Wetpixel members sweep Beneath the Sea Competition 
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The Best in Show-Underwater Photography receives the David Doubilet Award for Excellence in Underwater Photography and a live-aboard trip aboard Mike Ball Expedition’s Paradise Sport, diving Papua New Guinea or on the Spoil Sport, diving the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. This year’s winner is Katherine Smith of Houma, Louisiana. Her slide is titled: “Daddy Cardinal.”
The Best in Show-Video receives the Stan Waterman Award for Excellence in Underwater Videography and a live-aboard trip on a Nekton Diving Cruises vessel in the Bahamas or Belize. This year’s winner is Mary Anne Pedoto of Hamilton, Ohio. Her video is titled: “Analyzing Anilao.”
The Best in Show-Digital Photography receives the Jim Church Award for Excellence in Digital Photography and a live-aboard trip on the Kona Aggressor. This year’s winner is Mark Snyder of Astoria, New York. His image is titled: “Goby and Wire Coral.”
Beneath The Sea would like to thank this year’s judging panel. They were: David Doubilet, Charles Glatzer, Maria Hults, Josef Koppelman, Bob Ricke and Herb Segars.
2004 COMPETITION WINNERS:
Video:
1st place: Charlie Oldfield Nottingham, England “The Shrimp and the Goby”
2nd place: Walter Marti Santa Ana, California “Do Lunch”
General Category:
1st place: Burkhard Ohlendorf Hilden, Germany “Untitled, Red Sea”
2nd place: Burkhard Ohlendorf Hilden, Germany “ Untitled, Red Sea”
3rd place: Viora Alessio Borgomanero, Italy “Rush Hour”
Marine Life Category:
1st place: Rudy Whitworth Belleville, Michigan “Grace Underwater”
2nd place: Viora Alessio Borgomanero, Italy “The Queen”
3rd place: Rudy Whitworth Belleville, Michigan “Lizard Dinner”
Honorable Mention: Burkhard Ohlendorf Hilden, Germany “Goby”
Macro Category:
1st place: Viora Alessio Borgomanero, Italy “Fische”
2nd place: Rudy Whitworth Belleville, Michigan “Valley of Death”
3rd place: Linda Cline Forest Grove, Oregon “Beholden”
Close up Category :
1st place Leslie Richter Mill Valley, California “Aluring”
2nd place: Ruth Mary Chofre Foster City, California “Be All That You Can Be”
3rd place: Vassallo Pasquale Naples, Italy “The Queen”
Cold Water Category:
1st place: George Tillack Lakewood, California “Peek-a-Boo”
2nd place: Glenn Ostle Charlotte, North Carolina “Mugsy”
3rd place: Dave Nesheim Rancho Palos Verde, California “Laying Eggs”
Cold Water Shipwrecks:
No qualifying entries this year
Warm Water Shipwrecks:
1st place: Steven Gold Glenview, Illinois “Peaceful Arms”
2nd place: Ernst Seeling Vienna, Austria “The Windjammer”
3rd place: Mike North Wilsonville, Oregon “Dawn on the Doc”
Digital Category (Open)
1st place: Ralph Oberlander Dover, New Hampshire “Seahorse”
2nd place: Herb Ko Mountainview, California “Stargazer”
3rd place: Eric Cheng San Francisco, California “Turtle”
Honorable Mention: Dick Hull Manchester, Maryland “Splendid Toadfish”
Digital Creative
1st place: Ernst Seeling Vienna, Austria “Adventure in the Red Sea”
2nd place: Karen Sweeney Bokeelia, Florida “After Midnight”
3rd place: Greg Sweeney Bokeelia, Florida “ Sea Puzzle”
Honorable Mention: Andy Heath Hampshire, England “Emperor Desat”
The winners of the Beneath the Sea 2004 Worldwide Photo/Video Competition will be shown at the Film Festival during the weekend of Beneath the Sea's Dive and Travel Exposition, March 26th, 27th, and 28th , 2004, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey.
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Comment(s):When i used to work at Fisheye I had hte privelage of diving with Maria Hults and her husband Bob (dont know last name) but i believe they set up Beneath the sea or at least have something to do with it. I have never been able to enter as if i remember correctly you have to be American or reside in the states.Anyway .. great photos in this competition .. always has been so well done to those who won .. I wish i oculd see all the winners somewhere .. i dont think they have it online do they.
Posted by Giles Shaxted on 02/06 at 08:17 AMMaria Hults and Bob Ricke do the publicity for Beneath The Sea.
They did not start the show. Armand(Zig)Zigahn started Beneath the Sea
in 1975.Posted by on 02/09 at 07:18 AMPlease forward this to Giles Shaxted:
Thanks for the compliment about the B.T.S Competition. We had a huge volume
of entries this year. We have tripled the contest staff recently. This year’s
winning entries will be posted on the Beneath The Sea website soon.
http://www.beneaththesea.orgFilmboy
Posted by on 02/09 at 11:47 PM
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