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COVID-19: Marine related resources for kids during lockdown
The underwater imaging and art community are releasing resources to help young people that are impacted by the closure of their schools. Educator Annie Crawley has made her eBook, Hide & Seek on the Reef available for free on the Apple book store, while art collective Pangeaseed has released three free volumes of coloring in companions with pages designed by the Sea Walls artists.
Sea&Sea ships YS-D3 Lightning strobe
Sea&Sea is now shipping its YS-D3 Lightning strobe. Featuring an in-air Guide Number of 33 with a native beam angle of 105° x 80°. This can be widened with the use of diffusers. Triggering is Nikonos 5 pin or fiber-optic connection, with DS-TTL II, Slave TTL, or manual exposure control options.
Nikon Creators Hour: A deep dive with Brian Skerry
Nikon will be featuring underwater image-maker Brian Skerry today at 3:00pm EDT (-4 hours GMT) on their Creators Hour. He will be discussing his career as an underwater photographer and will share the stories behind his seven favorite images.
Version 2 of Meyer Optic 100mm Trioplan lens ships
The Meyer-Optik Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 II lens with revised Triplet optical design is now shipping. Featuring its ancestor’s infamous soap bubble bokeh, it has a minimum object distance of 0.9m, which may be a challenge for lighting. It is available in manual focus for Canon EF, Fuji X, Leica L, Leica M, M42, MFT, Nikon F, Pentax K, and Sony E mounts. It will work on both full-frame and APS-C cameras.
Call for entries: Ocean Photography Awards
The Ocean Photography Awards is calling for entries. Offering 6 categories, namely Conservation, Exploration, Adventure, Young, Collective and Community, full details can be viewed on the contest’s site. The deadline for entries is 30 June, with an awards ceremony and public exhibition planned in London, UK on 20 August.
The Underwater Tribe hosts live webcasts
Mike Veitch of the Underwater Tribe writes that they are live casting on Monday and Friday at 2:30 AM GMT and Wednesday at 9:00 AM GMT. There casts are available via their Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Tutorial: Great White Sharks, Hammerheads, Mantas and More by Annie Crawley
Annie Crawley has released the second of her “Our Ocean and You” tutorial series. This episode is entitled “Great White Sharks, Hammerheads, Mantas and More” and features footage captured by Bill Fisher, Joe Romeiro, Tom Osborn, Pascal Kobeh, and Amos Nachoum. In addition, Annie will be hosting a live webinar on 9 April at 9.00 AM PST.
Video: Part 3 of How to practice UW Photo at home by Brent Durand
Brent Durand has shared the third part of his tutorials offering activities for underwater photographers that are currently unable to practice their art. In this episode, he looks at backups, file organization, importing and exporting images and basic keyboarding, primarily in Adobe Lightroom Classic.
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