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Sea Save Auction is open for bids
The Sea Save Foundation’s annual auction is open now for bids. It features over 50 diving trips from around the globe. Proceeds raised by the auction will be used to Sea Save’s groundbreaking conservation work. The auction will close on 22 December.
Jeff Cable: The Do’s and Don’ts of Memory Cards
Photographer and former Lexar executive Jeff Cable has posted an article listing 8 tips itemising how to get the best from your memory cards on his blog.
National Geographic outs shark image hoax
A digitally manipulated image of a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) apparently breaching is the subject of an elaborate hoax. An individual going by the name of Bob Burton, is claiming to be a National Geographic magazine’s “chief” photographer and that the image is National Geographic’s “photo of the year”. National Geographic denies that Burton is an employee and states that they do not award a “photo of the year”. Image from Shutterstock.
How whale species are adapting to changing ice in the Antarctic
National Geographic has just published an article that follows scientists through Antarctic waters as they try to determine how whale species are adapting to less ice and warmer temperatures. National Geographic Explorer Ari Friedlaender, of Oregon State University, is in the Antarctic to study humpback whales and Antarctic minke whales. The population of minke whales, who depend on sea ice for survival, has dropped while the population of humpback whales, who thrive in open ocean, have grown significantly.
Tutorial: Sharpening using Lightroom View Mask
Adobe’s Lightroom Coffee Break offers quick (60 second or less) tutorials about some of the app’s useful and often more esoteric features. Benjamin Warde offers a concise guide to using the View Mask to edge sharpen images.
Princess cruise line criminally fined for deliberate illegal dumping in ocean
The Department of Justice has fined Princess Cruise Line a fine for deliberate ocean pollution. The $40 million fine is “the largest-ever criminal penalty involving deliberate vessel pollution” according to the Department of Justice. The illegal pollution was reported by a whistleblowing engineer who quit over the practices in 2013.
Call for entries: DUC Shootout 2017
The Durban Underwater Club (DUC) is calling for entries for the DUC Shootout. Entries can be captured from Mozambique to the West coast of Southern Africa, including natural inland sites in 4 categories. Images must have been taken between now and 31 May 2018.
Mexico announces biosphere reserve
Just ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Cancun, Mexico has announced a new biosphere reserve encompassing much of the Quintana Roo coastline. Mexico News Today reports that the new protected area will encompass 5.7 million hectares (22,000 sq. miles), and will include the municipalities of Isla Mujeres, Benito Juárez, Puerto Morelos, Solidaridad, Cozumel, Tulum, Bacalar and Othón P. Blanco
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