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Wetpixel announces the 2011 Raja Ampat Entrance Tag Design Contest. Enter your best images or graphic designs and have your image printed on the 5,000 park tags which will be attached to the BCDs of visiting divers. The author of the winning design also wins an all-inclusive10-day dive holiday to Raja Ampat, Indonesia, for two! The submission deadline is Monday, September 6th, 2010. Public voting on finalist images will commence shortly after and end on October 11th, 2010. Read more...
The Sept/Oct 2010 Issue of the UwP magazine consists of no less than 90 pages(!). It's the largest UwP issue published so far, and some might say the best as well. This issue pretty much covers at all, as a wide variety of writers, underwater photographers, videographers and world travelers write about recent events, photo techniques, underwater photo equipment, special dive locations and more, everything you need to stay in the loop. All you’ve got to do now is to arrange yourself a holiday long enough for a 90 pages colorful read!
The 17th Issue of the Underwater Journal magazine, now available for free download, introduces a personal approach towards some of the latest news from the underwater world, including unique dive spots, innovative diving gear, impressive fish species and rare encounters. You might have already heard about Florida Keys, read regarding diving rebreathers or dreamt about a night dive with Manta Rays. This time, however, you're about to experience it through a different perspective. A whole new point of view.
Nauticam made its debut last year with a lot of very interesting innovations to the underwater camera housing market. The piano keys and the port locking systemare just some of them. Listing to their customer Nauticam is continuously trying to improve the ergonimcs of the housings. Nauticam's Canon EOS 550D housing is the latest incarnation of their efforts, which comes up with new ideas like the ISO paddle, the rocker lever for the (*) button and a new housing locking latches.
This years Epson Red Sea 2010 competition will start in April already. And if you already thought of participating in this years Epson Red Sea competition this could be your ticket. David Pilosof just spiced up the time until the 2010 competition with another small online competition. Between April and August photographers, both amateur and professionals can participate in a monthly contest to finally win flights, accommodation and diving costs for the Epson Red Sea 2010 competition.
The new Aquatica Mini Dome 100 was designed to accommodate a wide variety of fisheye lenses. If you have ever encountered impossible situations due to the huge size of your fisheye lens port, such as a failure to come closer to a fish hiding inside a small cove, or perhaps failure to ever find a bag large enough to accommodate your port, you are most likely to appreciate this 4 Inch innovation. It is made from BK-7 mineral glass, competitively priced and promised to soon be offered for other brands housings as well.
A variety of underwater issues and points of interest are covered within the 61 pages of the Underwater Journal's 15th Issue, available for free download. A journey to Farnsworth Bank - if you feel like diving in California, a dive beneath the ice - to dust off your drysuit, an introduction with Dosidicus Gigas - as it has been a long time since we last read a GOOD underwater horror story, and a guide through the different surfer markey buoys available - that is, in case you ever run into a Dosidicus Giga...
The 53rd Issue issue of the Underwater Photography Magazine has been published. Whether you were considering where to carry out your next dive trip or which new photo equipment to spoil yourself with, you are most likely to find some good answers in this issue. This latest issue even features an article that guides you through the reasons of being satisfied even when your images turn out the worst, reminding us, even pros, that a good learning curve should never be overlooked!
Although Canon's new flagship camera, the 1Ds MK IV, has been released only recently, a compatible underwater housing is already available. Aquatica announces that their Canon 1DS MKIII is fully compatible with the 1Ds MK IV, which is considered as a blessed upgrade to Canon's pro line. The Aquatica 1DS MKIII housing is machined from solid aluminum, treated and anodized to military specification, ergonomically designed, carefully balanced, depth rated to 300 feet and most important - already out there!
Thousands of entries were submitted to the Our World Underwater 2010 competition, which consisted of seven stills categories and two video categories. The judges of the competition released a formal state, according to which the level of images submitted this year was especially high, easily justifying nearly $50,000 worth prizes, including dive trips, underwater photography equipment, diving gear and more. In addition, 15% of competition proceeds were donated to marine conservation efforts. Seems that even the sea wasn't left empty-handed!!
Each year, Beneath The Sea provides amateur underwater photographers and videographers with a chance to compete with their peers from across the world and to win some valuable diving trips and live-aboards (which are basically a chance to take some more award winning images!). The winners of the BTS 2010 Competition were now announced and include Yeang H Chng from West New York, who received the David Doubilet award for excellence in underwater photography, as well as many other lucky talents. Click here for the full list of winners.
With The growth in popularity of underwater photography, a community of esteemed professional photographers respond by developing a series of online tutorials to help the world learn about underwater photography. Whether you're new to underwater photography or simply looking to improve your established skills, you will surely find these tutorials very helpful. Wide angle and macro photography, underwater lighting, composition and workflow are only a few of the topics covered by these tutorials. They are simply written, easy to follow and provided for FREE!
The Epson Red competition has become a very popular event within the last years. It has attracted hundreds of underwater photographers from all over the world to the lovely Eilat, Israel. This year the event has been covered in a nice report by Sharon Rainis this year. Now, an print album with all winning images and some photos of the event itself has been published.
Our Partners at Wetpixel run a public voting on the 44 winners of their weekly contest for the Picture of the Year 2009. The weekly images are a selection of amazing photographs and chosing between them is really tough. The winning image will have the pleasure to spend a wonderful week liveaboard dive trip on the M/V Solmar V. The public voting is now open.
One of the new products featured these days at the 2010 CES Show in Las Vegas is the Liquid Image Scuba Series HD Wide Angle, a dive mask that features an integrated water resistant High Definition 720P digital video and 5.0MP stills camera. Depth rated to 40m/130 feet, the Scuba Series HD comes with a 2GB micro SD, which can be expanded up to 32GB, enabling you to record thousands of still images or approx. 16 hours of video. 4.7W Lights can be connected at both sides of the mask. Keep your hands free!
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| strobe: | single Sea & Sea YS-60TTL Duo |
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