TheRealDrew 0 Posted February 24, 2008 BTS 2008 up. congrats all http://beneaththesea.org/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nakedwithoutcamera 0 Posted February 24, 2008 Oh my. They are all beautiful. The judges must have had a very hard time making a decision. Congrats to all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rschrager 11 Posted February 25, 2008 With entries having been submitted from around the world, these are the Best in Show Winners of the Beneath The Sea 2008 Worldwide Underwater Photography/Video Competition Visit http://beneaththesea.org to see all the winning entries. The Best in Show-Underwater Photography receives The David Doubilet award for excellence in underwater photography – the Grand Prize is a Live-Aboard Trip on the Telita - Papua New Guinea. This year's winner is Mark Melnickof Edmonds, WA for "The Mystical Waters of Mexico" The Best in Show-Underwater Creative Photography receives The Jim Church award for excellence in underwater creative photography – the Grand Prize is a Live-Aboard Trip on the Telita - Papua New Guinea. This year's winner is Karen Sweeney, Bokellia, FL for "Drifter" The Best in Show-Videography receives The Stan Waterman award for excellence in underwater video – the Grand Prize is a Live-aboard trip on the Nai’a – Fiji. This year's winner is Fred Heiman. His video is titled: "Indonesia Underwater." The winners of the Beneath the Sea 2008 Worldwide Photo/Video Competition will be shown at the Saturday Night Film Festival during the weekend of Beneath the Sea's Ocean Adventure and Travel Exposition, March 28th, 29th and 30th, 2008, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Congratulations to them and the other winners and honorable mentions. For more information on the Photo Contest, to enter next year's Photo Contest, or to see the winning photos please keep your eyes on the Beneath the Sea Website: WWW.Beneaththesea.org throughout the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zook 0 Posted April 10, 2008 Hi! Does anyone have any info on what were the prizes? Not the travel packages but the category prizes. Did not find any info on that yet. And if anyone knows a site where I can have a look at some photos from the award ceremony and the exhibiton itself, I'd be happy to browse through them (BTS website does not have any fresh info yet). I could not attend, as I'm at another part of the world (general category, first prize) Thanks, Zook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LekicINC 0 Posted April 14, 2008 Hi! Does anyone have any info on what were the prizes? Not the travel packages but the category prizes. Did not find any info on that yet. And if anyone knows a site where I can have a look at some photos from the award ceremony and the exhibiton itself, I'd be happy to browse through them (BTS website does not have any fresh info yet). I could not attend, as I'm at another part of the world (general category, first prize) Thanks, Zook divephotoguide.com Has exhibition recap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlipperyDick 2 Posted June 25, 2008 Has anyone received prizes from this years BTS competition yet?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zook 0 Posted July 14, 2008 Has anyone received prizes from this years BTS competition yet?? Yepp, I've recieved an Aqualung Kronos regulator for my general category 1st shot. I sure took a loooooong time to reach me here in Hungary. Anyone else? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlipperyDick 2 Posted July 18, 2008 Yepp, I've recieved an Aqualung Kronos regulator for my general category 1st shot. I sure took a loooooong time to reach me here in Hungary. Anyone else? Strange.....I haven't received anything or been contacted at all yet....almost 4 months after the competition... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zook 0 Posted July 21, 2008 Strange.....I haven't received anything or been contacted at all yet....almost 4 months after the competition... Yes, I had to write like 8-10 emails asking about what my prize is. Never got to know what I won, the only answer I got was: please be patient, your prize is on it's way... strange way to handle a comp. but seems I'm lucky I got something in the end. Hope it's just a glitch and all others will get their stuff sooner than later... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlipperyDick 2 Posted July 22, 2008 I'm sure they'll sort things out for the rest of us soon. I can only imagine the potential complications involved with gathering prize donations off of 3 dozen different sponsors at once. In hindsight, we really should be grateful that the BTS volunteers donate so much of their time to these contests. Afterall, without them there wouldn't be a contest to begin with! Great shots by the way, Csaba! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
