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Deadline: 31 August 2009

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Deadline: 15th September

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Deadline: 19th September

Sharks in Focus 2009
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Deadline: 30th September

 


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News - July 2009

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Underwater Photography - Latest issue
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NUPG Splash-in
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The Epson Red Sea Facebook Group
Sharks in Focus 2009 Photography Competition
Website of the Week - Claudia Soares
Splash-in 2009


UwP Issue # 49
Underwater Photography (UwP). Cover image: Bruce Yates

Underwater Photography - Latest issue

The latest issue of the FREE web magazine is now available to download.

Issue 49 includes Editorial, News & Travel, New Products, Interview with Hubert Lacour by Sim Chee Ghe, Aquatica Canon 5D by Bruce Yates, Epoque ERX-C1010 by Dan Bolt, Sea & Sea DX-2G by Peter Rowlands, Fuji F200EXR by Rob Spray, Compact Course 3 by Maria Munn, Panoramas by Joseph C. Dovala, Fisheyes for FX by Alex Mustard & Jeff Hartog, Marsa Shagra by Mark Webster, Iceland’s cracks by Gisli A. Gudmundsson, Khao Sok caves by Ayesha Cantrell, Ambon’s Eel Man by Rod Klein, Phi Phi Island by Tobias Reitmayr, Black Coral by Glenn Lawyer, Parting Shots by Douglas Ebersole, Tim Priest & Jeremy Cuff.

To download your copy please visit www.uwpmag.com/


X-ray Magazine - Latest Issue

The latest issue of the FREE web magazine is now available to download.

Issue 30 includes Bonaire Divers’ Paradise by JP Bresser : Scott Johnson presents Turks & Caicos Islands in the Caribbean and Diving Mysteries Off North Carolina, USA : Roddenberry Dive Team and the Star Trek Legacy : Treasure Hunting in the Florida Keys by Millis Keegan : Shipwreck Treasure - 17th Century Solid Gold Grooming Tool by Carol Tedesco : Barb Roy tells us about the Reefs of Steel - Artificial Reefs of British Columbia : Ocean Arts Emporium and 19th Century Blaschka Glass Invertebrates is edited by Gunild Symes : Gennady Misan tells about an almost fatal dive in Lake Baikal : Bonnie McKenna explains about Jelly fish Ecology and Tony White explains about special UW Photography Techniques : Unique Dive site: Crystal River, Florida.

To download your copy please visit www.xray-mag.com/en/Front

X-Ray Issue #30
X-ray Magazine Issue #30. Cover image by JP Bresser

Northern Underwater Photography Group
Northern Underwater Photography Group

Northern Underwater Photography Group Splash-in

The NUPG annual Summer Splash-in will be held on Sunday 26th July. Meet at 8:30 opposite Treaddur Bay Hotel from 6:00 p.m.in the evening for submission of selected images. Judging to start from 7:30.

Unfortunately this competition is now digital only. If you shoot film and can arrange processing and scanning on the day you are welcome to enter. Rules.

For further details about NUPG and its activities please visit www.nupg.org.uk/


Bristol Underwater Photography Group - July Meeting

Tuesday July 14th

The Meeting (start time 2000hrs) will be at our normal venue - The Casson Centre, Rodway Road, Patchway, BS34 5DQ (map)

The monthly competition theme is 'Green Water' - this covers any image captured in temperate waters. Send your digital files to Bob Anthony (anthonyrez30@tiscali.co.uk) and please include BUPG on the subject line. Unsure about entering? Even if you don't feel you have any winners, send some in to benefit from the audience feedback - it's an ideal way to learn.

Bristol Underwater Photography Group
Bristol Underwater Photography Group

The presentation this month is by Anna James and will cover her work photographing babies in swimming pools. We will have a review of the BSoUP Splash In which is being held on 4th July and we will also judge our own Splash In which was held on 13th June. If time allows, there will be a Forum on 'Animal Behaviour' and this will be led by Arthur Kingdon.


Epson Red Sea Facebook Group
Epson Red Sea Facebook Group

The Epson Red Sea Group is Now
Open and Active on Facebook!

The Epson Red Sea 2009 competition will take place this Novemeber in Eilat for the 5th year in a row.  As in previous years, talented and lucky underwater photographers will win significant cash prizes, valuable equipment and dreamy diving trips.

The Epson Red Sea - World of Underwater Images group was established in order to provide us all with a platform for sharing and retrieving information regarding the upcoming competition.The group  will be constantly updated with  information, news, images, videos, stories, judges tips and much more.

Whether you have ever participated in  the  Epson Red Sea competition, planned to  take part  in the future or  would simply like  to  learn about this great experience, you are more than welcome to join our Facebook group called " Epson Red Sea - World of Underwater Images ".

In addition, you are invited to share your input in this group, whether by uploading images, videos, links, asking questions, making comments, sharing stories and so on. To join the Epson Red Sea Facebook Group click here


Sharks in Focus 2009 Photography Competition

Entry dates : 1st July - 30th September

Due to the phenomenal success in 2007; the Sharks in Focus photography competition is back!

Love them or fear them there’s no disputing sharks are a “must see” for most divers, but as many of you will have experienced first-hand dive sites famed for their sharks now often disappoint. Sharks are disappearing, with many species in dramatic decline due to habitat destruction, poorly regulated fisheries and the shark fin trade. However all is not lost. Now is your chance to contribute to shark conservation and support the vital work of the Shark Trust.

The Shark Trust believes that the profile of these mysterious and much maligned animals can be bolstered through the increased public awareness that still and moving images can provide.

Sahrks in Focus 2009
Sharks in Focus 2009

So whatever your experience or age, this is your opportunity to join the hundreds of photographers who made Sharks in Focus 2007 such a phenomenal success. Be part of Sharks in Focus 2009 and help celebrate the majesty and diversity of sharks whilst bringing their vulnerability to a wider audience, not to mention putting yourself in the running to win big prizes and feature in the 2010 Magazine calendar!

Jointly hosted by the Shark Trust and and supported by high profile sponsors, Sharks in Focus 2009 is the competition to enter your shark shots to this summer. With the chance to win great prizes and support shark conservation, you’d be crazy not to enter!

So whether you dig back through your image archive, head out on a dedicated dive or get lucky with that chance encounter every shark, skate and ray image is a potential winner.

Entrants can submit their images through the Shark Trust website from 1st July to the 6th September. The images will be judged by renowned underwater photographers, marine biologists and authors Alex Mustard and Tom Peschak, and TV presenter, polar explorer and passionate diver Paul Rose.

For further details please visit www.sharktrust.org/photocomp


Claudia Soares

Website of the Week - Claudia Soares

Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP Member's website. This week's choice is Indigo Divers the website of Claudia Soares.

Indigo Divers are an Authorised PADI dive centre established in Albufeira -  Algarve - Portugal. They offer a range of courses from total beginner, wishing to breathe underwater for the first time, to becoming a Pro with Divemaster including Speciality courses.

To learn more about Indigo Divers please visit their website at www.indigo-divers.pt/


The British Underwater Photography Championship 2009

The British Underwater Photography Championship 2009, organised by the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) in association with the National Marine Aquarium, will take place on Saturday 4 July at Mount Batten and the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, Devon.

All underwater photographers are invited to participate, whether they are members of BSoUP or not.

Prizes, trophies and individual awards will be presented for winning images in each category as judged by the audience present (see below for full details). In addition, a grand prize will be awarded by an independent panel of judges for the image selected as the best taken in local waters.


Cathy Lewis
Tompot blennies by Cathy Lewis
Close-up Winner 2008

Steve Lawes
Cuckoo wrasse in kelp by Steve Lawes
Winner of the Beginners Animal Portrait category
and Overall Best Beginner 2008

Viewing and judging of the images entered will take place at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth on the Saturday night. If you want to participate in the
BBQ on Saturday evening please register your intention to attend by Wednesday 24 June latest (sooner if
possible). If you have not registered in advance we cannot guarantee BBQ tickets. If you want to take part in the Splash-In, but do not want the BBQ, you may register on 3 or 4 July, although we would prefer you to
register in advance.

Please register by one of the following methods:
registering online, emailing Martha Tressler
with a completed entry form or sending an entry form by post to Martha Tressler at the address on the
entry form. For further details please see Splash-In.

SPLASH-IN CATEGORIES

There are four categories; Close- Up, Wide-Angle, Animal Portrait and Humorous. A maximum of four images per entrant, two in any one category for the first three categories are allowed. In addition, each photographer may enter one image for the Humorous category.
Images entered in the Close- Up, Wide-Angle and Animal Portrait categories will also be entered in the overall competition for the grand prize to be chosen by a panel of judges.

Charles Erb
Spider crab by Charles Erb
Wide-angle Winner 2008

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