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Ocean City Shark Tournament -
Ocean City Shark Tournament -
July 03, 2009 10:05AM CDT | Marine Conservation
DPG member Donna Barrett covers the Ocean City Maryland Shark Tournament...
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X-Ray Mag Issue #30 Available For Download
X-Ray Mag Issue #30 Available For Download
July 02, 2009 9:59AM CDT | Dive
Our friends at X-Ray Magazine just published issue #30 - it is now available for download...
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Underwater Images 2009 Competition Winners Announced
Underwater Images 2009 Competition Winners Announced
July 01, 2009 9:17AM CDT | Photo
The winners of the 2009 Underwater Images Competition have been announced. Congratulations to DPG contributor Keri Wilk for taking Best of Show with his shot of a juvenile flying fish...
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Bacterial Contamination in Rinse Tanks
Bacterial Contamination in Rinse Tanks
June 28, 2009 6:49PM CDT | Dive
A new study says don’t dip your mask and regulator in those rinse tanks!...
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Video: Unseen Overpopulation Part 2
Video: Unseen Overpopulation Part 2
June 26, 2009 2:01PM CDT | Video
The second edition of DPG Rick Morris' video on marine microbes...
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Digital Nikonos Industry Design Challenge
Digital Nikonos Industry Design Challenge
June 25, 2009 8:13AM CDT | Photo
DPG challenges the industry or any innovative engineer or do-it-yourselfer, to develop an adapter to utilize Nikonos lenses on any digital camera...
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The End of An Era - RIP Kodachrome
The End of An Era - RIP Kodachrome
June 24, 2009 9:45AM CDT | Photo
While we live in the digital photography era, for many of us it wasn't that long ago when we were shooting film. With the last run of Kodachrome expiring, we come to the official end of an era...
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LAUPS Announces 47th Annual International Photography Competition
LAUPS Announces 47th Annual International Photography Competition
June 19, 2009 4:57PM CDT | Photo
The Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society announces the 46th Annual International Underwater Photographic Competition...
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Underwater Photography DSLR Packing Checklist
Underwater Photography DSLR Packing Checklist
June 18, 2009 10:05AM CDT | Photo
Missing one small piece of equipment on a trip can stop an underwater photographer cold. Download our underwater photography packing list for DSLR cameras...
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Getting Smart About Metadata
Getting Smart About Metadata
June 17, 2009 11:37AM CDT | Photo
Everyone involved with digital images shares the challenge of tracking and managing their rapidly expanding collections...
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Tiffany's & Co. Supports Coral Reef Conservation
Tiffany's & Co. Supports Coral Reef Conservation
June 16, 2009 8:27AM CDT | Marine Conservation
Tiffany & Co. unveiled new store windows with an “Under the Sea” theme, designed to raise awareness about the damage coral harvesting inflicts on critically important marine ecosystems...
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Marine Life Keywords For Lightroom & Aperture
Marine Life Keywords For Lightroom & Aperture
June 12, 2009 10:54AM CDT | Photo
Add keywords to your digital workflow process for over 12,000 species of marine life and includes not only common names, but also genus and species names, and full taxonomic structure...
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Going Nudi In Anilao
Going Nudi In Anilao
June 11, 2009 3:03PM CDT | Photo
Mike Bartick takes a break from Going Nudi In California to go nudi in Anilao...
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Help Us Educate Over 500,000 People About The Ocean This Week
Help Us Educate Over 500,000 People About The Ocean This Week
June 10, 2009 5:43PM CDT | Marine Conservation
Your underwater images can help educate hundreds of thousands of people this week!...
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World Oceans Day 2009
World Oceans Day 2009
June 08, 2009 11:12AM CDT | Marine Conservation
We explore the issues facing the oceans today on the first World Oceans Day, and what to do as underwater image makers...
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Super Macro Underwater Photography - The Definitive Guide, Part 2
Super Macro Underwater Photography - The Definitive Guide, Part 2
June 02, 2009 9:26AM CDT | Photo
Now that you have an understanding of general macro and super macro terms, lets explore some of the tools we use for underwater super macro photography...
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36th World Festival of Underwater Pictures To Be Held In Marseille
36th World Festival of Underwater Pictures To Be Held In Marseille
June 02, 2009 7:43AM CDT | Photo
The prestigious World festival of Underwater Pictures, now in its 36th year, will take place from October 29th to November 1st 2009 in Marseille, France...
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Compete To Win A Free Trip To The Epson Red Sea Competition
Compete To Win A Free Trip To The Epson Red Sea Competition
June 01, 2009 5:42PM CDT | Photo
Now in its fifth year, the Epson Red Sea World Of Underwater Images is hosting several country-level contests in the US, UK, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Spain and The Netherlands...
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An Underwater Photographer's Guide To Lady Elliot Island
An Underwater Photographer's Guide To Lady Elliot Island
May 30, 2009 6:34PM CDT | Photo
In the next chapter of the ongoing "Underwater Photographer's Guide To..." series, Jeremy Cuff explores Lady Elliot Island in Australia...
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Video: Unseen Overpopulation
Video: Unseen Overpopulation
May 29, 2009 12:07AM CDT | Video
A new video from DPG editor Rick Morris about microbes...
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An Underwater Photographer's Guide To Lankayan
An Underwater Photographer's Guide To Lankayan
May 25, 2009 9:00AM CDT | Photo
Andrea and Antonella Ferrari discuss the photographic opportunities in Lankayan and the success of SIMCA in preserving the area...
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Going Nudi In California: Part V
Going Nudi In California: Part V
May 24, 2009 2:44PM CDT | Photo
Part five of Mike Barticks series Going Nudi In California called "Nudi Flu"...
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5 Things You Can Do For Turtles On World Turtle Day
5 Things You Can Do For Turtles On World Turtle Day
May 23, 2009 1:03PM CDT | Marine Conservation
The top 5 simple things that we can do to help the world's turtles...
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2009 British Underwater Image Festival Results
2009 British Underwater Image Festival Results
May 21, 2009 10:53AM CDT | Photo
Winners of the 2009 British Underwater Image festival have been announced. Congratulations to DPG's Keri Wilk for placing first in the Open category, and congrats to all the winners!...
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Ft. Myers Shark Tournament Changes Its Tune - By Force
Ft. Myers Shark Tournament Changes Its Tune - By Force
May 20, 2009 1:31PM CDT | Marine Conservation
It's that time of year again - shark tournament season. What you can do to help stop these brutal events...
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