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BSoUP's
Open Portfolio Competition 1996
Winner - Linda Dunk
Reproduced
from in focus 59
(February 1997)
Softly-spoken
Linda Dunk will assure you she is just a middle-aged mother
with two teenage daughters and a husband to care for.
That
in itself is enough for many people. But she also runs her
own business and finds time to take award-winning underwater
photographs to such effect that she has completed the remarkable
hat-trick of winning BSoUP's annual open portfolio competition
for the third year in succession.
Her
entry comprised six slides taken in the northern Red Sea and
Belize.
One
of them, showing a clownfish amidst the tentacles of an anemone
in the northern Red Sea, was taken while a Titan Triggerfish
was gnawing at one of her feet!
Linda
enjoys taking pictures in British waters and, like her friend
and dive buddy Hilary Driscoll, has a great affection for
Swanage Pier.
At
the same time, she favours the northern Red Sea for much of
her photography.
Israel and Egypt are a comparatively short flight from the
UK and the time difference is not significant so she can make
her trips extremely productive.
'In
many ways it is easier to take pictures in places like the
Red Sea , the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. The light is
so beautiful. For me, the delight of being underwater and
the thing which keeps me taking pictures is the way the light
passes through the water. You can get the most fantastic effects
and they are never the same from one day to the next.
It
matters a lot to me to be able to portray the extra-ordinary
life underwater. People treat the sea as an unknown quantity.
Because of that, they abuse it and have no conscience about
it or real knowledge of the life that exists there. They zoom
around quickly, underwater tourists who never really see the
wonders of the world they are visiting.
I
take pictures because of what is down there. The sights are
beyond belief! I want to show them to everyone for them to
enjoy as well.'
As
is demonstrated by her remarkable run of successes, Linda
can photograph most subjects but she finds the natural portrayal
of fast-moving subjects like manta rays, dolphins and especially
sharks to be difficult, as distinct from setting up an artificial
situation by feeding them.
Results
Open
portfolio competition for six slides taken underwater anywhere
in the world.
1.
Linda Dunk, 61 points.
2.
Pete Atkinson, 43 points.
3.
Malcolm Hey, 26 points.
4=.
Linda Pitkin and Ken Sullivan, 20 points each.
Nineteen
portfolios were entered.
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OPEN PORTFOLIO COMPETITION |
