Wetpixel/Under The Jungle Cenote Workshop 2021

We hope you are welcoming in the New Year, surrounded by friends and family. May 2023 be a fantastic year, with seamless travel, safe, enjoyable diving, and cooperative subjects. May your imagery be superb and your enjoyment boundless. Thank you to you all for making Wetpixel the wonderfully supportive community that it is, and we look forward to diving and image-making with you next year.
The final days for entering the DPG/Wetpixel Masters Contest are here. Enter now to win amazing prizes worth more than $75,000. The deadline for the contest is 31 December, so open up your image libraries and get your best images and videos entered soon.
Wishing the Wetpixel community the happiest of holidays for 2022! We hope that you will receive all the gifts you wish for, that your merry-making will be raucous and that you enjoy the holidays surrounded by friends and family. Our community is extraordinary, with so many generously sharing their time, experience, and knowledge freely for our mutual benefit. From us all to you all, many, many thanks, and we hope that the holiday season will offer a time for us all to pause and enjoy some relaxation.
Many underwater image makers are actively involved in entering imaging contests. In this episode, Alex and Adam discuss some ideas that may help ensure success in these competitions, particularly in the light of the deadlines for UPY and the Wetpixel/DPG Masters are fast approaching.
The Underwater Tour has published the winning images for its 2022 Awards. There were 6 categories and a Grand Guru portfolio, and hearty congratulations t all those among the placings and to Jake Wilton who was awarded the Grand Guru prize.
Seacam has announced their housing for the Nikon Z9 camera. It uses the standard Seacam port system and strobes can be triggered via S6 or Nikonos electrical connections. It has three ports to connect an HDMI in/out or to fit a vacuum system.
Mantis has opened pre-orders for their RS360 housing for the Insta360 One RS 360° video and still camera. The metal housing has a depth rating of 250m (820ft) with a 4” dome and an M6 bulkhead for off-board power or remote connection.
Alex Mustard and Adam Hanlon discuss the underwater images that were featured in the results of the 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. In common with all our contest reviews, the images are all winners already so they attempt to look at them somewhat critically.