 7th February 2010.
Meet under Menai Bridge 7:15. In the water approximately 8:15.
Judging at April Meeting.
Unfortunately this competition is now digital only.
Rules for digital Splash-in entrants » |
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Bristol Underwater Photography Group - Next meeting
The next BUPG meeting takes place on Tuesday 9th February at 2000.hrs at The Casson Centre, Rodway Road, Patchway, BS34 5DQ (map)
Monthly Competition - Wrecks
Annual Competition - Prints
Lightroom Introduction - Jim Drake
Foto Forum - Monochrome - Arthur Kingdon
For further information please visit www.bupg.co.uk/ |
Bristol Underwater Photography Group |
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Cover by Paul Hunter |
African Diver - Latest issue
The latest issue of the FREE African Diver magazine is now available for download.
Issue 9 includes articles on
Tofo, the place of tranquility
by Paul Hunter,
The wreck of the Maori by Georgina Jones,
Charm in Sharm
by Christopher Bartlett,
Shark liver oil
by Dr Lynne Hepplestone,
Turtle research in Tofo
by Paul Hunter, Diving in Dar es Salaam by Logan Weavind, Moving Sushi in Japan by Moving Sushi Team, and The making of an MPA
by Clare Keating.
To get your copy please visit www.africandiver.com/ |
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100th anniversary of Shackleton’s Trans Antarctic Expedition
On February 10, 2010, a 57-member team of explorers from 18 countries will meet in Ushuaia, Argentina – the world’s southernmost city – to embark on a benchmark expedition to Antarctica.
Convened by celebrated BBC NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner and project director Michael Aw of the Ocean Geographic Society, the team is comprised of some of the world’s most celebrated image-makers, historians, and scientists, including several UK residents. Their mission is to scout, record, and analyze this pristine land of ice and snow –and to create a visual library of the impact of climate change on this remote region.
Six UK residents, including Jonathan Shackleton and BSoUP Member Steve Jones, will participate in the expedition. Jonathan, cousin to Sir Ernest Shackleton, will serve as the expedition Historian and Steve Jones from Oxford will be the expedition contributing photographer. Both are extremely excited for the opportunity to share in this historic expedition.
For more information about Steve Jones please visit www.millionfish.com/index.html
For more information about the Trans Antarctic Expedition please visit www.elysiumepic.org/ |
100th Anniversary of Shackleton's
Trans Antarctic Expedition
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Emperor shrimp by Debi Hemshaw |
Underwater Photography.com Winners
Congratulations to BSoUP members David Henshaw, Debi Henshaw and Jim Garland who each won Gold medals in the underwater photography.com annual competition.
Debi Henshaw was up against 12,872 entries in the competition to win her Gold medal. Her image is of an emperor shrimp on a sea cucumber.
Debi currently uses a Nikon D200 with Sea & Sea DX200 housing and Inon Z240 strobes. She has been diving since 1998, but only shooting underwater since 2006.
"I just love Lembeh and a recent trip to Dumaguete ticked a few more boxes for me so plan on going back there sometime soon. My favourite shots are critters but this year I want to develop my wide angle" said Debi.
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"I live in Menorca, so I am able to do a bit of diving here (in the summer - I only do warm water!), trouble is you really have to be creative as sadly the marine life in the med is not that abundant".
David Henshaw was also up against 12,872 entries in the competition to win his Gold medal.
David's image (right), entitled Spiral, is an image of a free swimming Blue Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) in Lembeh.
David has been taking underwater images more seriously in the past year or so. He, like Deb, uses a Nikon D200 in Sea & Sea housing and twin Inon Z240 strobes when needed.
Jim Garland was up against 12,872 entries in the competition to win his Gold medal.
Jim's image of a Jill Torpedo Bomber was taken in Truk.
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Spiral by David Henshaw |
Jill Torpedo Bomber, Truk by Jim Garland |
Jim is a qualified Zoologist, now Science Teacher, by profession. He is also owner of the dedicated wreck photography website WRECKSHOT.COM. "I am interested in natural history, wreck history and photography, my passion being WW2 Aircraft wrecks".
Jim currently use a Canon EOS 5D, Aquatica Housing, Sigma 15mm FE, Sigma 50mm Macro, Canon 24mm wide, Inon z-240 strobes.
The judges comprise of industry professionals (and last year’s World Champ). They are unpaid, non-affiliated, and (of course) cannot enter themselves.
For further details please visit www.underwaterphotography.com/ |
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Digital Photo Guide Contest December Winner -Jim Garland
The winner of the contest and a new Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 waterproof camera (value $350) is Jim Garland for his image of a P-47D Thunderbolt "Razorback" in Corsica.
Second place went to Tobias Friedrich, with another plane wreck. Dray H. Van Beeck won third place with his beautiful shipwreck image.
The competition was sponsored by Olympus |
Wreck by Jim Garland |
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Matt Doggett |
Website of the Week - Matt Doggett
'Earth in focus' is the website of Adam Seward, Richard Facey and BSoUP Member Matt Doggett.
Matt writes "As a child I always had a strong interest in wildlife spending my days each summer collecting animals in jars to draw and write about them. My interest in photography began in 2000 whilst studying at the Silwood Park campus at Imperial College, which has over 250 acres of woodland and meadows with a fantastic diversity of wildlife".
To learn more about Matt and see some of his images please visit http://www.earthinfocus.com |
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East Midlands Underwater Photographers - Next meeting
The next meeting of EMUP will take place at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday 2nd February at their usual venue, Nemo's Bar, Stoney Cove.
Main event: Maria Munn "Award winning photos with a compact"
Competition: Abstract
January Competition results: Crustaceans
For further details about EMUP please visit www.emup.org.uk/ |
East Midlands Underwater Photographers |
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Golden Dolphin, Moscow International Festival, Russia
February 18, 2010
The Golden Dolphin Moscow International Festival is a unique and a large-scale event, dedicated to gather professionals and amateurs of active recreation in the water.
Each February, in just four days the festival brings about 300 exponents a 23 000 visitors from all regions of Russia and abroad. The quality advantage of Golden Dolphin above all other similar expositions – is its prestigious expo space, in the marble hall of Gostiniy Dvor, just 150 meters away from the Red Square, where aside from professional expo and demonstration-sale of diving gear, travel tours, training programs, a whole festival of underwater photography and cinematography is also held.
For further details please visit www.goldendolphin.ru/en |
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40th Our World Underwater Show
19-21 February 2010
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.A.
Our World-Underwater is the oldest dive and travel show in North America. The show comes to Chicago every February.
The event is held just a few miles from O'Hare Airport in Rosemont Illinois. With hundreds of booths and thousands of divers it is an event you will not want to miss. The weekend is loaded with educational workshops and the nights full of films.
For further details please visit www.ourworldunderwater.com/ |
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BSoUP / DIVER Annual Print Competition 2010
Organised by the British Society of Underwater Photographers
in association with Diver Magazine
Win a Red Sea holiday courtesy of Oonasdivers and other great prizes
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London International Dive Show
27-28 March 2010
DEADLINE : 22 February 2010
Further details www.bsoup.org/prints.php
The event is sponsored by Diver Magazine, Oonasdivers, Calumet Photographic, Cameras Underwater, Mike’s Dive Store, Chiswick, Focal Press, Wiley Nautical, UK Sealife Aquarium and The Wildlife Trusts |
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18-21 February 2010
19-21 February 2010
