News - September 2009
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Website of
the Week - Dana and Mark Atwell
British Wildlife Photography Awards 2009
Tributes paid to Mike Calder
Website of
the Week - Terry Arpino
HMS Royal Oak - Limited Edition Print
Unwanted camera equipment?
Underwater Excellence - Results
UK and Ireland U/W
Photographer of the Year
Website of the Week - Adam Hanlon
September BSoUP Meeting
St Abbs Splash-in 2009
Website of the Week - Lisa
Gabrielle
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SUPS
September Meeting
Epson Red Sea - August Winner
Underwater Excellence - Win £250
Underwater Photography Magazine - Latest
issue
Sharks in Focus Photo Competition
ScubaSnap weekend in Cornwall
The World Festival of Underwater Pictures
North Sea Film Festival
Los Angeles Underwater Photographic
Society
Visions in the Sea
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Website of the Week -
Dana and Mark Atwell
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP Members website. This week's choice is the
website of Dana and Mark Atwell.
To see more of Dana and Mark's
images please visit www.damphotos.com/index.html. Dana and Mark have
further images on Facebook.
To view other BSoUP member's
websites please visit Links/Member's websites. If you are a
member and your website is not on the list please notify Mike Russell.
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British Wildlife
Photography Awards 2009
The BWPA (www.bwpawards.co.uk/) is a new photography competition
that aims to celebrate and highlight the great wealth and diversity
of the natural history of the British Isles.
The competition captured the
imagination of both UK and international photographers, who have
created striking, memorable and innovative
images, powerfully portraying British wildlife.
Congratulations to
BSoUP member Alex Mustard whose
image of a grey seal lounging in seaweed (left) won the 'Coast and
Marine Category'. The image was taken at Lundy Island in May, using a
Nikon D700 in Subal housing, with a Sigma 15mm lens and two Inon Z240
strobes (f/13 @ 1/160th, ISO 800).
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An exhibition of images
submitted for the competition is currently on display at Hoopers Gallery in
Clerkenwell Close, London E. C.1 until 16th October, after which it
will travel around the country over the next 12 months.
The exhibition showcases the
very best of thousands of photographs received.
Four other underwater
photographs are featured in the exhibition. A portrait of a Shanny at
Trefor Pier and a Brown Trout in Capernwray taken by
BSoUP member Mark Thomas, Jewel
Anemones in the Scilly Isles taken by BSoUP member
Jane Morgan, and a tompot blenny portrait (right) at
Swanage Pier taken by Alex Mustard.
The winning images have been
featured in many national newspapers including Times, Guardian and Mail.
For further details of the
competition please visit www.bwpawards.co.uk/
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Tributes paid to dive
entrepreneur Mike Calder
Tributes have been paid to Mike
Calder, scuba entrepreneur and owner of Mikes dive shop in Chiswick,
who has died aged 61.
One of the most popular figures
in the British diving industry, his major achievement was setting up
the Mikes franchise, a network of popular dive shops.
Born and bred in West London, Mike was brought up by his father after
his mother died of cancer when he was seven. He went to school in
Shepherd's Bush and attended technical classes from the age of 13
with a view to entering the building trade.
In his later years he became an accomplished photographer and joined
BSoUP, sponsoring the annual Splash-in in 2008. He
was among the first to photograph the mass aggregations of manta rays
at Donkalo Reef in the Maldives.
Mike Calder died of bowel cancer on 19 September. He leaves a son,
Jamie and grandson, Seth. More in DIVE ..
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Website of the Week -
Terry Arpino
Freelance photographer Terry
Arpino became passionately interested in underwater photography 35
years ago, his interest and love for the underwater environment has
stayed withhim ever since.
The very exciting way that
nature shows its beauty and color in the shapes and forms of
organisms,
living in this challenging yet serene environment. He
enthusiastically describes underwater photography being at times
beyond imagination and dreams.
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 HMS Royal Oak -
A1 Limited Edition Signed Print © Simon Brown |
HMS Royal Oak - Limited
Edition Print
In June 2009 BSoUP Member
Simon Brown was invited by the Royal Navy to
photograph and document HMS Royal Oak. Simon has donated the use of this
image to the Royal Oak Survivors Association and a limited number of
prints will be signed by some of the remaining survivors. All
proceeds of the sale will be used by the Royal Oak Survivors
Association to help fund the building of a permanent memorial to
their comrades in Scapa Bay.
Only 10 signed prints will be
offered to the general public. Each print is A1 in size and
reproduced on archival paper, available from October 14th timed to
coincide with the 70th anniversary of the sinking.
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Unwanted camera
equipment?
Have you got lots of unused
camera equipment? Is it just sitting in a cupboard somewhere? Why not
be creative like David Pilosof (aka Pilo), who runs
the Epson Red Sea Competition, and turn it into a garden sculpture
(right)?
Not creative? If you are a
BSoUP Member you can always recycle your unused
equipment by advertising it in our Classifieds
section. Just login to the
BSoUP Members Forum, click on Classifieds to create your own ad. Your
ad will be displayed on the Classifieds page for all visitors to the
BSoUP website to read whether a BSoUP Member or
not.
Please remember
to remove any items from the Classifieds section once you have sold
them.
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Coral Hermit Crab © Ross Gudgeon |
Underwater Excellence -
Results
There were a total of 26 entries
for our first BSoUP Members Underwater Excellence
Competition. 12 of these were pre-selected for judging by the
audience at last night's BSoUP meeting.
Congratulations to the winner
Ross Gudgeon whose images are reproduced here. Ross
(aka Gudge) and his wife Mary met and started diving together in
1984, getting married two year's later. Along with their dog Digger,
they now live in Exmouth, Western Australia and dive regularly on
Ningaloo Reef.
In Australia Gudge and Mary have
dived the south coast of New South Wales, Melbourne and Perth areas,
Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and of course
Ningaloo Reef. Their favourite overseas destination is Indonesia with
trips to Bali (5), Lombok, Bunaken (3), Lembeh (2) and
Wakatobi.
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All three of Ross' images were
taken on his home patch at Ningaloo Reef with a Canon 50D set at 200
ISO. The Coral Hermit Crab (above) was taken with a Canon 100 mm
macro lens at F16 @ 1/250th. The Red Jellyfish (below right) and and
the Estuarine Cod and Cleaner Wrasse (below left) were taken with a
Tokina 10-17 lens at f13.
Had he been present at the
meeting Ross would have received an individual trophy and a cheque
for £250 kindly donated by DiveQuest from DiveQuest's Rachel
Horsfield.
To learn more about Ross and see
some of his other images please visit http://www.gudgeon.id.au/
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Red Jellyfish © Ross Gudgeon |

Estuarine Cod and Cleaner Wrasse © Ross
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How the top six
scored:-
The top six are included in the
Gallery.
BSoUP members
only may view all the entries in projected order in the Competition slideshow.
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UK and Ireland
Underwater Photographer of the Year - Epson Red Sea
Competition
Voting online to select the 'UK and Ireland Photographer
of the Year' is now open.
Please vote for your favourite photographer among the
winners of the April, May, June, July and August monthly
competitions. Please note that for each month there are 3 images.
Vote for the best set.
The overall winner will have his flights, accommodation
BandB and diving costs covered to compete at the Epson- Red Sea
2009 Shoot-out in Eilat, Israel being
held between 9th and 14th November.
To vote please visit www.eilatredsea.com
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Website of the Week -
Adam Hanlon
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP Member's website. This week's choice is
'Hanlon Photography' the website of Adam
Hanlon.
Adam learnt to dive 25 years ago
at Sodwana Bay on the Zululand coast in his native South Africa and
has been hooked ever since! He used a Nikonos V underwater with
varying results in the late 80's and early 90's as well as film SLR's
on land, but really has found his medium with the advent of digital
technology in the last few years.
Adam is a PADI Course Director and teaches diving full time at
Capernwray
Diving, near Lancaster UK. He holds additional diving
qualifications from IANTD, CMAS, NAUI and GUE.
To learn more about Adam please
visit www.adamhanlon.com/
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September BSoUP
Meeting
The next BSoUP
meeting takes place on Wednesday, September 16th
2009 at 7.30 for 8.00 p.m. at our usual venue the Holland
Club, Imperial College, S. Kensington, London. Directions.
Photo
Techniques: Aperture and Mac - an able field tool for busy
underwater photographers? by Paul Morgan.
Underwater
Excellence: A total of 26 entries were received before the
deadline and these are with the pre-selection judges. The best 12
will be projected at the meeting for the audience to choose an
overall winner to receive an invidual tropy and a cheque for £250
kindly donated by DiveQuest.
Main Event:
Malpelo, Columbia by Pedro Vieyra.
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DiveQuest - Sponsors of Underwater Excellence |
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 Swan ©
Jane Morgan
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St Abbs Splash-in
2009
The annual Splash In underwater
photography competition in St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine
Reserve was held on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August 2009 at St
Abbs.
Congratulations to
BSoUP members Rick Ayrton, who came
second in the Marine Life Portrait category, Jason
Gregory, who won the Humour category, Jane
Morgan, who came second in the Humour category, Jean
Manson, who won the Reserve Atmospheric category, to
Peter Ladell, who came third in the Reserve
Atmospheric Category and third in the Marine Portrait category, and
Mark Fuller, who was the Best Beginner.
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The Splash-in was the
culmination of two weeks of events celebrating the St Abbs and
Eyemouth Marine Reserve's Silver Jubilee. A ceilidh was held to mark
the reserve's 25th year and 29 people took part in a 'jump in' - a
tribute to conservationist David Bellamy who celebrated the creation
of the marine reserve in 1984 by jumping into the harbour. For
further details please visit http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/
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Website of the Week -
Lisa Gabrielle
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP Members website. This week's choice is 'Dive
into Life', the website of Lisa
Gabrielle.
Lisa's website includes a
selection of underwater images from around the world, bringing to the
surface the truly wonderful colours and creatures for all to see.
Locations for the photographs include: Australia, Indonesia (Sulawesi
and Bali), Caribbean (Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands)
and not forgetting Pembrokeshire !
Fur further details please visit
www.diveintolife.com/
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Stevenage Underwater
Photographic Society
Next meeting: Tuesday
8th September 2009
Calendar Image
Selection
Recent Dive Trips
Global Walk Image
Selection
The Stevenage Underwater
Photographic Society meets every 2nd Tuesday of each month from 8pm
at the Stevenage Arts Guild, Community Arts Centre, Roaring Meg,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK.
For further details please visit
http://www.sups-online.com/
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Epson Red Sea - August
Winner
Congratulations to
BSoUP Member Martyn Guess who's
images won the August Epson Red Sea Underwater Photographic
Competition. Martyn received 48.25% of the votes.
Runner-up was Gareth
Millson with 20.25% of the votes and third place went to
Jim Garland with 19% of the votes.
This month
Martyn competes against the winners of the April -
July Competitions Robert Bailey and Trevor
Rees for the title of 'UK and Ireland Underwater
Photographer of the Year'. The overall winner will receive an all
expenses paid trip to Eilat, Israel to compete in the Eilat Shoot-out
being held between 9th and 14th November.
Voting for the final will open
shortly. For further details please visit http://www.eilatredsea.com/
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One of three images submitted © Martyn
Guess |
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DiveQuest - Sponsors of Underwater Excellence
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Underwater Excellence -
Win £250
Deadline: 9th
September
'Underwater Excellence' is a new
competition for BSoUP members only with a
significant cash prize for the best set of three images. The three
images will be projected full screen one after the other and then, as
an aide-mémoire during voting, as a group of three.
As the name suggests we are
looking for a variety of excellent images to include at least one
wide-angle image and one macro/close-up. The images do not need to
'work' together and do not need to be related. Images can be from
around the world, or from a single location but must show a range of
photographic technique.
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The competition is designed to
replicate and help BSoUP members prepare for
important international portfolio competitions, such as those at the
Antibes Festival and Epson Red Sea competitions. At these events
portfolios are judged and scored as sequences and photographers are
rewarded for having a variety of excellent images in their
entry.
As we anticipate many more sets
will be submitted for this competition than can be projected and
judged readily, entries will be pre-judged by a panel of experts
comprising BSoUP Co-founder Colin Doeg, President
Brian Pitkin, Meetings Secretary Jane
Morgan and Member Linda Pitkin. The
pre-selected best 12 sets will then be judged by the audience present
at the meeting, to choose an overall winner.
The winner will receive an
acrylic trophy and a cheque for £250 kindly donated by DiveQuest.
Please read the Rules (www.bsoup.org/underwater_excellence.php)
before entering online.
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Underwater Photography
Magazine - Latest issue
The 50th issue of this FREE web
magazine is now available to download. Happy anniversary and
congratulations to the editor Peter Rowlands and all the
contributors.
Issue 50 includes Editorial,
News and Travel, New Products, Aquatica D90, Canon D10, Wide, macro
zoom, Canon 5D video, Socorro, Gunung Api, Whalesharks, Springtime,
Keyword software and Parting Shots.
To download your copy please
visit www.uwpmag.com/
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 UwP Issue
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 Shark in Focus
2009 |
Sharks in Focus 2009
Photography Competition
Deadline: 6th September,
2009
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.
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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
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 Scuba Snap
weekend |
ScubaSnap weekend in
Cornwall
12-13 September,
2009
An underwater photo festival
will be held in Looe, Cornwall on 12-13 September
The ScubaSnap Weekend will
include photographic tuition and seminars by Mat Trim of Fujifilm and
Maria Munn of Ocean Visions, compact camera photo competitions, shore
diving and a dinner dive and barbeque in the evening.
The event is being run by Fujifilm and Looe Divers.
For further details please visit
www.looedivers.com/index.php/events.html and to book
tickets e-mail photocomp@looedivers.com
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The 36th World Festival
of Underwater Pictures
Competition deadline:
15th September 2009
The 36th World Festival of
Underwater Pictures will take place from October 29th to November 1st
2009 in Marseille - France (Palais du
Pharo). In this prestigious place, located at the entrance of the
"Vieux-Port", there is a 1,800 m2 space for exhibition and 3 rooms
for the showing of films and photographs in competition.
Registration for contests
FMISM, 1157 chemin de la plaine,
BP 1307, 06255 Mougins cedex, France
Email: info@underwater-festival.com
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North Sea Film
Festival
6th - 8th November,
2009
The third edition of the North
Sea Film Festival is definitely on! The one and only Dutch underwater
filmfestival had to change its dates and will now take place from
November 6 till 8 at Studio/K in Amsterdam.
Last day of registration and
last day to send your film(s) is September 18
For further details please visit
www.northseafilmfestival.com/home/
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Los Angeles Underwater
Photographic Society Photo Contest
Deadline: 19th September
2009
The Los Angeles Underwater
Photographic Society announces the 47th Annual International
Underwater Photographic Competition. This year the oldest and one of
the largest contests of its kind offers seven categories, five still
and two video which amateur photographers may enter. Prizes
include live-aboard/land-based vacations, diving/photo equipment, and
much more. The deadline for receipt of entries is September 18,
2009. Visit our website laups.org/comp_2009/ for competition
guidelines, rules and entry form. If you have questions
please contact the competition committee at: intlcomp@laups.org
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 Visions
in the Sea - Manchester - November 6th- 8th, 2009 |
Visions in the Sea
'09
Competition deadline:
30th September 2009
Visions in the Sea 2009 is the
underwater photography event of the year: a festival of underwater
photography hosted in Manchester. It will include an international
competition as well as presentations from world renowned underwater
photographers and a "Teach In" at our 5m pool with experts available
to delegates who want to improve their techniques. The weekend is in
aid of the Shark Trust to raise money and awareness
throughout the weekend for this important and relevant
charity.
An exhibition of the finalists
of each category from the underwater photography competition, photos
from the guest speakers and trade stands will be open to the general
public free of charge.
Further details: www.visionsinthesea.com
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