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Wishing all Wetpixel members a happy fourth July celebration
Wishing all our members (but perhaps especially those in the US) a very happy fourth of July celebration. If you are at home, we hope that you will have a great day and festive celebrations, and if you are diving during the holiday, may your dives be safe, memorable and your images spectacular!
Please spare a thought for Wetpixel Publisher Eric Cheng who will be spending the day unravelling the chaos caused the hacker’s attack on Wetpixel late last week. Thank you Eric, and we hope that you will get some time to relax too.
This is Your Ocean released on DVD
“This is Your Ocean: Sharks” featuring Wyland, Dr. Guy Harvey and Jim Abernethy and with guest appearances from Emma the tiger shark has been released onto DVD. The film follows the trio (and Emma) as they dive in the Bahamas and aims to paint a new picture of sharks.
The DVD is available now to purchase on Amazon US and the film will be available as an HD download on iTunes for international viewers soon.
China bans shark fin from official functions
The New York Times has reported that the Chinese government has announced that it plans to ban shark fin soup from its official functions. Somewhat unknown, for two years in a row, members of China’s National People’s Congress and the Chinese National Political Consultative Conference have urged the government to reduce shark fin consumption. China’s State Council has now declared that within one to three years it will draft and issue guidelines instructing all levels of government agencies to stop serving shark fins as part of meals at all government functions. It is, as yet, unclear as to how this will be implemented through the myriad of local government agencies. Nevertheless, this represents public acknowledgement by government of the world’s largest consumer of shark fin, that the trade needs to be controlled. It is a very positive step for sharks!
UwP issue 67 available to download
The July/August 2012 edition of Underwater Photographer magazine (UwP) is now available for download. In issue 67, there are reviews of the Olympus OM-D EM-5 by Alex Mustard, the Nauticam NA-GX1 by Jussi Hokkanen and the Sony NEX 24mm F1.8 by Phil Rudin. In terms of photographic subjects, articles include: “Leopard Seals” by Bartosz Strozynski, “Boring Seagrass” by David Barrio and “Life Line” by Wade Hughes. Photo workshops are covered by Pam Murph, Mark Webster asks “Do we need depth?” and Joel Penner talks about “Breaking the rules”.
UwP is available as a free download in a pdf format.
Steve Fish releases new technique books
Underwater photographer and author, Steve Fish has released two new technique manuals on iTunes. They are “Using your DSLR Underwater” and “Point and Shoot Underwater Photography”. Both are updated versions of two of his previous print titles and they now have rich media embedded, including image galleries and video tutorials.
Both iBooks are available now as cross-platform downloads and are priced at $19.99.
Wetpixel forums are down for maintenance
Hello, everyone. All of Wetpixel was down yesterday for maintenance after parts of the site were compromised. For a couple of days, parts of Wetpixel tried to redirect users to the Blackhole Exploit. As far as we can tell, no passwords or other user information were taken. Mac users and users with updated operating systems and browsers were safe, but users using older software might have been taken advantage of. Our sincere apologies, if you were affected. For the moment, the front page of Wetpixel is up, but the forums are still down. We will continue to work on getting all of Wetpixel back online as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
Note that the malware warning may still show up in Chrome and Safari until Google re-indexes the site. We’ve been using Sucuri SiteCheck to make sure the site is clean. Until we are back online, there are still pictures being shared over at our Facebook group page.
July online issue of DIVE magazine available
The July edition of DIVE magazine has now been published for viewing online. This issue focuses on diving in the Maldives, with an article by Douglas Seifert about the manta aggregation at Hanifaru, Baa Attoll. Other articles in this issue includes reviews of the diving at Filitheyo, the Carpe Diem liveaboard and how to get the best from a trip to the Maldives. Also featured is diving in Musandam, Oman, and Mauritius.
DIVE magazine is available to view online for free after a simple registration.
Amazing image of Amazonian pink dolphin
Clark Miller captured this amazing image of pink Amazonian dolphins (Inia geoffrensis geoffrensis) or boto and added it to the Wetpixel Facebook group. He describes taking the image thus:
“The image was taken near Ariau in the flooded Amazon forest, outside of Manaus. I was using a Canon 7D with a 10-17 lens shot at 10mm. ISO 640 f/5.0 at 1/200th. Nauticam housing with 9” Zen glass dome port. All available light. In my opinion the lighting was sufficient in the dark waters because the boto are close to the surface. Since the boto move so quickly strobes would hinder the ability to capture a fleeting composition and get in the way since the animals are large and come very close. Good lighting w/strobe would require constant moving of the light source resulting in many missed photo ops.”