First Lembeh vs Gulen Critter Shootout is underway

by adamhanlon Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

Day two of the Critter Shootout in Lembeh, and today was competition day.

Photo center manager, Sascha Janson, in his “man cave”

The first subject for the shootout is nudibranchs.

Fist thing in the morning, after setting up cameras, Tobias spoke the group about lighting and snooting techniques. We even had sample nudibranchs for hands on examples.

Competitor Nick More, suited up and ready to tackle nudibranchs

One of the competitor boats loaded up with photo gear

Competitor Greg Sherman just before descending

Lembeh Resort’s own Sarah Wormald

Competitor Martin Gerard is ready to shoot nudibranchs

After 3 dives of 60 minutes each, shooting and perfecting nothing but nudibranchs, the team has selected twelve images to pit against Gulen’s selections for public voting.

The voting is open for 24-hours starting at 10pm CET on 22nd May (Gulen, Norway time). Vote for your favorite nudibranch image here here.

Now go out and “Like” some photos!

. Introduction to the shootout.
2. Day 1: reports.
3. Day 2: Nudibranch competition day.
4. Day 3: Invertebrate practice day.
5. Nudibranch results.
6. Day 4: Invertebrate competition day.
7. Day 5: Fish practice day
8. Invertebrate results.

There is more Wetpixel coverage from Lembeh and Gulen.