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News - July 2007
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Linda
Pitkin's Exhibition reopens at London Zoo
Sam Bean LRPS
Website of the Week - Arun Madisetti
SanDisk Red-Sea 2007 Competition
Focus on - Temperate green waters
Mantas of the Maldives
July BSoUP meeting
Scuba Diver Australasia 2007 Photo Comp
Pix Digital Imaging Contest
World in Focus Contest
Website of the Week - Zac Macaulay
British Splash-in Championship 2007 -
Prints
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Martha Tressler wins
Wildlife Trusts seal of approval
British Splash-in Championship 2007 - On the
Day
Website of the Week - Keith Lyall
Mike Portelly loses battle with cancer
Galapagos National Park in danger
Sharks in Focus' 2007 photo
Competition
Member's website
Underwater Photography Magazine
Sea and Sea's new u/w camera system
BSoUP's Newsletter - Spring/Summer
2007
Website of the Week - John Liddiard
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Linda Pitkin's Exhibition reopens at London
Zoo
BSoUP member Linda Pitkin's Exhibition has reopened
at the London Zoo Aquarium. Linda's exhibition was
temporarily taken down in April to make way for a exhibition on
seahorses.
The exhibition now runs from 24 July for about six
months and features a selection of her stunning prints of marine
animals and scenes from tropical and temperate waters around the
world.
London Zoo is open every day (except Christmas)
from 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. until 23 October and to 4.00 p.m. there
after. There is a charge for admission unless you are 3 or under!
Further details www.lindapitkin.net
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Whale shark, Thailand © Linda Pitkin |
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Sam Bean's © LRPS submission
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Sam Bean LRPS
Congratulations to BSoUP member
Sam Bean who recently became a licentiate of the
Royal Photographic
Society. Sam is a Research Scientist living and working in
Norwich. She learned to dive about 8 years ago and won the Best
Beginner's Portfolio Competition in 2003, came joint first with
Alex Mustard in the Best
of British Portfolio Competion in 2005 and second in the Open Portfolio
Competition in 2006.
Sam said 'after Len Deeley's motivating BSoUP talk
about the RPS I decided to have a go at getting my LRPS. Well I
was so nervous before I couldn't tell anyone. But last week I went to
Bath and was successful. It really was hard work, and nerve wracking,
but definitely worth it!'
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Sam will be giving a talk on
preparing a portfolio at the next BSoUP meeting on 15th August and
you can see more of Sam's images on her website at www.sambeanimages.com/index.htm
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Website of the Week - Arun
Madisetti
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. Arun Madisetti
'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 http://www.bsoup.org
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Arun Madisetti's Home Page
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Sharon Rainis invites all photographers to
enter the SanDisk Red-Sea 2007 - World of Images Underwater. Photo:
Lars Kirchhoff (digideep.com)
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SanDisk Red-Sea 2007 - World of Images
Underwater
Update Prizes and give away Flash memory
cards
Underwater photographers from all over the world
have begun to send their photos to the "Images of the world"
category, (Deadline for receiving entries: September 15,
2007)
Participants for the Eilat's Shoot-Out registered
before October 15 will receive a free 4 Gigabyte Compact Flash or an
SD flash card in Eilat.
SanDisk Red Sea 2007 World of Images Underwater is
open to both amateur and professional photographers, shooting with
film or digital cameras.
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Selected categories are open to competitors from
all over the world, whose photos can be shot at any time and from any
location. Contestants can send photographs in by mail. Registration
is now open and details available, with full details, rules and
registering forms. For more information, please visit: www.sandiskredsea.com
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Focus on - Temperate green
waters
Congratulations to Tony Baskeyfield and Bob Anthony
who's images came first and second respectively in this month's Focus
on competition - Temperate green waters. Their images go forward to
the final in November.
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Photographer |
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Tony Baskeyfield |
47 |
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Bob Anthony |
33 |
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Rob Bailey |
26 |
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Martha Tressler |
23 |
| 5 |
Ken Sullivan |
19 |
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Trevor Rees |
17 |
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Mantas of the Maldives
Guy Stevens, a friend of
BSoUP member Gordon Brown, is involved in a
project in the Maldives involving Manta Rays. Part of his work
is to identify individual Mantas and their migration patterns
as well as estimating the size of the overall population in the
Maldives. Gordon sent Guy all the photographs that he had taken
of Mantas in the Maldives over the last few years with
descriptions of dive site, time and date of photo. From this
information Guy has been able to confirm the identity of 17
mantas from his database and add 5 new mantas. Guy has also
been able to confirm that some of the mantas photographed on
opposite sides of the North Male Atoll are in fact the same
mantas which have moved due to the different direction of the
Monsoon winds.
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Manta Ray © Guy Stevens
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If any BSoUP members or
other readers of this page have Manta photographs from anywhere
in or around the Maldives in recent years then Guy would really
appreciate copies of the photos with dive site details and
dates/times.
Guy can be contacted via his web site at
www.maldivianmantas.com
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JP Trenque
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July BSoUP meeting
Wednesday 18th July 2007 at7.30 for 8.00 p.m.
inThe Holland Club, Imperial College, South Kensington, London
SW7. Directions.
Splash-in review by JP
Trenque - who was responsible for putting together the
spectacular presentation of all of the Splash-In images entered
for projection in Plymouth on 7 July!
Focus On: Temperate green
waters.
Eligible images should have been taken in
northern temperate waters such as the UK, Ireland, Norway,
Canada, etc, or in the southern hemisphere, New Zealand.
In other words, cold water photography, where the water is
normally green. The Canaries, Med and northern Red Sea, which
are technically "temperate', are not included. If in
doubt, ask! See Rules at Focus On and online entry form
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Main Event: In the name of
science - a research trip to the Coral Sea by Pedro Vieyra
Pedro, a longstanding BSoUP member and a
member of the Committee, took up diving in 1986 because of his
interest in marine life. After a few years of diving
North Sea wrecks from North Norfolk, he became interested in
underwater photography while diving off the islands and
highlands of west and northern Scotland and club trips to the
Red Sea and south-east Asia, and joined BSoUP to hone his
skills.
Since then, Pedro has travelled the world,
including expeditions to the southern Red Sea, Indonesia,
Canada and French Polynesia photographing sharks and whales. He
has been big shark diving in the Bahamas and Guadeloupe, diving
with Orcas in Norway and Humpback whales in Turks and Caicos.
He has had competitive success at the Seychelles Underwater
Film and Image Festival (SUBIOS), in the BSAC Travel Club
competition (winning this in 2004), 'Beneath the Sea 2006' held
in New York and the 'British Underwater Image Festival'
2006.
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Pedro Vieyra
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In November 2005 he joined a research
trip to the Coral Sea northeast of Australia helping to provide
scientists with valuable data as well as having the opportunity
to dive on virgin reefs teeming with fish. Pedro will be
telling us about that trip and showing us some of his shots
from this remote and beautiful area.
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Scuba Diver Australasia 2007 Photo
Comp
Deadline: August 1st 2007
Further details: www.scubadiveraustralasia.com/competition.html
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Pix Digital Imaging Contest No.13
(US)
Deadline: August 1st 2007
Further details:
www.pixdigitalimagingcontest.com/
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World in Focus Contest (US)
Deadline: August 21st 2007
Further details:
www.worldinfocuscontest.com
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Website of the Week - Zac
Macaulay
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. Zac Macaulay'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 http://www.bsoup.org
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Zac Macaulay's Home Page
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Boy jumping © Trevor Rees |
British Splash-in Championship 2007 -
Prints
All of the winners and runners-up (save one) from
this year's British Splash-in Championship have now been posted on
this website.
There is also a page of images of participants
kindly provided by Anthony Holley, Martha Tressler and Peter Ladell.
If you have any images of people taken on the day please send them to
me. They need only be
jpgs 300 pixels wide. Please identify the subjects.
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Martha Tressler wins Wildlife Trusts seal
of approval Congratulations to BSoUP
Chairman Martha Tressler whose Grey Seal print
entered in our recent Splash-In was selected by the Wildlife Trusts as the face of its Marine Bill
campaign. The winners were announced at the National Marine Aquarium
in Plymouth on Saturday 7 July. The winning entries were:
1st - Martha Tressler - Grey Seal
2nd - Sally Sharrock - Jewel anemones
3rd - Trevor Rees - Boy jumping
Highly commended - JP Trenque - Basking shark
Further details: Wildlife Trust
Print Selection
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Grey Seal © Martha Tressler
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Diver at surface © Arthur
Kingdon
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British Splash-in Championship 2007 - On
the Day
Congratulations to Arthur Kingdon
who won the Grand Prize, a one week liveaboard trip to the Red Sea
kindly donated by Tony Backhurst Scuba, at the British Splash-in
Championship last Saturday.
Arthur's wide-angle image taken half in and half
out of the water depicts a diver at the surface with a surface marker
buoy (SMB) with the Mew Stone in the left background.
Full details of the one-day event - Splash-in
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Website of the Week - Keith
Lyall
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. Keith Lyall'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 http://www.bsoup.org
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Keith Lyall's Home Page
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Mike Portelly at
BSoUP in 2004
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MikePortelly loses battle with
cancer.
by Dive Magazine
Celebrated British underwater film-maker and
photographerMike Portelly has died aged 55, after a long battle
withcancer. Portelly first ventured beneath the waves witha
camera in Kenya during the mid-70s.
His skill and unique vision as a stills
photographerwere soon recognised by the industry. He picked up
aseries of awards at an international underwater
photographiccompetition in Brighton with his Kenya
pictures.
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Thetrained dentist started
a successful underwater film-makingcareer in the early
Eighties. One of his first projectswas The Ocean's Daughter,
one of the most ground-breakingand highly acclaimed underwater
films of its day.
Formore than 20 years he
successfully filmed and producedmany underwater films,
including a number of high profiletelevision advertisements for
companies such as Cheltenham and Gloucester.
Akeen environmentalist,
marine conservation was a runningtheme in much of his
work.
'Learningphotography
taught me a new way of seeing,' Portellytold DIVE during an
interview in 2004. 'I wouldspend hours underwater just
observing the nuances oflight that could evoke such different
atmospheres atdifferent times of day. Gradually I learned how
totranslate what I saw, or wanted to see, in a reliableway onto
film.'
Portellywas diagnosed with
cancer in 2001. He is survived bytwo sisters and two
brothers.
Michael Portelly's
website: www.portelly.com/
Diver article: www.divernet.com/
Dive article: www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/
The Independant: news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries
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Galapagos National
Park in Danger
The World Heritage Committee
inscribed the Galapagos (Ecuador) and Niokolo-Koba National Park
(Senegal) on UNESCO's List of World Heritage Sites in Danger on June
26 with a view to mobilizing support for their
conservation.
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Galapagos
(Ecuador)
Situated in the Pacific Ocean
some 1,000 km from the South American continent, the 19 islands of
the Galapagos and their surrounding marine reserve have been
called a unique living museum and showcase of evolution. They are
threatened by invasive species, growing tourism and immigration. The
number of days spent by passengers of cruise ships has increased by
150 percent over the past 15 years, for example. This increase has
fuelled a growth in immigration and the ensuing inter-island traffic
has led to the introduction of more invasive species.
Further details: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/357
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'Sharks In Focus' 2007 Photo
Competition
Deadline: August 31,
2007
The Shark Trust,
along with Diver Magazine, has opened the "Sharks In Focus" photo competition to
submission of entries. Intended to "celebrate the beauty and
highlight the vulnerability of sharks," the grand prize winner
will receive a week-long diving holiday for two in the
Maldives. Sponsors include Barefoot Traveller, Suunto, Mares,
Ocean Optics, and Fujifilm. The
August 31, 2007 deadline is fast approaching, and while there
is no entry fee, there is a limit of two submissions per
entran. The top photographs will be displayed at the Dive 2007
exhibit at NEC Birmingham in October and published in the 2008
Diver Magazine calendar.
Further details: www.sharktrust.org/
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Member's website
BSoUP member Sam
Bean has recently launched her own website. This includes
both underwater and land images taken around the world.
Sam has won in numerous BSoUP
competitions including the Beginner's Portfolio
Competition in 2003 and was the runner-up in the Splash-In Digital Macro Category in
2005 and Open
Portfolio Competition in 2006.
Visit: www.sambeanimages.com/index.htm
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Sam Bean's Home Page
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Cover shot by Tim Rock
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Underwater Photography
Magazine
The July/August issue of the FREE bi-monthly web
based magazine Underwater Photography (UwP) is now available as a pdf
at www.uwpmag.com/
This issue includes Ikelite Nikon L11 package, Sea
and Sea YS-27DX. Sealux HX7 housing, Nekton broadcast housings, 10Bar
focus light, Tokina 10-17mm, Bonin Islands, Bonaire Digital ShootOut.
CMAS 11th World Championship, Under the Blue results, Temperate
temptations, Parting Shots
The magazine is produced by former
BSoUP Chairman and current member Peter Rowlands and
includes articles by BSoUP members and others.
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Sea and Sea's new 10 megapixel u/w camera
system
Sea and Sea have announced a new DX-1G housing and
1G camera which features 10.01 effective megapixels from a high
quality CCD sensor and a 24-72mm wide-angle-to-telephoto zoom lens
for incredible versatility. Building on the success of the DX-5000G
and DX- 8000G, Sea and Sea set out to engineer and manufacture a more
technologically advanced, yet user-friendly, underwater system that
is ideal for any type of photographer - novice to professional. The
DX-1G is the result - offering SLR functionality, performance and
features without the bulk, hassle and weight of an SLR system.
Full details: www.seaandsea.com/DX-1G/release.pdf
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in focus 87 - Spring/Summer
2007
Cover photo: Shark by Rob Allen
CONTENTS
Editorial by Gill McDonald, BSoUP Programme 2007,
'Its not what you've got' by Alex Mustard, 'Building a photography
website' by Jeremy Cuff, 'Norwegian Coral reefs' by Vicki Blillings,
'Photographing big sharks in Fiji' by Rob Allen, 'Norwegian Coral
Reef photographs' by Rohan Holt, Annual Theme Portfolio
2007, British Underwater Image Festival 2007, Forward Planning,
Monthly meeting reports, BSoUP Officers
2007.
If you would like to receive printed
copies of in focus, as and when it is published,
then why not join BSoUP.
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Website of the Week - John
Liddiard
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP member's website. John Liddiard'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 http://www.bsoup.org
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John Liddiard's Home Page
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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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