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Christine Wales
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Website of the Week -
Christine Wales
Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP Member's
website. This week's choice is Christine Wales.
Chris' first dive was on her 40th birthday in
Jamaicawith her husband Clive. That was about six years ago.
Picking up her first camera two years later she
found underwater photography an excellent distraction for the odd
panic attackshe was beginning to experience during dives. Taught by
the internationally renowned author and photographer Martin Edge and
her husband Clive (videophotographer) she has graduated from an
Olympus C7070 to the Nikon D200 and Inon flash.
To learn more about Chris and see some of her
picturesplease visit http://oceanpixels.co.uk/
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Into the Deep Exhibition
Edinburgh 25th February - 1 May
2011
Into the Deep, an exhibition of underwater images,
willbe on display in Edinburgh, UK from Friday 25 February. The
outdoor displayis presented by Steve Bloom Images and Edinburgh International
ScienceFestival. The images start at the surface of the ocean and
travel downwardslooking at sharks, coral reefs and eventually the
creatures of thedeep.
The exhibit features photography from Steve Bloom
along with that of Franco Banfi, Daniel Selmeczi, David Shale,
BSoUP Committee Member and Wetpixel Associate Editor
Alexander
Mustard, BSoUP Member Georgette Douwma and more
including Jim Anderson, Alan James and Sue Scott.
A total of 60 giant photographs will be on show,
which isat St Andrews Square, Edinburgh and runs from 25 February to
1 May.
Further details: www.stevebloom.com/
There is a report and short video clip on the
exhibitionat http://news.stv.tv/
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Into the Deep Exhibition

Into the Deep Exhibition
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'Bokeh Triplefin Blenny' © Will Clark
Bronze Medal in the Super Macro Traditional category
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Our World Underwater - Results
The results of the annual underwater
photography competition 'Our World Underwater' have been announced.
The Best of Showwas won by Russian photographer Anatoly
Beloshchin.
Congratulations to BSoUP Member
Will Clark who won a Bronze medal in the Super
MacroTraditional category with "Bokeh Triplefin Blenny" taken at
Talumben, Bali.Will won a Sea and Sea YS-110a Strobe.
Also many congratulations to
Simon Spear, who won a Gold medal in the Video:
General category with'Circle of Life' and a Gold medal in the Video:
Conservation category with 'Hope'. Simon won a 9 day trip to the
Revillagigedo Archipelago (Socorro), aboard Solmar V; NocturnalLights
800i SLX; and a Mask and Fins set from Cressi. Simon joined
BSoUP at the Big Scuba Show last weekend.
To view all the winning images and videos please
visit http://underwatercompetition.com/
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Historical Diving Society - New Museum at
Gosportneeds your help
The Historical diving society (HDS) are setting up
adiving museum in No.2 Battery at Stokes Bay in Gosport. The Museum
will open on 30 April 2011 and is expected to be open weekends
thereafter(manned as ever by volunteers)!
The Museum will in time be a formal archive, but will have display
areasfor SCUBA, Military, Commercial and standard equipments. It is
also planned to have a section for underwater cameras. As you will see
from the image (right) the camera corner is rather bare with the basis
of a Nikonos collection and some miscellaneous housings etc. It would
be appreciated if the BSOUP members were able to expand
the collection, I'm sure many, as I, have many systems in the cupboard
that are no longer used or functional. It would also be nice if the
members expertise could be used to identify any systems we are unsure
of and any supporting information/details., e.g.the top three rows of
the cupboard.
If you can help please contact
gavin.anthony@btinternet.com
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Historical Diving Society - Camera corner in
theMuseum
in No. 2 Battery at Stokes Bay in Gosport
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Seal by Joss Woolf © 2nd British
category
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BUIF Results
This year's British Underwater
Image Festival attracted hundreds of entries across all of
thecategories, showcasing the very best in underwater photography
andfilmmaking.
Now in its sixth year, BUIF is the biggest
competition of its kind in the UK. It comprises two sections - the
video category isjudged by BAFTA-winning cameraman Peter
Scoones and thestills section is judged by DIVE regulars
Alex Mustard and Charles Hood.
Joining them on both judging panels wereDIVE editor Simon
Rogerson and ColinDoeg, founder of
BSoUP. The awards were presentedat a ceremony held
at the Big Scuba Show in London's Olympia, where 50 ofthe best
photographs were on display. The winning DVDs were shown in
adedicated film theatre.
Congratulations to BSoUP Members
Simon Brown, Tony Baskeyfield,
Keith Lyall, Joss Woolf,
CathyLewis (stills categories) and Jo
Horrocks and Dave Peake (DVD categories)
who won prizes.
A summary of the results and some of
the images maybe viewed on the DIVE website at www.divemagazine.co.uk/
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Mustard Wrecks in the Mail
andTelegraph
BSoUP Committee Member and Wetpixel Associate
Editor Alex Mustard has just
had a seriesof his wreck images published in two UK newspapers. The
Daily Mail and
The Telegraph have both used a portfolio of his images and these
havealso been picked by Globo, the largest media outlet in Brazil.
Alex isquoted by the Daily Mail as saying:
"'Wrecks attract divers because of the
incongruity ofseeing something from above the waves beneath
them."
The articles include pictures of the
newly-sunkKittiwake, Grand Cayman, Thisttlegorm and Giannis D, Red
Sea and a VW Beetle from Capernwray, Lancashire!
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Alex Mustard in the Mail
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Nigel Wade
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Website of the Week - Nigel
Wade
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP Member's website. This week's choice is Wade
Imaging, the website of NigelWade.
Nigel is an experienced Diver with a passion
for photography. He is PADI 'Master Scuba Diver Trainer' providing
Instructionto hundreds of students in the UK. He is also a qualified
TDI in AdvancedTrimix for deep (100 meter) wreck diving using Helium
based gas mixes and owns and dives with an Ambient Pressure Diving
Inspiration Vision fullyclosed circuit Re-Breather.
As well as the UK, Nigel has dived and returned
with images from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian, Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans.
For further details and to view some of Nigel's
imagesplease visit www.wadeimaging.com/
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Dynamic Digital Duo to feature
atLIDS
Saturday and Sunday 26th and
27th
The dynamic digital duo BSoUP
Members Alex Mustard and Martin
Edge are teaming up again to give a presentation, this time
at the LondonInternational Dive Show at ExCel, in
London's Docklands.
Alex, an award-winning photographer, is widely
regarded as a pioneer of innovative techniques, including his Magic
Filters foravailable light photography and his book 'Reefs Revealed'.
He is also a regular contributor to UwP and writes a monthly column
for DIVE.
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Martin is known as a leading teacher of underwater photography and
his book 'The Underwater Photographer' is regarded by many as holy
writ.
Following on from their sell-out 'On
Underwater Photography' event at Imperial College last year, they will
discuss thetechniques and concepts that make for memorable underwater
images. They will be in the North Gallery, rooms 4/5 at 11:15
a.m.on both Saturday and Sunday 26th and 27th March. But get
there early as there is limited capacity and entry is on a first come,
first served basis.
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Maria Munn wins DIVER magazine's
Publication ofthe Year Award
Congratulations to BSoUP Member
Maria Munn whose book 'Underwater Photography for
CompactDigital Cameras ' won the DIVER Magazine Publication of the
Year.
Maria was over the moon when she learned the
good news.'Wow I am totally speechless!', she said. Once recovered she
added 'I feel incredibly humbled and touched that my book has been so
well received. Thank you so very much to all DIVER readers who voted
for me'.
No other single book or DVD attracted votes in
sufficientnumbers to be deamed worthy of being a runner-up in this
category.
For further details of Maria's book and to purchase
a hard copy or an e-book please visit www.oceanvisions.co.uk/
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British Wildlife Photography
Awards2011
Deadline: 2 June, 2011
The competition opened on 1 February 2011, with a
prizefund of up to £20,000. The British
Wildlife Photography Awards in 2011 are your chance to win a
prestigious photography award and cash prize of £5,000.
There are numerous categories including 'Coast
and Marine' which includes marine and maritime species near the sea,
underwater, at the sea shore and coastal zone
only.
For full details please visit http://www.bwpawards.org/
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British Wildlife Photography Awards
2011
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Winner © David Henshaw
Shoal of catfish, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi Indonesia
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Focus on - February - Shoals
-Results
Congratulations to David Henshaw
who was the winner of this month's Focus On competition with a school
of feeding catfish taken in Lembeh Straits, Indonesia.
The runner-up was Alex Tatersall
with ashoal of Bastard Grunts taken in Gran Canaria. Trevor
Rees took third place with a shoal of Red Sea glass fish
taken on the Nuweiba house reef. Fourth place went to
Georgette Douwma with a shoal of fish taken at Misool,
Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Tom Pepper took
fith place with a shoal taken in the Maldives. Sixth place went to
Paul Colley with a shoal of Horse Eye Jacks taken in
Grand Cayman.
A total of 45 entries were submitted and as you can
see from the results (below left) it was a very close contest between
David, Alex and Trevor.
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None of the top four were present at the meeting -
oncea gain disproving the myth that members need to be present to
compete.
How the top six scored:-
Position |
Photographer |
Points |
Firsts |
1 |
David
Henshaw |
43 |
8 |
2 |
Alex
Tattersall |
41 |
10 |
3 |
Trevor
Rees |
40 |
5 |
4 |
Georgette
Douwma |
26 |
6 |
5 |
Tom
Pepper |
15 |
3 |
6 |
Paul
Colley |
14 |
2 |
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Runner-up © Alex Tattersall
Bastard grunts, Gran Canaria
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Third © Trevor Rees
Red Sea glass fish
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The top six may be viewed in the Gallery.
BSoUP Members only may view all of the entries in
the Competition Slideshow, but you will need to login
if you have not already done so this session.
If you were not in the top six and would like to
know howyou fared, please e-mail brian.pitkin@virgin.net.
Next month we will be holding our annual Theme
Portfolio Competition. This is for BSoUP Members only. The deadline
for submission is Wednesday 9th March. Please read
the Rules before entering
via the online Entry form.
The competitiion is sponsored by UnderWaterVisions,
the official UK distributor of the Nauticam
underwater housing line, who have donated a voucher worth £150 to
spend in their onlineshop.
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Epson Red Sea 2010
CompetitionAlbum
World of Underwater Images -
Eliat,Israel
The Epson Red Sea 2010 Competition
Album has finally been published. Images of all competition
nominees and winners are featured in the album. The result is a
210-page breathtaking underwater journey.
"Images submitted to the competition this year
consistedof an exceptionally high standard", says Roni Sofer, head of
the Epson RedSea jury panel. "This might have made it more difficult
for us judges, to make decisions, but at the same time, it sure turned
this year's competition album to one of the best ever presented!".
To download your FREE pdf copy please visit
http://www.eilatredsea.com/_Uploads
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Epson Red Sea 2010 Album
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Jane Morgan |
Next BSoUP
meeting:
The next BSoUP meeting takes place on
Wednesday,16th February 2010 at 7.30 for 8.00 p.m.
at our usual venue the Holland Club, Imperial College, S. Kensington,
London. Directions. New and
prospective new members willbe welcomed from 7.30 p.m. See Welcome
Photo Techniques: The Great Bali Critter Hunt by JaneMorgan
Jane is BSoUP's Meetings secretary. She
will be showing some of her images from a recent trip to
Bali.
Jane learned to dive in 1991 and is an
openwater instructor and an International Association for Handicapped
Divers instructor. Passionate about the underwater world she has
worked on conservation projects with Coral Cay in both the Philippines and
Borneo.
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Jane discovered underwater photography during a
trip to the Southern Red Sea in 2001 and never looked back. She moved
to digital photogaphy in late 2004, and now uses a Nikon D80 camera in
a Sea and Seahousing with twin YS110 strobes. Jane's work has been
widely published in the UK diving press and images are available for
sale directly from her website.
Focus On: ' Shoals of fish'.
The competition is now closed. BSoUP Members only may view the
Competition Slideshow, but you will be asked to login if you have
not already done so this session.
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An infrared image of an Anemone fish ©
KathyWhite
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Kathy White
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Main Event: Infrared
underwater photography by Kathy White
Kathy learnt to dive on Koh Tao several years ago,
whereshe later trained and worked as an underwater videographer
before makingthe move to stills. After returning to the UK, she took
up landscape photography and now runs small group and 1 to 1 landscape
photography workshops in Dorset as well as leading photography tours
for Ocean Capture.
Her infrared experiments and learning started on land a few
years ago and last year she took this underwater.
Kathy will talk about what infrared light is and how you can capture it, what
works underwater and what doesn't and things to look out for when
shooting in IR. The talk will be accompanied by lots of infrared images, from both land and underwater. To learn
more about Kathy and to see some of her images please visit http://kathywhiteunderwater.com/
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Website of the Week - JP
Trenque
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP Member's website. This week's choice is
JP Trenque
'Born in France, I learnt to dive in 1980 to follow
my father's footsteps.
After moving to the UK in 1994, I became a
diving instructor and spent my holidays teaching people to dive. I
also developed an interest in underwater videography, which I thought
would be a great tool to share my passion of the underwater
environment and would allow me to show non divers how beautiful and
fragile coral reefs are.
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UnderwaterVisions - JP Trenque
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Soon, I realised that, although I could obtain
some decent footage, I often struggled to put it together into an
interesting story. So I switched to still underwater photography in
2003 with a Nikon D100 and started attending BSoUP meetings on a
regular basis. Listening to speakers such as Linda Dunk, Linda Pitkin
or Alex Mustard offered a major source of inspiration.
Currently Chairman of the British Society of
Underwater Photographers, I spend much of my spare time taking photos
underwater, either in the UK or abroad and I organise photographic
trips with Hidden Depths Dive Tours.
Working as a volunteer RNLI helmsman on the Thames
has also given me access to new photographic opportunities, which I
hope to explore further in the future.
To learn more about JP and to see some of his
images please visit http://www.jptrenque.com/
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The Big Scuba Show 2011 |
BSoUP at the Big Scuba Show
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th at Earls
Court and Olympia, London
BSoUP Members
Rick Ayrton and Steve Jones will be
giving presentations at the Big Scuba Show.
Rick will be giving a talk based loosely around
his involvement with diving and photographing deep wrecks entitled
'Deep Wreck Mysteries' in the Knowledge Chamber at 3.00pm Saturday
19th and 10.00am Sunday 20th.
Steve will be giving a talk 'In the footsteps
of Shackleton' in the Film Theatre at 10.00am Saturday 19th only.
The British Underwater Film Festival videos are
being shown throughout the weekend in the Film Theatre and the Awards
will bepresented at 2.00pm.
BSoUP will be at the event. Do
please call by our stand.
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PhotoZone at London International
DiveShow
Saturday and Sunday 26th and 27th March at
ExCel, London
A new feature of the London International Dive
Show (LIDS) this year will be the PhotoZone. This will incorporate the
stands of camera and accessory suppliers, alongside the organizations
like the British Society of Underwater Photographers
(BSoUP).
In addition, there will be a series of free
45-minutesessions in the new Photo Zone presentation area in the main
hall. Speakers include Saeed Rashid, talking about
Photoshop, Alex Tattersall on macro photography and
Paul"Duxy" Duxfield on video editing; among
others.
Last but not by no means least, there will be
anexhibition of stunning underwater prints taken by
BSoUP/SUPS members entitled 'Best of A
Global Walk Underwater'. This is a selection of 72 of the
best prints from over 300 exhibited by the Stevenage Underwater
Photographic Society's in2010-11 in Hertfordshire. The exhibtion is
sponsored by DIVER magazine.
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BSoUP Stand (right) and Print display at DIVE
2010, NECBirmingham. Image © Charles Erb
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Paul Colley Wins Telegraph Big
Picture Competition
Congratulations to BSoUP member
Paul Colley, who's photo of the USS Kittiwake wreck
in the Cayman Islands has won the latest round of The Telegraph's Big
PictureCompetition. Paul's image wins him a Nikon Coolpix S8000,
worth £250.
Paul took his picture during BSoUP
member Alex Mustard's Grand Cayman photo workshop,
using his Nikon D300 with Tokina 10-17mm, fitted with a Magic Filter,
in a Subal housing. The photo is also the first competition success
for a picture of the Kittiwake, which was sunk earlier in 2011.
To view the image at a larger size please visit
www.telegraph.co.uk/
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Paul Colley's Round 138 Winner of The
Telegraph's
Big Picture Competition
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Last year's Animal Portraits:Winnner
Painted Goby © Cathy Lewis
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British Underwater
PhotographyChampionship
Saturday 9th July at Mount Batten
in Plymouth
The annual British Underwater Photography
Championship (Splash-In) organised by the British Society of
Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) takes place on
Saturday 9th July at Mount Batten in Plymouth. The competition is open
to all underwater photographers whether they are BSoUP members or
not.
This year's event is sponsored by Maldives Scuba
Tours, Olympus, AP Valves, OceanVisions and
Sport
Diver.
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The competition comprises four categories open to
imagestaken with all types of digital cameras - Marine Life, Mankind
in the Sea, Humorous, and a special theme to be announced at the
event. Prizes will be awarded to each category winner. There
will also be an award for the best image with a compact camera in each
category (except Humorous). All participants will compete for the
chance to win a holiday for two for one week in the Maldives on board
one of Maldive
Scuba Tours liveaboard boats (exclusive of flights and
taxes).
Full details of the event may be
found at www.bsoup.org/Splash/2011/intro.php
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Last year's winning Humorous image
Rock pool © Derek Haslam
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Some of the BSoUP Members who give talks
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Need a speaker to give a presentation to
yourSociety or Club?
We invited all BSoUP members who
give presentations locally or further afield to submit their names and
contact details for a list of speakers.
The list is now available at speakers4you. The photographers may be
contacted by e-mail to check availability and discuss dates, topics
and fees and/orexpenses (where applicable). For some there are also
links to their websites, so you can check out their underwater
photography before contacting them
If any BSoUP Member who is not
included on the list would like to be added, please contact brian.pitkin@virgin.net
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Website of the Week - Ken
Sullivan
Each week we are highlighting a BSoUP Member's
website. This week's choice is Ken Sullivan.
Ken has been diving for over forty five years after
a friend encouraged him to join the Stevenage Sub-aqua Club in
1964.
Since the early years of
designing, building and customising underwater camera kit, Ken is
still absorbed by this activityto this day. Between dive trips one
can find him enjoying a few days helping his friends and contacts get
the most out of their underwater camera kit by some serious
customisation. To learn more about Ken please visit www.kensunderwaterphotography.com
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Ken Sullivan
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Bristol Underwater Photography
Group
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Bristol Underwater Photographers Group -
Nextmeeting
Tuesday 8th February 2011
The next BUPG Meeting takes place on Tuesday 8th
February at 20.00hrs at The Casson Centre, Rodway Road, Patchway, BS34
5DQ (map)
Competition - Fishes
Presentation - Bahamas Shark Diving aboard Dolphin Dream by
CathyLewis and Paul Woodburn
Annual Print Competition
For futher details please visit www.bupg.co.uk
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The Big Scuba Show
Kensington Olympia, London - 19-20
February2011
Held in association with DIVE,
BSAC and Egypt Tourism, the Big
Scuba Show promises to be the biggest and best scuba diving show the
UK has everseen. With all the latest kit on display, top speakers
including Monty Halls, interactive photo-clinics, diving and
free-diving simulators, trydive pools and the entire dive community
in attendance, you can't call yourself a diver and not attend!
The Big Scuba Show will also incorporate the
BSAC Diving Officers Conference and the British Underwater Image Festival
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The Big Scuba Show
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Get 2 tickets to the Big Scuba Show for just
£8each, saving £9 off the on-the-day rate. Click here, using
promotional code N012. For more information please visit www.thebigscubashow.com
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African Diver #15 Cover photo:
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African Diver - Latest issue
The latest issue of the FREE web magazine is
now available to download.
Issue 15 (February / March 2011) includes Ed's
Logbook,Kelp Forest Magic, Baited Shark Diving by Allen Walker, SASC
- 2010 review, CJ Coetzee, Elusive Dugongs of Bazaruto, Pomene -
Mozambican Paradise andDAN - The right gear for you.
To download you copy please visit www.africandiver.com/
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Website of the Week -
AlexTattersall
Each week we are highlighting a
BSoUP Member's website. This week's choice is '
UnderWaterVisions' the website of Alex
Tattersall.
UnderWaterVisions is the official UK distributor of
the Nauticam underwater housing line - designed for discerning
underwaterphotographers by discerning underwater photographers.
Alex also an official INON UK dealer and a stockist
of StiX arm and buoyancy solutions, Zen Underwater dome ports and
Cameq greenwater solutions.
To view Alex's website please visit www.uwvisions.com/
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UnderwaterVisions, the website of
AlexTattersall
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