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Winners announced for BTS Photo & Video Competition 2010
Beneath the Sea is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the BTS 2010 International Imaging Competition. The Best in Show-Underwater Photography receives the David Doubilet award for excellence in underwater photography. This year’s grand prize winner is Yeang H Chng of West New York, New Jersey for “Salt Water Crocodile.” Winning photos and videos can be found at the BTS competition website.
The 34th Annual Beneath The Sea Dive Exposition will take place March 26, 27 and 28, 2010 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, New Jersey, 10 minutes from Manhattan. Further information can be found on at beneaththesea.org.
Ocean Views Photo Awards Competition entry deadline on March 1st
Don’t wait until the last minute! Enter NOW for the 2010 OceanViews PhotoAwards competition. The winners will be published in ALERT DIVER and NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY magazines and featured in online galleries. Get the guidelines and enter online before the deadline of March 1, 2010, at www.NaturesBestPhotography.com, Prizes include trips to Papua Niuguini and Key Largo and other equipment prizes.
Howard Hall in the Maldives with a Gates DEEP RED system
Howard and Michele Hall (of IMAX / IMAX 3-D fame) recently returned from an 18-day liveaboard trip to the Maldives aboard the M/V Manthiri. Howard chronicled his trips in great detail and has posted excerpts from his journal, along with frame grabs from his 4K RED camera housed by Gates Underwater Cameras.
After reading the report, I sincerely hope Howard has some extra limbs to gnaw off. I’d hate to miss his report of their next trip (to Cocos). During their expeditions, you can follow Howard and Michele on Twitter.
Wetpixel wishes you a very happy lunar new year!
Wetpixel wishes all those who celebrate the Lunar New Year a very happy new year of the tiger (shark).
恭喜發財,萬事如意,主里蒙恩!
Cung hỉ phát tài, Sức khoẻ dồi dào,Vạn sự như ý
새해 복 많이 받으세요
Oh and happy Valentine’s Day, too! :)
Randall Benton wins Wetpixel Picture of the Year 2009
Congratulations to Randall Benton (bentoni) for winning Wetpixel’s Picture of the Year 2009 with his image of photographer Doug Perrine below a large manta ray at the famous Kona night manta dive. Benton’s image beat out 43 other fantastic images during 30 days of public voting.
For his winning image, Benton scores a one-week trip aboard the M/V Solmar V, a liveaboard dive vessel that runs dive trips to Socorro, the Sea of Cortez, and to Guadalupe for great white sharks. Jose Luis of Solmar V writes:
“Congratulations from the Solmar V on a fantastic image! We are especially partial to giant manta shots. We truly look forward to introducing you to the gianta mantas of socorro where you will have great photo ops - up close and personal - with these amazing creatures.”
Be sure to enter our Picture of the Week contest. At the end of 2010, you’ll all have a shot at winning the next picture of the year. Special thanks to our POTW sponsors, Ikelite and Solmar V.
Seacam housing “claw” modification for Canon 1D Mark IV
Stephen Frink has posted photos of an official Seacam modification that allows for full control of Canon 1D Mark IV SLRs in Seacam 1D Mark III housings. Seacam are calling it the “claw” modification—a simple replacement part that allows for access to the FEL button, the button the 1D4 uses to immediately start recording a video. This particular modification removes access to the ISO button, but ISO access can easily be moved to another control via custom function.
Seacam will also retrofit existing housings for FEL / 1D Mark IV support, but this is probably the cheapest way to get FEL button access in a Seacam housing.
Panasonic releases 10m waterproof camera
Panasonic have announced the new LUMIX DMC-TS2, an even more rugged version of its predecessor DMC-TS1 geared for active outdoor use. The new tougher body is now rated to 10m, shockproof to 2m, freezeproof to -10 degrees C and dustproof.
Featuring AVCHD Lite HD movie recording capability, the new 14.1-megapixel TS2 has a high-quality LEICA DC VARIO ELMAR 28mm wide-angle lens with a 4.6x optical zoom, and is ready for extreme use. Perfect for knocking around on a dive trip or while snorkeling, or when coupled with the optional housing (DMW-MCFT2), for diving to max depths of 40m.
I’ve personally shot with the TS1 on a number of snorkeling trips, and have seen them in action whilst in the Panasonic made housings, and have been more than impressed with what these little gems can achieve!
Apple Releases Aperture 3
Apple announced today that the long awaited update to Aperture, its professional image management software, is now available. Aperture 3, boasting over 200 new features is a major upgrade to Apple’s premiere asset management application. Topping the feature list, are Places and Faces (the Geotagging and Facial recognition features introduced in iPhoto ‘09), localized image corrections, and support for audio and video. Aperture 3 is available immediately for purchase at $199 for a new license, or $99 for users upgrading from a previous version. A free trial is available for download.
I’ve had a chance to download the trial version and test it for a few hours, and have posted some first impressions after the jump.