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Call for entries: UN World Oceans Day Photo Contest
The 2020 UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition is now calling for entries. Offering 10 categories, each participant must agree to follow the UN’s Charter for Participants. Entries are open now and close on April 30, 2020, at 12 midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Video: Drift by Julia Sumerling
Another five minutes of serenity by Julia Sumerling. Filmed around a jetty in Raja Ampat, her short film features majestic coral gardens and stunning marine life. Let it soothe your withdrawals away…
Video: Float by Julia Sumerling
If your enforced isolation and lack of vitamin sea is giving you withdrawals, please find a quiet corner, turn up the sound and let Julia Sumerling’s beautiful video from Raja Ampat soothe your soul…
Paper describes new technique for assessing whale shark age
A paper published in the Frontiers in Marine Science Journal outlines an innovative new approach to aging whale sharks (Rhincodon typus). Using the increase of Carbon 14 that occurred after the nuclear bomb tests that started in the late 1940s as a datum, the technique can use the known decay curve of the radioactive isotope to provide an accurate age. So far, the results suggest that sharks are much more long-lived than was previously thought.
Ikelite announces housing for Olympus ON-D E-M1 Mark III
Ikelite is accepting pre-orders for its 200DLM/B housing for the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III mirrorless camera. Constructed of ABS-PC, it will ship with a manual strobe bulkhead, with the option of the DL3 DS Link TTL Converter. It is compatible with Ikelite’s Dry Lock Micro port system.
Erin Quigley announces Webinar series
Tutorial: Lightroom Field Workflow
Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon presents a tutorial that delves into a workflow option for using Lightroom as a tool to offload images in the field, do a first edit and sort, and then combine the trip catalog with a home catalog. This allows access to an entire image library, which, combined with Lightroom’s built-in search tools, makes it much easier to find images, particularly with large image collections.
Pre-order Discount: The Underwater Photographer Edition 5
The fifth edition of the seminal text “The Underwater Photographer” by Martin edge and Stuart Gibson will be shipping from 9 April. The book covers “everything from the basic principles, the equipment and approaches to composition and lighting through to creating an individual style.” Between now and 9 April, the code HUT3P will give a 20% discount at the publisher’s checkout.
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