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Keldan Filters explained
Underwater lighting experts Keldan lights have produced two short animated videos that show how filters can be used to improve the quality of both ambient and video lighting. They also serve as an excellent primer on underwater lighting and the issues associated with it.
Mike Bartick: Slugfest
In the next installment of his series, award-winning photographer Mike Bartick has written an extensive article about the recent Anilao slugfest, illustrated with his stunning images. The event added more species to the master list of species extant in Anilao, bringing the number recorded to over 1,000. In his article, Mike also shares a primer about nudibranch behavior and some tips on how to find and photograph these charismatic animals
Editorial: In the clearing stands a boxer
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon offers an opinion on an image that was recently shared on the wonderful Wetpixel Facebook Group. The image shows a boxer crab (Lybia tessellata) beautifully lit with a snoot as it stood in the open (a clearing) on a blue Linkia sp. sea star.
Happy Lunar New Year
Wetpixel wishes all those that are celebrating the Lunar New year, a very happy and joyous celebration. We hope that your festivities will be joyous and that the new year will bring you amazing images! May the Year of the Pig be a fantastic year for you.
Review: Wet Close Up Lenses
Wetpixel member and blogger Interceptor 121 aka Massimo Franzese has kindly shared a video review that he has recently carried out on a range of wet close up lenses with Micro 4/3 cameras. His results do have resonance with other camera types too. In this report, he has tested the Inon UCL67 and Inon UCL90 along with the Nauticam CMC 1 and CMC 2.
Video: One Breath around the World by Guillaume Néry
Freediver and performer Guillaume Néry has released his latest short film. Entitled One Breath Around The World it documents his project of the same name. He describes it: “It is a kind of a freediving World Tour that brings them to discover exceptional sites of our blue planet and meet people or animals as exceptional.”
Panasonic announces LUMIX S series full frame mirrorless cameras
Panasonic has announced their new S1 and S1R full frame mirrorless cameras. The S1R has a 47.3 MP full-frame CMOS sensor while the LUMIX S1 comes with a 24.2 MP version. Both feature the L mount lens standard and offer video recording at 4K 60p/50p with the S1 capable of 4:2:2 10-bit 4K 30p/25p internal video recording and 4K 60p/50p HDMI output as well as V-Log, with an optional software upgrade key that will follow later in the year.
2018 World Shootout results announced
The 2018 World Shootout announced its results at the BOOT show in Dusseldorf. Entries were received from 641 photographers representing 37 countries, and the overall winning image was Andy Schmid’s image of a marine iguana. Wetpixel contributor Mike Bartick won the “5 Best Image” category. Congratulation to all the winners and those amongst the placings
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Nick Brandt’s new book of calcified animals (via )
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October issue of DIVE magazine now available to download (via )
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More Nikon 1 AW1 coverage (via )
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The Blenny Challenge week 5 (via )
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Adobe releases Photoshop Lightroom 5.2 (via )