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[echeng]

I've charged up the Wetpixel Picture of the Week competition, so head on over there and submit your best shots! This week's theme is Swimming.
POTW link: http://wetpixel.com/competition/

The moderators are running a little dry on creativity these days, and we need your help to come up with some new themes. Any suggestions? List 'em here.

[Scubysnaps]

To help us think of other themes, do you have a quick reference list we can refer to as to what you have had before please?

Woody

[echeng]

Good idea, Woody. here you go:

111 Sharks and Rays (x2)
112 Reefscapes (x2)
113 Conservation (x2)
114 fish faces (x2)
115 wrecks (x2)
116 Natural Light (x3)
117 Eye Contact (x2)
118 Super Macro
119 Schools (x3)
120 Sunballs (x2)
121 nudi (x2)
122 squids (x2)
123 octopus (x2)
124 Soft Coral (x2)
125 Plants (x2)
126 couples (x2)
127 Camouflage (x2)
128 night shot (x2)
129 Jellyfish (x2)
130 Shrimps (x2)
131 crabs (x2)
132 the blue (x2)
133 The Shallows (x2)
134 the deep (x2)
135 Cold Water (x2)
136 Creepy Crawly
137 Black and White (x2)
138 Scales (x2)
139 In the Muck (x2)
140 Divers (x2)
141 Sea Fans and Gorgonians
142 Hunting Behavior
143 Spawning and Courting (x2)
144 Sea Stars (x2)
145 Upside Down (x2)
146 Polyps
147 Silhouettes (x2)
148 Natural Light (x3)
149 Patterns (x2)
150 Teeth (x2)
151 Soft Coral
152 Hard Coral
153 Super Macro
154 Coral Rainbows (x2)
155 Schooling Fish (x3)
156 Weird & Wonderful
157 Eye Contact (x2)
158 Light & Dark: Contrasts
159 Man-Made (x2)
160 Bubble Magic
161 Close-focus WA
162 Red (x2)
163 Cleaning Stations (x2)
164 Portraiture (x2)
165 Inches below the surface
166 Creative
167 Silver (x2)
168 Squat Lobsters
169 Clingfish (x2)
170 Crinoids
171 Frogfish (x2)
172 Commensalism
173 Gorgonians
174 Behavior
175 Abstract
176 Currents
177 Humor
178 Botched Shots
179 Movement
180 Drifters
181 Green
182 Worms
183 Fresh Water (x2)
184 Self-Portrait
185 Cetaceans
186 Pipefish
187 Seals and Sea Lions
188 Wrasses
189 Seahorses
190 Purple
191 Parrotfish (x2)
192 Prey
193 Yellow
194 Amphibians and Reptiles
195 Caves
196 Reflections
197 Family
198 Lonely
199 Neighbors
200 Orange
201 Freedom
202 Fish Faces (x2)
203 Reefscapes (x2)
204 Wrecks (x2)
205 Natural Light (x3)
206 Sunballs (x2)
207 Nudibranchs (x2)
208 Plants (x2)
209 The Blue (x2)
210 Crabs (x2)
211 The Shallows (x2)
212 Camouflage (x2)
213 Schools (x3)
214 Black and White (x2)
215 Scales (x2)
216 Red (x2)
217 Silhouettes (x2)
218 Sea Stars (x2)
219 Shrimp (x2)
220 Squid (x2)
221 Sharks and Rays (x2)
222 Night Shots (x2)
223 The Deep (x2)
224 Conservation (x2)
225 Octopus (x2)
226 In The Muck (x2)
227 Man-Made (x2)
228 Silver (x2)
229 Cleaning Stations (x2)
230 Portraiture (x2)
231 Frogfish (x2)
232 Spawning and Courting (x2)
233 Upside Down (x2)
234 Divers (x2)
235 Patterns (x2)
236 Cold Water (x2)
237 Coral Rainbows (x2)
238 Jellyfish (x2)
239 Couples (x2)
240 Teeth (x2)
241 Fresh Water (x2)
242 Clingfish and Remora (x2)
243 Parrotfish (x2)
244 Freedom
245 Black and White
246 Hard Coral
247 Silhouettes
248 Abstract
249 Fish Faces
250 Prey
251 Nudibranch, Cowries, Snails
252 Purple
253 Seals and Sea Lions
254 Yellow
255 Pipefish
256 Sea Stars
257 Reflections
258 Circles
259 Cetaceans
260 Fish Eye
261 Perspective
262 Depth
263 Sand
264 Ice
265 Imperfect
266 Polka Dots
267 Stripes
268 Frenzy
269 Light and Dark: Contrasts
270 Focus
271 Color Spectrum
272 Commensalism
273 Wrecks
274 Creative
275 Schools
276 Cephalopods
277 Nudibranchs
278 Silver
279 Wide-Angle
280 The Deep
281 Camoflauge
282 Movement
283 Macro
284 Meals
285 Sharks and Rays (x3)
286 Reefscapes (x3)
287 Conservation (x3)
288 fish faces (x3)
289 wrecks (x3)
290 RED
291 Swimming
292 Muck
293 Action

[The Octopus]

Marine Mammals, Whales, Dolphins, Seals, Otters, underwater models, wide angle macro, spawning. mandarin fish. harlequin shrimp, ribbon eels.

Edited by The Octopus, 22 July 2009 - 12:15 PM.

[antacid]

Men in tights

Babies

Flowers of the sea

Black & White (tribute to MJ? haha)

[Scubysnaps]

Pier legs?
Indirect light?
Bottom of dive boats?
Smile!?
Love/Mating?
Ear ear!
Eye eye!
...Nosey!
Sea snakes
Yikes!
Power

Edited by The Woodster, 22 July 2009 - 10:42 PM.

[diggy]

Panning, Speed, togetherness, passion, rare and unique moments, portfolio that tells a story(five low res images) ??, ...........

Cheers,

Diggy

[cpix]

Over Under
Propeller
Photographer
tenticle
buried
snorkeling/breathholding
pinnacle
anchor
surf
lights
war
new growth
symbiotic
transport
deco
pretty
walking
claws/pinchers
in the distance
shell
bad models

[rtrski]

Water effects (halocline, thermocline or thermal ripple, runoff mineral colors in springs)?
Asymmetry
Diagonal framing (shots with a profound diagonal alignment to the subject matter)
MOON balls
Selective Focus (either depth of field or panning or offcenter framing type effects)
Parasitism (isopods on fish or whatnot)
Abstracts / Textures (darn it - already on your list)
Greatest screwups! (great framing but bad lighting or wrong metering, fin in the corner or bubbles ruining the shot)
Comedy (for some reason it's funny, like that shot of a turtle with crossed fins, or Eric's smiling baby turtle, or dumb diver stunts)

[scorpio_fish]

How many themes do you really need? I think it is OK to repeat themes. As a matter of fact, having a set theme schedule for the next year isn't a bad idea. Leave a couple of slots open "TBD" for new ideas. It's not like people don't take new pictures that can be entered in the next go around of a specific theme. Exclude previous winners or placers in the particular theme. People can plan out their submissions. They could plan whole dive trips around entering a WPOTW contest.

No fuss, no muss.

[Tim Digger]

Creative filters.
The need for high definition images with w/a or high macro lenses is less but the need for a good strong image prior to manipulation might encourage those with lesser cameras and lower tecnique (like me) but who occasionally play with a strong image they have managed to capture. Like this from an Aldabra channel with a 3mp Cannon G1.
Tim Digger

[MSully]

feeding

[tdpriest]

Sponges
Shadows
Surface
Spirals
Shoals
Sex
Squid
Sunshine
Sucking/suckers
Splashes
Shooters

.... and so on....

Tim

[resappraiser]

feeding

Yeah, "what's for lunch?"

[randyj]

point and shoot cameras

[Bent C]

Sportfishing
Commercial fishing
Research
Kids
Rivers and streams

[echeng]

Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions! I've queued up POTW contests for the coming year. Full list can be found here:
http://wetpixel.com/...showtopic=11182

Good luck -- I'm sure there will be incredible shots coming in!