Focus
on January 2006 - Best shot of 2005
The
first six in our monthly Focus On Competition for January 2006 were:
1st
Peter Scoones 30 points
2nd Jane Morgan 30 points
3rd M. Nobbs 23 points
4th Tony Baskeyfield 19 points
5th Pedro Vieyra with 15 points
6th Richard Smith with 12 points
The
winning and second place slides/images will be retained for
the final in October, at which the overall winner will receive
the BSoUP 'Focus On' Trophy. |
| Major
exhibition of BSoUP prints
The
annual BSoUP Splash-in will have a new look this year.
The National
Marine Aquarium in Plymouth will be hosting a display
of the prints entered in the Splash-in. The exhibition will
run from 10 June until 14 July and be seen by thousands of
members of the public. Until the day of the Splash-in, visitors
to the Aquarium will be invited to vote for their favourite
prints. Their votes will be combined with those cast at the
Splash-in to establish the winners.
Prizes
will be presented to the winners of each of the two print
categories (British and Open) - vouchers generously donated
by Ocean
Optics Ltd and Cameras
Underwater for use in their respective stores, plus a
year’s Aquarium family membership.
The
deadline for print entries will be some time in late May (exact
date to be advised shortly) and entrants will be asked to
submit two copies of their prints, one for display at the
National Marine Aquarium and one for display at the Mount
Batten Centre during the Splash-in.
The
On-the-Day Splash-in will run in the usual way on 1 July,
but this year there will be prizes as well as trophies for
the winners (as judged by members, guests and visitors to
the Centre) in each of the 4 categories (film and digital,
close-up and wide angle).
In
addition there will be a grand prize of a Red Sea holiday
generously donated by Tony
Backhurst Scuba for the best entry, as judged by an independent
panel.
We
are very excited about these new opportunities - watch this
website for more details shortly!
Martha
Tressler |
April
24-29, 2006 - Eilat,
Israel
First
Prize $10,000
The
SanDisk 2006 Red-Sea Underwater Photo Competition is pleased
to announce that the First Prize winner will go home with
a cash award of US $10,000. The SanDisk 2006 Red-Sea Underwater
Photo Competition will be held in Eilat, Israel, April 24-29,
2006. Due to the amazing success of the 2005 SanDisk competition,
the 2006 competition will now be open to photographers from
around the world.
With
two additional cash prizes of $3000 each, and another prize
of 1,000 bottles of beer for the winner of the "Best
Single Picture" category, the 2006 SanDisk competition
promises to be not only profitable but also fun.
Website: www.sandiskredsea.com
E-mail: info@sandiscredsea.com
|
Wildlife
Photographer of the Year 2006
Closing
date 31st March 2006.
Photographers
around the world are invited to enter their best photographs
in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Yesterday
a new sponsor, Shell, joined as title sponsor for two years.
The new sponsorship provides an opportunity to update things
that have not been possible in the past few years, as well
as bringing new elements for both visitors and photographers:
Online
entry - For the first time, photographers can submit digital
entries online through the competition website www.nhm.ac.uk/wildphoto
Creative
Visions of Nature - NEW for 2006 - Photographs entered for
this new category should take inspiration from nature, but
reveal new ways of seeing natural subjects or scenes. They
can be figurative, abstract or conceptual and use any format,
but must provoke an emotional or thought-provoking reaction,
whether through their beauty or imaginative interpretation.
Judges will be looking for originality and artistic vision.
Nature
in Black and White - Now in its second year, this category
will be open to digital entries as well as film.
People's
Choice Award - Visitors to the exhibition will be able to
vote for their favourite winning or commended image. The overall
favourite will be awarded the People's Choice Award near the
end of the exhibition.
The
Shell Wildlife Photographger of the Year competition is organised
by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
|
January
BSoUP meeting
The
next BSoUP meeting takes place on Wednesday 18 January at
8.00 p.m. in The Holland Club,
Imperial College, London, SW7 5BD.
FOCUS
ON COMPETION
The
monthly 'focus on' competition will take place halfway through
the evening. Subject: Your best images of 2005 - maximum 2
entries per member please.
Send
digital entries to competitions@bsoup.org
MAIN
EVENT
The
January 2006 meeting brings our second Photoshop workshop.
Apart
from the competition, following a short introduction the whole
evening will be a hands-on workshop with a number of sessions
to choose from. The specific topics being demonstrated are:
1.
Quick tips for fixing images for projection and websites (Alex
Mustard)
2.
Selections (Martha Tressler)
3.
Monochrome (JP Trenque)
4.
Layers - including masks and blending options (Anthony Holley) |
Choose
from 3 simultaneous demonstrations in each of the first and
second halves of the evening. The first half has 'Quick tips',
'Selections' and 'Monochrome'. The second half has 'Quick
tips', 'Selections' and 'Layers'.
The
introduction will give you an idea of what will be covered
in each.
'Quick
tips' and 'Selections' are suitable for any level of experience
including beginner, for the 'Monochrome' session you might
want some
Photoshop experience, where 'Layers' will probably be most
use to more advanced users.
If
you are bringing a laptop, we can provide you with copies
of the images being used in the demonstrations to follow along
with. If you want to transfer copies of images please try
and arrive early, 7.30 onwards.
In
addition to the demonstrations, there will be an 'image surgery'
where you can ask questions and bring images with particular
problems - on a
memory stick or CD if you are not bringing a laptop.
Please
think about which sessions you want to attend in advance,
and whether you have any specific questions on other topics
to bring along.
Please
note that the last Photoshop evening was such a success we
could have carried on
all night... we have a lot to get through and intend to start
on time at 8p.m. so please be prompt if possible. We look
forward to seeing you on the
18th.
gill
mcdonald |
