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The NUPG / GNDS Underwater Photography Print Competition Results
The Northern Underwater Photography Group held their second annual print competition at The Great Northern Dive Show held at Event City in Manchester over the weekend of the 8th & 9th April 2017. It was another successful year, with high quality images being displayed for the public to select their favourites in four categories: British & Irish Macro; British & Irish Wide Angle; Overseas Macro & Overseas Wide Angle.
An Imperial Stormtrooper casting his vote
Over the 2 days of the show, over 300 show attendees cast their votes, including a few Stormtroopers and Princess Leia! The voting was tough, with many excellent images on show in each category. There were images of marine life from tiny shrimps to large sharks, wrecks, reef scenes, divers & caves. Members of the NUPG were on hand all weekend to help those voting and to chat about the club which meets in Manchester each month to discuss all things underwater photography.
In addition to the public vote, representatives of the competition sponsors, Fleet Dive and Safari Diving Lanzarote, also had to select their favourite images to award the Overall Category Winners. Gary from Fleet Dive selected his favourite image from the two British & Irish categories. Fleet Dive, based in the Costa Brava, have kindly awarded the winner a diving & accommodation package to enjoy some of the best diving this area has to offer. The Overall Overseas winner was selected by Wendy from Safari Diving Lanzarote who has also donated a diving package prize for the winner. Photo pro, Paul “Duxy” Duxfield kindly assisted both Gary and Wendy as they made their final decisions on who should take away the main prizes.
Simon Temple’s highly commended UK Macro shot
Each category winner will receive a shark sponsorship pack from The Shark Trust, donated by the NUPG. The winners can select to support Great White Sharks, Basking Sharks, Whaleshark or a No Limits? Shark.
So here are the results:
British Macro
Winner – Trevor Rees, nudibranch (coryphella lineata) grazing on hydroids, Loch Carron May 16, Nikon D600 + Nikon 60mm
Runner-Up – John Spencer, pair of hermit crabs, Loch Sunart, Nikon D7000 + 60mm
Highly Commended – Simon Temple, snakelocks anemone shrimp, Babbacombe Devon, Nikon D90
Trevor Rees’ winning UK Macro shot
British Wide Angle
Winner – Caroline Robertson-Brown, Grey Seal Nose, Farne Islands, Nikon D7100, Tokina 10-17mm lens
Runner-Up – Trevor Rees, Blue Shark, 10 miles off shore from Penzance, Oct 16, Nikon D600 + Sigma 15mm
Highly Commended – Simon Temple, Snorkelling with a young grey seal, Eastern Isles, Isles of Scilly, Nikon D90
Trevor Rees’ runner-up shot in the British Wide Angle category
Overseas Macro
Winner – John Spencer, Anemonefish, night dive, Lembeh Indonesia, D7000 + 60mm
Runner-Up – Lisa Collins, Beauty and the Beast, hairy goby and porcelain crab, Anilao, Philippines, Canon EOS6D + 100mm + x2 teleconverter
Highly Commended – John Spencer, Anemonefish, Lembeh Indonesia, D7000 + 60mm
Lisa Collins’ runner-up shot in the Overseas Macro category
Overseas Wide Angle
Caroline Robertson-Brown’s winning shot in the Overall Overseas Winner category
Winner – Justin Beevor Snapper v Snappers, Bohar Snapper at Ras Mohammed, Sony a6300 + 16mm with fisheye converter
Runner-Up – Justin Beevor Wreck of the Giannis D, Sha’ab Abu Nuhas, Sony a6300 + 16mm with fisheye converter
Highly Commended – Lisa Collins, Reaching for the Sun, diver in Chasmal Cenote Tulum, Canon EOS6D + 8-15mm
Overall British & Irish Champion is John Spencer with his shot of a pair of hermit crabs from Loch Sunart, who wins the diving package with Fleet Dive.
Overall Overseas Champion is Caroline Robertson-Brown with her shot of a playful Cape Fur Seal taken in South Africa who wins the diving package with Safari Diving Lanzarote.
John Spencer’s winning shot in the Overall British and Irish Category (this shot was also Runner-Up in the UK Macro category)
The NUPG would like to thank all those who entered the competition, all those who voted, everyone who helped out over the weekend and to our sponsors, Fleet Dive and Safari Diving Lanzarote. It is always a pleasure to share the beauty of our underwater world with a wider public, including loads of children, at this event.
Wendy from Safari Diving Lanzarote awarding Caroline as the Overall Overseas Champion
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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