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Call for entries: Liquid capture 2012
The Liquid Capture: Masters of Underwater Photography exhibition is calling for entries to be submitted for their 2012 contest. The exhibition will be held at the Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California and will feature the top 25 entries, along with 25 pictures selected by the jurors. Contest categories include: Ocean Environment Underwater, Macro, Diver, Ocean Environment Above Water, Marine Mammals and Submersion, which is a creative look at diving. Judges include Andrew Sallmon, Stuart Westmorland, Yoshi Hirata and Eric Hanauer.
Full details, rules and procedures for entry are on the contest’s website and the deadline for entries is 4 March, 2012.
Reef Fish ID-Tropical Pacific available as an eBook
New World Publications has announced the release of their definitive Tropical Pacific Fish identification book as an eBook, suitable for download onto Android devices, iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone and Windows PC computers. The eBook version of the guide allows for searching, annotating and highlighting specific species. It catalogs 2,000 species with over 2,500 photographs.
This new version requires the download of the free Blio app, and the eBook is available now at $29.95 from the Blio store.
Wetpixel wishes you a very happy lunar (Dragon) new year!
Wetpixel wishes all those who celebrate the Lunar New Year a very happy new year of the Dragon (Eel!).
恭喜發財,萬事如意,主里蒙恩! 祝大家龍年進歩!
Cung hỉ phát tài, Sức khoẻ dồi dào,Vạn sự như ý
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Final call for entries: Our World Underwater 2012
The 2012 Our World Underwater competition’s deadline for entries of videos and stills is 23 January. If you plan to enter, and haven’t actually done so yet, please do so now! The contest offers over $60,000 worth of prizes with a €1,000 cash prize for the “Best in Show” and the winners will be announced live on stage at the Our World Underwater dive expo in Chicago.
To enter or to get further details, please head over to the UnderwaterCompetition.com site.
Wetpixel coverage of the BOOT show 2012
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon presents coverage of the 2012 BOOT show. Held annually in Dusseldorf, Germany, it is the largest consumer watersports show in the world. Some of the exhibits are actually 30 meter (100 feet) yachts, complete with masts and rigging. Whilst the underwater imaging part of the show is comparatively small, it nevertheless offers European manufacturers the opportunity to showcase their products to a home audience.
Adam is attending the first three days of the show, and will be posting reports and updates throughout that time, so please check back often. UPDATED 01-22-2012.
8 Ways to improve your photography on a single dive
Wetpixel Moderator Mike Veitch presents an article entitled “8 Ways to improve your photography on a single dive.” Mike points out some simple techniques that will help people obtain more satisfying images. For example:
“One downfall of many new photographers is their eagerness to jump straight into the water without learning all the capabilities of their camera. In order to capitalize on capturing wildlife, you need to know how to change settings such as shutter speed, f-stops, EV compensation, and the macro button as quickly as possible. As the situation changes underwater, you don’t have time to fiddle too long trying to figure out where a particular button is. By practicing on land and reading the instruction manual, you will gain a great advantage underwater as it becomes second nature to change settings on the fly.”
Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
USA Today reports that the iconic Eastman Kodak filed for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code today. Rumors of its demise had been circulating for some time as it has been running short of cash and unable to sell 1,100 digital imaging parents that could have rescued it.
Kodak invented the handheld camera and, at its height, employed 130,000 people worldwide, but it has struggled to adapt to the digital revolution. Michael Hilzik of the Los Angeles Times says:
“Kodak executives didn’t always make the best decisions, but Kodak’s basic problem was that its expertise in making photographic film didn’t transfer to digital photography, and even stand stand-alone digital cameras are giving way to iPhones and other electronic gadgets.”
X-Ray Mag issue 46 released
The January 2012 issue of X-Ray Magazine has been released and is now available to download. Amongst the articles in issue 46 are features about Aliwal Shoal and Protea Banks in South Africa, on Nile crocodiles in Botswana, on diving in Alaska aboard the Nautilus Swell, on crustaceans “The Gladiators of the Sea” and Lawson Wood discusses macro photography.
X-Ray Magazine issue 46 is available as a free download in pdf and iBook version for iPad.