Turtle Rescue by Lea Lee
Articles
New study into breath hold physiology
A paper published in the journal Science offers an explanation into how marine mammals manage to store oxygen during long deep dives. Scientists have understood that high levels of myoglobin allow more oxygen to be stored, but until now, have not understood how this happens.
Aquatica announces the AD600 housing
Aquatica has announced the release of their housing for the Nikon D600 SLR. The AD600 provides access to the camera’s Fn control, which can be customized for a variety of functions, via a button on the rear. It also has a thumb lever for ISO adjustment and three ports for accessories such as monitor or vacuum bulkheads. The housing will retail at $3,199 in the U.S.A.
National Geographic establishes stock agency
National Geographic has launched National Geographic Creative Studio, an in-house agency that brings together National Geographic’s photography and video stock collection and talent representation agency.
Call for entries: Dive Rite annual photo contest
Dive Rite has announced its annual photo competition that aims to “showcase remarkable dives from around the world”. Scheduled May through July, themes for the contest are Gnarly Dive, Wildlife Interactions and Dive Rite Divers.
Santa Barbara Film Festival hosts a Tribute to Ernie Brooks
The Santa Barbara Film Festival is to host a tribute to Ernie Brooks. It will be held in the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara on Saturday, 14 September at 7:00 PM. The program will be a benefit to raise funds for the Historical Diving Society USA and the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.
Tracking basking sharks off the Isle of Man
Manx Basking Shark Watch has tagged their first basking sharks of the season off the Isle of Man. In all, four sharks are tagged and can be tracked online through the Wildlife Tracking website.
Back into the Light
Wetpixel Moderator Steve Williams was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer back in November 2011. In May this year, cancer free, he returned to the oceans, diving in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. I feel very privileged to share this article about his experience with the Wetpixel community.
Adobe releases Lightroom 5
Adobe has announced the release of version 5 of its Lightroom image processing software. The beta version has been in existence for some time and, true to its statements, Adobe has made the new version available as a stand-alone purchase as well as a part of the Creative Cloud package. It incorporates new healing abilities (great for backscatter removal) and offline editing abilities. As a stand alone, it is priced at $149 or $79 as an upgrade.
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