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Nikon D3s Underwater Housing Woes: Underwater Photography Challenges

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Underwater photographers shooting Nikon's top of the line flagship D3 / D3x series are in for an unexpected let down as it relates to housings for the new Nikon D3s. The addition of HD video,...

Top 10 Underwater Photography Stories Of 2009

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DPG's top 10 underwater photography stories of 2009

DEMA 2009: The Show Floor & The DPG Booth

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Coverage of the DPG booth and the rest of the DEMA 2009 show floor

Digital Nikonos Industry Design Challenge

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DPG challenges the industry or any innovative engineer or do-it-yourselfer, to develop an adapter to utilize Nikonos lenses on any digital camera

Getting Smart About Metadata

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Everyone involved with digital images shares the challenge of tracking and managing their rapidly expanding collections

The Jackson Hole Film Competition 2009

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his fall more than 600 international filmmakers, media execs, scientists, conservationists and writers will meet to exchange and challenge ideas while celebrating environmental and wildlife films...

Meeting In Antigua Discusses Marine Resource Conservation

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A proposal for the Caribbean Challenge will be made today in Antigua.

Who's Top Predator?

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Already threatened by a thaw of ice around the North Pole, the polar bear's title as the top Arctic predator may under challenge from a shark

Save Our Seas Foundation Open Doors In South Africa

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The Save Our Seas Foundation's Shark Centre is opening its doors with a mission to challenge the world to Rethink the Shark

LSU Researchers Challenge Analyses on Sustainability of Gulf Fisheries

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While some recent studies claim that the ecosystem is near collapse, researchers from LSU and the University of Washington say that fish populations in this area have actually fluctuated very...

Warming Climate Can Support Glacial Ice: It Did In Much Warmer Times

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New research challenges the generally accepted belief that substantial ice sheets could not have existed on Earth during past super-warm climate events

EC Unveils New EU Maritime Policy

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The European Commission has adopted an Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, which has the worldus largest maritime territory, marking the first time in its 50 years that it will have...

Mysteries Of The Rheic Ocean Beginning To Unravel

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The Evolution of Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian Active Margin to Alleghenian-Variscan Collision addresses long-standing controversies surrounding the ocean's origin, paleogeography, and...

Behind The Winning Shot: On The Set With Ric Frazier

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Editor's note: Ric Frazier's 2nd place image in the 2007 Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide Competition 'wide angle unrestricted' category was a major topic of conversation while on exhibit at the 2007...

Behind the Winning Shot: On the Set With Ric Frazier

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Editor's note: Ric Frazier's 2nd place image in the 2007 Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide Competition 'wide angle unrestricted' category was a major topic of conversation while on...

World's Sharks Threatened By Kitchen Predator

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Conservationists have fought long and hard battles to save species such as elephants, the rhino, the giant panda, dolphins and whales. Now marine scientists and conservationists face one of their...

TNC Top Ten Threats To Oceans And Coasts In South America

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The Nature Conservancy released an unprecedented study highlighting the top ten threats to marine conservation in South America. Citing over-fishing as the number one threat, compounded by intense...

Reef Corals: How To Structure A Complex Body Plan

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Phenotypic flexibility enables multicellular organisms to adjust morphologies to variable environmental challenges. Such plastic variations are also documented in reef corals. Coral colonies are...

BBC Cancels Photographer Of The Year 2007

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Following the BBC's decision to suspend all competitions we regret to say we are calling a halt to our annual photo challenge on the BBC News website. The BBC's Director General Mark Thompson...

Ice Age Survivors Found In Iceland

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Many scientists believe that the ice ages exterminated all life on land and in freshwater in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, especially on ocean islands such as Iceland. Scientists at...

Diver Down, Alternative Style In Sweden

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Despite challenges such as darkness, limited visibility and cold temperatures, the waters in and around Sweden offer unique opportunities for underwater exploration. Worlds away from the warm,...

New Undersea Images Challenge Prevailing Ideas About The Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Images of areas below the Eastern Ross Sea, next to West Antarctica, provide evidence that the subcontinent was involved in the general growth of the Antarctic Ice Sheet as it formed many millions...

Digital Shootout Bonaire 2007 Winners

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After a tough week of non-stop diving, classes, and evening image critique sessions, we received nearly 400 entries in 4 categories from 60 participants. Congratulations to everyone who...

Channels Of Conservation

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Watching a marine documentary on National Geographic Channel with excellent underwater photography by Hugh Beard, I realised how very little we know of marine life. "The great challenge,"...

David Doubilet To Speak At I3A Conference

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The International Imaging Industry Association (I3A; www.i3a.org), the leading global association for the imaging industry, today announced that its 61st Annual Conference, Inspiring Imaging...

Layang Layang Underwater Photo Challenge 2007

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Following the roaring success of the Layang Layang Photo Challenge in 2006, Layang Layang Island Resort gears itself up for the next installment July 17-23, 2007. The Layang Layang Underwater...

Adopt-a-shark? Conservationists Seek Sympathy For Predator

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Rows of razor sharp teeth, a carnivorous appetite and a bad reputation as a "man-eater" have made sharks a tough public relations challenge for conservationists striving to rally support...

Layang Layang 2007 Shootout Announced

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Following the roaring success of the Layang Layang Photo Challenge in 2006, Layang Layang Island Resort gears itself up for the next installment in 2007. The Layang Layang Underwater Digital Photo...

Search For Companion To Chinese Boat Caught With Protected Species In the Philippines

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Environmental groups and beleaguered rangers of the Tubbataha National Marine Park on Friday challenged President Arroyo to stand firm in the case of a 30-man Chinese crew caught with hundreds of...

Photoshop Reinvented

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Photoshop celebrates another birthday soon and will then be old enough to drive a car, but how are today's creative mavericks getting to grips behind the controls of Adobe's pole-position front...

Adobe Taps The Power Of Negative Thinking

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With a new image format, Adobe Systems believes it can improve the quality and longevity of digital photographs--but the software maker faces serious challenges. Adobe promotes its Digital...

Important International Freediving Challenge Set

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The United States Apnea Association, USAA, has been asked by Asahi Television to field a team of US Freediving athletes to compete head to head with athletes from Japan in Tokyo, Japan to be aired...

Dive Machine

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Here's the challenge: The next time you happen to be in a swimming pool - or even your bathtub at home - stick your head underneath the water and see how long you can hold your breath. Better yet,...

Alex Mustard's Appointment With The Queen

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Wetpixel co-admin, Alex Mustard, recently had the opportunity and honor to show some of his images to the Queen (of England) and the Duke of Edinburgh, and to chat about underwater photography....

Award-winning Documentary Film Series About Coral Reefs

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Bermuda features heavily in a new award-winning documentary film series about coral reefs that challenges many commonly held misconceptions of life under the ocean. 'The Reef Series' which...

Review Of UK-Germany Housing For Pentax *istDS

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After numerous Google-translated emails back and forth with Uwe Kiehl at UK-Germany (based in...you guessed it...Germany) over close to two months, yesterday UPS delivered a nice taped up cardboard...

Skates And Ray Group Welcomes Greenpeace Recommendations

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A CONSERVATION group's views on skate has won a warm welcome. For the Skate and Ray Producers' Association today welcomed the recommendations made by Greenpeace regarding the future management...

New Book-Adobe Photoshop For Underwater Photographers By Jack And Sue Drafahl

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Amherst Media today announces "Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers" by Jack and Sue Drafahl. Underwater photography presents more challenges than does other specialties....

Layang Layang Photo Challenge Approaching

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In the middle of ancient South China Sea, 300 kilometers North West off the coast of Sabah, Layang Layang lays like a beautiful emerald kissed by the sun and teased playfully by the winds. Known...

2007 Nudibranch Calendar Call For Photos

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Sea Challengers, through Dave Behrens of Sea Challengers and John H. Moore of Divebums, will be producing an international 2007 Nudibranch Calendar and is seeking your nudibranch photo submissions...

The Greater Meaning Of Water - Film Review

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The Greater Meaning of Water is an ambitious first film by recent UCSD graduate Sky Christopherson. Christopherson, a former competitive cyclist, tells a compelling story of what it takes to...

BU Biologist Discovers Diversity In Mantis Shrimp Underestimated

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There is a push to document the biodiversity of the world within 25 years. However, the magnitude of this challenge is not well known, especially when it comes to vast and often inaccessible marine...

Caught By The Past - How A New Ecological Theory Is Challenged And New Conservation Areas For Coral Reefs Are Necessary

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An extensive study on the Indo-Pacific coral reefs, about to be published in the 2nd of March issue of the journal Nature[1] challenges the present conservation protocols for these organism and...

The Digital Shootout Palau *Update*

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It's not too late to sign up for the Digital Shootout Palau! Space is still available, and we have recently added two bonus seminars to the schedule. For those attending the Yap portion of...

China Faces Severe Ocean Pollution

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China's ocean environment, especially the shallow waters just off the coast, has been severely polluted by an increasing run-off of contaminants into the sea. A report released by China's State...

Buying For A New Boom

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When Cairns businessman Mike Burgess started in tourism in the 1960s, tourists were such a novelty in the far north that the locals would take photos as mementoes. As the head of tour boat...

2005 Took A Toll On Turtles

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Poor lighting enforcement, savage storms and red tide challenged sea turtles of every age. In the sea turtle world, size doesn't seem to matter very much.

Coral Reef Fish Larvae Settle Close To Home

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Tracing the larvae of marine organisms from where they were born to their ultimate destination has been regarded as one of the greatest challenges in ocean science. Managers of marine reserves...

Basic Principles of Light Underwater

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Underwater photography presents unique challenges due to the properties of water and its effect on light. Water absorbs light in ways that air does not. Therefore, it is important to understand...

Ready to Compete

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So you want to take the next step with your underwater photography or video? Entering competitions is a great way to do that. Of course, DivePhotoGuide can help point you in the right...

Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest 2009

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SeaWeb�s Marine Photobank and Project AWARE Foundation are teaming up once again to bring you the 2nd Annual Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest. We challenge ocean lovers worldwide to...

The next Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival

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The next Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival will be September 19-24, 2005 in Grand Teton National Park. We will be making a special focus on the Amazon Basin--its species and ecosystem as well as...

Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest 2009

MONTHLY CONTESTS

Underwater Photography

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Everything You Need To Know About Underwater Photography DivePhotoGuide.com is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in learning about underwater photography. Underwater...

Selecting Your First Underwater Camera

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Selecting an underwater camera is not a simple task. There is no one best or right underwater camera to buy, but rather the best or right camera for your specific needs and budget. Fortunately,...

Rules & Guidelines

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Below you will find the guidelines for the monthly Underwater Photography Contest Series. The contests are free to enter and each month we will be giving away a valuable prize - because you...

Entering Competitions

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By DPG editorial staff featuring Cal Mero For most, underwater photography is a fairly expensive hobby and not a profession. However, that does not mean that your images have to sit on...

DPG Relaunch Guide

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Welcome to the New DivePhotoGuide.com! This new website represents a new era for DPG … and for the underwater photography and video communities, and the industry....