BBC India has reported on the remarkable story of Dinesh Goswami of the Prakruti Nature Club, Gujarat, India who has saved over 500 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) by persuading local fishermen and politicians to protect them. When sharks become inadvertently tangled in fishing nets, Dinesh and his team record the animals statistics and the GPS location, before cutting the nets to release them.
The BBC is offering a bursary to “develop an emerging camera operator”. The successful applicant will work alongside wildlife camera operators and program makers during the filming of the next big BBC Natural History Unit production; Seven Worlds.
The recent BBC series, “Shark” features an amazing sequence of mobula rays (Mobula munkiana) jumping and breaching. Filmed in the Gulf of California, Mexico, the rays jump some 6ft (2m) into the air and then seem to land awkwardly, creating a big splash.
If you live in the UK, the first episode of a landmark BBC series entitled Shark goes to air on 7 May. The site has been filmed over several years, and many Wetpixel members and contributors have been involved, including Andy Cassagrande and Morne Hardenberg.
After the initial desertion from Apples Final Cut Pro X (FCPX), it seems that pro editors are gradually making their way back to the NLE. Fcp.co has announced that the BBC has chosen FCPX for all its news editing and the article suggests that other departments within the organization will follow suit soon.
The BBC is advertising a bursary to develop an individual as an underwater camera operator. The successful applicant will need a strong diving background and ideally will already be shooting underwater in 4K. He or she will be a part of the OCEAN production team, which is the next series in the Blue Planet and Planet Earth stable of programs. Filming is due to commence in January 2015.
Scientists from Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University have recently discovered a deepwater shark spawning ground off the waters of Scotland. Egg cases of the blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) were discovered on the Mingulay Reef, the only known coral reef in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.