News - April 2007
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Turtle sightings on the
increase
Website of the Week - Linda Frampton
Focuson - April 2007 - Abstracts
April BSoUP meeting
Website of the Week - Graham Eaton
Dive Magazine Hotshot - March Winner
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Website of the Week - Mike
Flavell
Curaçao Dive Festival
Website of the Week - Tamsin Eyles
ADEX' Photo Competition 2007
Stoney Cove/DIVER Magazine Photo Splash-in
British Splash-in Championship - 2007
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Turtle sightings on the
increase
The number of sea turtles
visiting waters off the coasts of Devon and Cornwall may have been
boosted. A study by biologists from the University of Exeter's
Tremough Campus, in Cornwall has shown an increase in turtle
sightings.
More than 300 turtle sightings
have been recorded in the region's waters over the past century - 225
of them in Cornwall. Leatherback turtles have been the most
frequently sighted species. More...
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 Leatherback
turtle
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Website of the Week -
Linda Frampton
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. Linda
Frampton's is this week's choice.
If you are a
BSoUP member and your website is not included on the
BSoUP member's websites page, please
send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership
Secretary, Mike
Russell
Subsequently your website will
be added to the list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your
website to www.bsoup.org
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Focuson - April 2007 -
Abstracts
Position |
Photographer |
Points |
1 |
Shannon
Conway |
40 |
2 |
Eleonora
Manca |
40 |
3 |
Pedro
Vieyra |
37 |
4 |
Pedro
Vieyra |
30 |
5 |
Martha
Tressler |
18 |
6 |
Tony
Baskeyfield |
16 |
Thefirst two images each month
qualify for the final inOctober, at which the overall winner will
receive the BSoUP 'FocusOn' Trophy.
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Congratulationsto
Shannon Conway who won this month's Focuson competition,and to
Eleanora Manca who was runner-up.
Both ofthem received 40 points,
so the winner had to be decidedbased on the number of 1stplace
votes cast by the audience.
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Wednesday 18th April
2007 at7.30 for 8.00 p.m. in The Holland Club, Imperial College, South
Kensington, London SW7.
Technical - Getting More
From Your Compact by Maria Munn
Compact digital cameras have
created a major revolution in domestic image making over the last few
years, and nowhere more significantly than underwater. Until very
recently, general underwater photography was the domain of the
specialist and a full setup was a major investment. Now, entry level
compacts are completely affordable and more and more divers are
equipped with them on trips. Maria has become somewhat of a
specialist in
underwater compact digital photography. She will describe how to
achieve creative shots by using different add-on lenses and
lighting.
Maria is a self-taught
photographer with a remarkable story. Defying doctors who said she
wouldn't walk again, in 1997 she single-handedly embarked on an
ongoing worldwide travel adventure visiting over 30 countries.
Mostrecently, last year she led four successful compact camera
photography trips to the Red Sea with Emperor Divers. Maria's work
has been featured in many magazines not least of which on the cover
of the Royal Photographic Society's magazine.
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Focus on Competition -
Abstracts
Focus on is a BSoUP member's
only competition. Each photographer may submit a maximum of two 35mm
slides or two digital images. See Rules and Entry
Form
Main Event - Advertising
Underwater by Zac Macaulay
Zac has been shooting for over
twenty years for advertising, design andeditorial clients both in and
out of the water. Some of the advertisingimages on his stunning
website will no doubt be familiar to many of you. Heshoots on
high-end digital systems with carefully controlled colour
workflowmanagement. Zac is the proud winner of Image 2003-04 Festival
of UnderwaterFilm and Photography and also the Canon British
Underwater Image Festival2006.
Zac will talk about advertising
underwater illustrating the relationshipbetween shooting in the
underwater medium and selling companies products orideas. He will use
initial scratch layouts or diagrams, some provided by theclient and
describe how they were turned into a working ad., either in thesea or
in a pool or tank. He will also describe the creativity, effort
andteamwork needed to achieve the desired results.
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Website of the Week -
Graham Eaton
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. Graham
Eaton's is this week's choice.
If you are a
BSoUP member and your website is not included on the
BSoUP member's websites page, please
send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership
Secretary, Mike
Russell
Subsequently your website will
be added to the list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your
website to www.bsoup.org
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Dive Magazine Hotshot -
March Winner
Congratulations to
BSoUP member Dave Peake from Yelverton, Devon on
winning the March Dive Magazine Hotshot monthly competiton
'Conservation Action' with this image of a Blue shark being released
after tagging.
Each month Dive magazine runs a
competition sponsored by Digital Diver for the best shot. Entries are
judged on-line.
April's theme is 'Marine
Abstraction'
To register and submit your
image go to:
http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/
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Image no longer available
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 Mike Flavell's Home
Page
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Website of the Week -
Mike Flavell
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. Mike Flavell' is
this week's choice.
If you are a
BSoUP member and your website is not included on the
BSoUP member's websites page, please
send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership
Secretary, Mike
Russell
Subsequently your website will
be added to the list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your
website to www.bsoup.org
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Curaçao Dive
Festival
22 May - 2 June
2007
Curaçao has more than
60 identified dive spots surrounding its coastline with 57 coral
species and more than 500 species of fish. The organisers invite you
to the Curaçao Dive Festival 2007, to discover why
Curaçao has been rated one of the best Caribbean islands
for shore diving and snorkeling.
Full details: Curaçao Dive Festival
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 Tamsin Eyles' Home
page
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Website of the Week -
Tamsin Eyles
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. Tamsin Eyles' is this
week's choice.
If you are a BSoUP member and your
website is not included on the BSoUP member's websites page, please
send the URL of your site to the BSoUP Membership
Secretary, Mike
Russell
Subsequently your website will be added to the
list. All we ask is that you provide a link on your website to
www.bsoup.org
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ADEX' Photo Competition
2007
Deadlines:
Registration - 18 April 2007
Image submission: 20 April 2007
Call for entries: The categories
for the ADEX Photographer of the Year Competition are Seascapes,
Macro and Animal Behaviour.
The final round of the
competition will be judged "live" at ADEX 2007, where the judges,
made up of distinguished underwater photographers, will give their
scores and critiques. There will also be a Q&A session for
participants to learn the finer points of successful underwater
photography.
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For the top honour of "ADEX Photographer of
The Year" the audience will cast their votes on the finalists
selected from the three categories. Winners of any of the three
categories stand a chance to win a SEACAM Nikon DSLR
housing!
Participants must first register
to compete with the competition application form (download) and submitted to APOYC@andshy;underwaterartists.com;
deadline for registration is 18 April 2997 - 1600 hrs GMT
+7.
Submission by email only; Images
must reach us by email: 20 April 2007 - 1600 hrs GMT +7. We recommend
you send registrations as soon as possible. Further information
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Stoney Cove/DIVER
MagazinePhoto Splash-in
Reminder! The Stoney Cove/Diver
Photo Splash-in will take place on Saturday, 14th April
2007, starting off from the quayside at 8am. Competitors are
welcome to turn up later but many of the best results in previous
years have been from early starters. You can pre-register or simply
turn up on the day.
Full details are available on
www.divernet.com. To register, call Margaret at
Stoney Cove on 01455 273089 or email: marg@stoneycove.com.
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British Splash-in
Championship - 2007
Organised by the British Society
of Underwater Photographers in association with the National Marine
Aquarium
Mount Batten Centre and the
National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, Devon Saturday 7 July
2007.
There are two competitions -
images taken on the day (film or digital) and prints taken prior to
the event. Prizes, trophies and individual awards will be presented
for winning images in each category (see below for full details). In
addition, a grand prize will be awarded for the image selected by an
independent panel of judges as the best taken in local waters on the
day. This is again a fabulous one week liveaboard holiday in the Red
Sea generously donated by Tony Backhurst Scuba.
Viewing and judging of the on
the day images entered will take place at the National Marine
Aquarium in Plymouth on the Saturday night. Note that water
taxis between the Mount Batten Centre and the Aquarium will be
available.
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Download this poster as a pdf
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BSoUP T-shirts, polo
shirts, sweatshirts and jackets.
Jane Morgan, our Meetings
Secretary, has a selection of BSoUP branded items of
clothing for members to purchase. T-shirts will be available in navy
blue or white with a white or blue BSoUP logo and
the full name of the Society. Other items, sweatshirts and polo
shirts, in navy blue with white BSoUP logo and name. Caps by special
order!
Prices from £10 for T-shirts to
£24.00 for jackets. You can buy yours at any of the monthly meetings
of the Society or contact Jane Morgan
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To order please
contact
Jane Morgan
Tel: 0208 255 6939 (home)
07887 558832 (mobile)
email: jane@morganreefphotography.com
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