BSOUP underwater photography contest winners announced

[scottg]

Here's a selection of great photos that won a print competition in England a few weeks ago

http://www.bsoup.org/BSoUP-DIVER_LIDS/2010/results.php

BSoUP is the british society of underwater photographers.

My favorites are Gareth Millson's pike photo, and Trevor Rees's yellow boxfish. How about yours?


Yellow boxfish, photo by Trevor Rees. Taken in Nuweiba, Red Sea, Egypt. Nikon D50, Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye lens

[scottg]

ok, I just went to Trevor's web site and read this:

This is a composite image using a Nikon D50 with 10.5mm and 60mm lenses.

So a composite image is combining two images. still a beautiful photo, but I'm surprised those are allowed in photography competitions. It think it should have been in a creative category, what do you think?

[seekncritters]

I see what you mean. Looks to me like the winning photo had the "front" subject coming out of this photo:



Very strange that this would be allowed. Creative category makes sense to me!

-Dana

[bvanant]

ok, I just went to Trevor's web site and read this:

This is a composite image using a Nikon D50 with 10.5mm and 60mm lenses.

So a composite image is combining two images. still a beautiful photo, but I'm surprised those are allowed in photography competitions. It think it should have been in a creative category, what do you think?

I think it should be disallowed from that category. He is also a bit disingenuous since in one place he says it was taken with the 10.5 and in another he owns up that it is a composite. In one competition it was shown as a print, and while quite nice it is NOT a photograph.

Bill

[seekncritters]

This one was my favorite. What cute little fish!



I looked up info on Swanage Pier, Dorset... Now I want to go and see some critters under an old pier in jolly-ole England!

-Dana

[maggieD]

http://www.bsoup.org/BSoUP-DIVER_LIDS/2 ... 20Rees.php

cut and paste to last years results by the same guy. looks like a composite to me also. interesting.