Monday, October 24th, 2005

LAUPS 2005 Contest Winners Posted

The LAUPS has posted the winners of this year’s photo competition. A number of Wetpixel members placed or earned honorable mentions in the international competition. Particular Wetpixel friend and shark-lover Jim Abernethy took Best of Show with his photo of a Great Hammerhead. This year, LAUPS’s contest page features comments from the judges explaining why they chose the winning images. This is a very educational feature and something that will help future entrants to understand what makes for a “winning shot.” Continue reading for a list of the winners, Wetpixel winners (at least the ones I know) are highlighted in bold.

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Visions Conference 2005 Report

Alex Mustard reports on the 9th annual Visions In The Sea underwater photography conference, which took place on 22nd October in London, England. The focus of this year’s conference was once again digital imaging underwater, and in the traditions of the conference, all the presenters took a much more technical approach to their talks not necessarily showing their strongest images, but really sharing the secrets behind their pictures. The speakers included Charles Hood, Martin Edge, Peter Rowlands and Jason Isley.

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

China Dive Expo 2005, Shanghai

The magnificent Shanghai Exhibition Centre was the venue of China’s 1st ever dive show in late September 2005. This dive expo was organised by Suntec Integrated Media and East West MICE who for the past 11 years also organised the largest dive show in Asia, ADEC. Amongst the exhibitors at the show were equipment suppliers, certification bodies, dive travel related companies, dive clubs and dive associations based in China.

Friday, October 21st, 2005

Wetpixel Server Issues, Oct 22-28

Hello, guys. I will be making a few changes to the Wetpixel server over the next week, so please bear with me. Symptoms of the changes and additional server load may include sporadic downtime and/or server slowness. But don’t worry: we will resume normality as soon as possible.

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

DEMA 2005 Sony HDV Camera Report

Wetpixel video moderator Drew Wong went around the DEMA Show 2005 looking at the new housings for the Sony HDV cameras. Continue reading for full report and photos…

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

DEMA 2005 Show Report

Christa Loustalot (photographer, artist, and Wetpixel rookie) covers the DEMA Show 2005, which took place from October 4-7 at the Last Vegas Hilton Convention Center. Christa ran around getting the scoop on all the latest underwater photography and video products on the floor. Our DEMA report has descriptions and photographs of just about every new product being featured. Continue reading for the full show report…

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Alex Mustard wins at BBC Wildlife Competition

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Alex Mustard for winning the Animal Portraits category in this year’s BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest! Alex’s hamlet photo also placed as a runner-up in the Animal Behaviour: All Other Animals category.

The BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the word’s most prestigious photo competitions. An exhibition of winning photographs is at London’s Natural History Museum from 22 October 2005 until 23 April 2006.

We’re proud of you, Alex! See Alex’s website for more, amazing photos.

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Results: Seahorses of the World Photo Comp

Congratulations to Wetpixel administrator Dr. Alex Mustard for his 3rd place win in the Seahorses of the World Photo Competition. Alex’s photograph of a freeswimming Hippocampus bargibanti taken in the Lembeh Strait took a third place spot. Congratulations are also in order for Wetpixel member David Harasti who also won a third place for his photograph of a Hippocampus breviceps called the “Punk Seahorse.” Stweart Sy aka Scubastu also received an honorable mention in the competition.

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

Eric Cheng wins in Nature’s Best

Congratulations to Wetpixel’s Editor and Administrator Eric Cheng whose outstanding Turtle Screaming photo won the Animal Antics Category in the Nature’s Best Photography Competition, the results of which have just been published in the Fall issue of the magazine. Nature’s Best is a large and prestigious nature photography competition, attracting 12000 entries from 27 countries making a top award a tremendous achievement. Eric’s Great Hammerhead photo also won him a Highly Honoured prize in the Oceans Category, which was won by Jesus Salillas of Spain with a photo of Pygmy Killer Whales taken in Hawaii. In the Endangered Species category, Wetpixel member Kasey Canton won a Highly Honoured Prize for this photograph of a green sea turtle. The San Diego Underwater Photographic Society won the Camera Club award. You can see the winning images on the Nature’s Best website, in their magazine or on display at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum (exhibit opens on Nov 19, 2005).

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Nexus EOS-1DsmkII Housing

Marine Camera Distributors (MCD) have sent us some photographs of the prototype Nexus housing for the 16 megapixel Canon EOS1DsmkII digital SLR camera. Nexus is developing an optional angled magnifying viewfinder which is shown in a few of the photos. Apparently, this finder is a wetmount bayonet type and can be added and removed underwater. According to Lee Peterson at MCD, Nexus is also designing a housing for the EOS-5D.

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