June Newsletter

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June Newsletter

June 2008
IN THIS ISSUE
| Volume 6 Number 6
NCUPS Swap Meet
2008 CBDC Recap and Slideshow
Decommissioning of the
MV Odyssea 1
2
Events
3
Announcements
5
Monthly Mini-Comp Winners
5
Kathy Mendes
Kawika Chetron Memorial Award
7
Videolights
8
Club Sponsors
10
Upcoming Trips
10
California Beach Dive Competition
2008 Winners
11
NCUPS Classifieds
11
Joining NCUPS
11
Northern California Underwater
Photography Society Calendar
12
UPCOMING EVENTS
NCUPS Swap Meet
1
SCUBA Show 2008
3
9th Annual San Diego UnderSea
Film Exhibition
4
MBARI Open House
4
MEETINGS THIS MONTH
6/13 Membership Meeting (8 pm)
Speaker: NCUPS Swap Meet,
2008 CBDC Recap and Slideshow
MiniComp: Textures/Patterns
6/19 Business Meeting (7 pm)
(See back page for maps and directions.)
MILLBRAE, CA – Join the Northern California Underwater Photographic
Society (www.NCUPS.org) for a night dedicated to members! The doors will
open at 7:00pm for the Annual Dive and Photo Gear Swap Meet. At 8:00 pm we
will begin our meeting with a presentation on the 2008 California Beach Dive
Photo Competition (CBDC). Afterwards, the night continues with member presentations! We'll hold the mini-comp directly after the member presentations
and after which time we will break and do more gear swapping and socializing.
The annual swap meet, usually held in January, will be held in June this year to
compliment the Members Night. So, go through your closets and bring that dive
and photo gear that you are no longer using to the meeting. Price your stuff
beforehand and come to the meeting ready to wheel and deal. Tables will be provided for displaying your gear. Remember, your unused gear may be something
another member or guest can use!
The CBDPC presentation will feature a “Day in the Life” show and a presentation
of the competition winners. Couldn't make it to the competition? Come to the meeting to see your friends having fun, braving the Monterey ocean waters, and winning
fabulous prizes. Or, come to the meeting to bask in the glory of your winning
image(s) being displayed to an awestruck audience! Bring your friends, family, and
coworkers to see what a beach dive photo competition really is.
(Continued on page 3)
2008 California Beach Dive Competition
Robbie Turner
MONTEREY, CA – The 2008 California Beach
Dive Photo Competition was a resounding success with 73 entrants. The weather was great and
the visibility was the best seen on a competition
day in many years. The images were phenomenal
and the judges had a hard time choosing the winning images.
We started the weekend by picking up our registration packets and t-shirts at Aquarius Dive
Shop. The registration crew consisted of Helga
Mahlmann, Jim Kaller, Mark Krag, Sue Estey
and Tom Patterson. Patti Baugh did a great job in
designing the t-shirts which were printed by
Fashion Streaks in Seaside. (Continued on page 6)
Photo: Clinton Bauder. Best of Show, Winner
Open Digital Normal/Wide Angle, CBDC 2007
Decommissioning of the MV Odyssea 1
Photography Society
Andrew Lok (Introduction by Josh Honomichl)
The following letter was brought to my attention a few weeks ago. It’s a grim
reminder of the pain that the recent severe storms exacted upon our friends
at the other end of the Pacific. Please join me in wishing our wonderful sponsor a full and speedy recovery.
President Position Open
[email protected]
Vice President/ Position Open
Speaker Coordinator [email protected]
Equipment Manager Randy Herz
[email protected]
May 13, 2008
Secretary Jim Kaller
[email protected]
Dear associates, clients, and friends,
It is with deep regret that I have to inform you of our company's decision to
decommission MV Odyssea 1. MV Odyssea 1 was badly damaged in a very bad
storm on Sunday evening. As such, we will not be able to provide liveaboard services with immediate effect and all cruises chartered or booked are cancelled.
She returned safely to Manado on Saturday morning after a successful season in
Raja Ampat from Sorong. There were no guests onboard when the accident
occurred as we were preparing for docking. The crew are all fine and are safely
back on land.
In the mid afternoon of Sunday (11 May), she was moored off Wori Bay in front
of our resort (Cocotinos) in preparation for docking. During this time, the weather
was turning with very strong winds coming from the north-west coupled with big
waves forming and the tide going low. The captain decided that it was safer to
move to a better-sheltered lagoon in Lantung where we normally go to during
adverse weather such as the one we experienced on Sunday. Upon approaching the
lagoon, the engines failed with attempts to restart it futile and the anchor was
dropped immediately by the captain. At this point, the big waves took her closer
to the reef but without the anchor securing on the seabed, she was pushed on to the
top of the reef by the storm which resulted in severe damage to the hull.
Further extensive damage was done by the constant and relentless pounding of
the waves while she was trapped on the reef. At first light, we inspected her and
had to acknowledge that she is no longer seaworthy and beyond economical
repair.
Treasurer Helga Mahlmann
[email protected]
Membership Lanette Otvos
[email protected]
CBDPC Coordinator Position Open
[email protected]
SEA Coordinator Kathy Mendes
[email protected]
Boat Dive Coordinator Chuck Tribolet
[email protected]
DEMA Coordinator Robbie Turner
[email protected]
E-groups Moderator Charlie Eng
[email protected]
Marketing Director Robbie Turner
[email protected]
Membership/Merchandise Lanette Otvos
Coordinator [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Josh Honomichl
[email protected]
MVP Assistant Ruth Chofré
Newsletter Editor [email protected]
Minicomp Columnist Randy Herz
[email protected]
Ocean Conservation Gordon Firestein
Coordinator [email protected]
Refreshments Helga Mahlmann
[email protected]
Webmaster Position Open
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California Underwater Photographic Society (NCUPS) or
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The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society
(NCUPS) is a “501(c)(3) nonprofit” organization formed to
promote interest in underwater photography. The club has
been active since 1957. NCUPS sponsors educational
events on both underwater photography and video while
promoting awareness of the underwater environment and
pertinent ecological issues. NCUPS serves the greater San
Francisco Bay area, including Silicon Valley.
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Events
June
NCUPS Swap Meet ...................................................................
SCUBA Show 2008 ....................................................................
July
9th Annual San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition .......................
MBARI Open House ...................................................................
SCUBA Show 2008
June 21 - 22
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LONG BEACH, CA – This
June, the Long Beach Convention Center will once again host
the largest consumer dive expo
in the United States: the 21st
Annual SCUBA Show. The
event will feature a wide array
Photo: SCUBA Show 2007
of exhibitors including manufacturers, exotic dive locations, local retailers, and dive experts.
The 76,000 square foot exhibit space will host over 200 exhibitors,
some of which will offer deals available only at the show.
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Commodore Chuck Tribolet’s Weather Web Page
Monterey Sea Conditions at a Glance
www.garlic.com/~triblet/swell/wamglance.html
NCUPS Swap Meet
June 13 (Continued from page 1)
Attendees will get a first look at numerous new products unveiled
for the first time at the show, including products from HydroOptix,
IST, Atomic Aquatics, APS Mantaray, and Zeagle. Also available
will be information on travel location both known and unknown
from such exhibitors such as Kona Honu Divers, Escape Barefoot
Travel, Atlantis Dive Resorts, Shark Diving International, Club
Cantamar, and Solmar V. Local dive stores and retailers like Sport
Chalet, Pacific Wilderness, Xtreme Scuba, Beach Cities Scuba
and Scuba Schools of America will also give attendees a glimpse
into the product lines and classes they offer. Local boats will show
attendees all that they have to offer divers.
The member presentations are an opportunity to show what
you've been up to photographically! Bring a short slide show
(5-min. max.) featuring your favorite underwater videos or still
images (digital or 35-mm slides). It doesn't have to be fancy –
whatever you would like to do to show off your work. The club
laptop and projectors will be set up, so bring your images or
video on a flash drive or DVD/CD; a slide tray will be available
for 35-mm slides. We cannot swap out laptops. To sign up,
email [email protected]. We'll try to fit in as many as possible; first come, first served.
This year’s show will offer more than 30 seminars packed with
information, learning, and entertainment. Top dive experts from
around the globe will present detailed information on marine life,
must-know travel information, photography and video techniques,
dive medicine and more. Among the featured presenters will be
scuba diving experts including: Marty Snyderman, Jack and Sue
Drafahl, Bruce Watkins, Dale Sheckler, Ken Kurtis, Ken Knezick,
Divers Alert Network, and others.
The mini-comp subject for June is “Textures/Patterns.” The
mini-comp is a fun competition for all NCUPS members.
Images entered must have been taken by an NCUPS member
underwater. The contest offers two skill levels: novice and
open. If not enough entries are entered for either skill level, they
will be combined. Entries cannot have won previously. The
winning images, selected by the audience, receive $20 or $30
for the novice or open categories respectively and are featured
in the monthly NCUPS newsletter. See the NCUPS website
(www.ncups.org) for more information.
As in years past, SCUBA Show 2008 will also feature a continuous
underwater film festival to take place on a massive screen inside
the exhibit hall. The festival will screen films from top professionals and talented amateurs alike, featuring images from around the
world.
We really hope to see you all there showing off your underwater photography and videography, enjoying the CBDPC winning images and “Day in the Life Of ” show, and swapping gear
and stories with the other members.
New this year is a Saturday Night Casino Party to benefit California Ships to Reefs (www.cs2r.org). The benefit will feature Las
Vegas-style gaming and offer door prizes, a silent auction, and a
drawing for a number of fabulous prizes from sponsors such as
Catalina Cylinders, Cramer Decker, Dive Paradise-Cozumel, DUI,
Explorer Diving Adventures-Ventura, Ikelite, JW Fishers Mtg,
Scuba School of America, TUSA, and many others.
For more information, see www.scubashow.com.
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9th Annual San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition
Deadline: July 1
MBARI Open House
July 19
SAN DIEGO, CA – The
2008 San Diego UnderSea
Film Exhibition will be held
on Friday and Saturday,
August 22–23 at Qualcomm
Hall in San Diego, California. The San Diego UnderSea
Film
Exhibition
(UFEX) had its debut in
2000 with a night of underwater digital films presented at the Otto Center of
the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park. Initiated in
response to the need for a
local venue to showcase
Photo: San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition
some of the best of the
underwater video creations of area divers, the first San
Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition was organized by a small
group of people who had been meeting regularly to share
information on shooting and editing underwater video.
MOSS LANDING, CA –
This
Summer,
the
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute will
once again open its doors
to the public for a day of
fun and education. The
MBARI open house is free Photo: MBARI
and will feature science and
technology exhibits, displays of deep-sea video from Monterey
Bay, research presentations, children's activities, and ocean
career information. MBARI staff, scientists, and engineers will
share their excitement about the institute's work.
Visitors to the open house will be able
to view MBARI's robotic deep-sea
vehicles: the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) Ventana and Tiburon; the
autonomous underwater vehicles
(AUVs); and the Benthic Rover-distant cousin to the Mars rovers.
All three MBARI research ships will
be at the dock during the event and
Photo: MBARI
crew from the ships will be available
to answer your questions. Free tickets will be released throughout the afternoon for a limited number of people to walk
through our largest ship, R/V Western Flyer. Please note that
the Department of Homeland Security requires that MBARI
check identification of anyone wishing to board the R/V Western Flyer; boarding is considered consent to screening and
inspection. Photo identification will be required.
That first year was a rousing success, and laid the groundwork
for an approach to presenting underwater digital video in San
Diego that emphasizes the enjoyment and appreciation of
underwater images. That approach includes affordable tickets,
no prizes except the fun of sharing one's film with an appreciative audience, and an independent film selection process
that has included judges who are among the top in the field of
underwater imaging. It's a labor of love by all involved!
We're now in our ninth year of putting on the San Diego
UnderSea Film Exhibition, and looking forward to our best
year yet. We hope you'll join us on Friday and Saturday,
August 22nd and 23rd, 2008 for the 9th Annual San Diego
UnderSea Film Exhibition at Qualcomm Hall's beautiful
state-of-the-art digital projection theater.
MBARI is located in Moss
Landing, halfway between
Santa Cruz and Monterey
off Highway 1. The Duke
Energy Power Plant is a visible landmark to Moss
Landing. From Highway 1,
turn west (toward ocean) Photo: MBARI
onto Moss Landing Road.
Turn on Sandholdt Road and cross the bridge. MBARI is on the
west side of the road.
For submission guidelines or more information on the contest visit the contest website (www.sdufex.com) or contact
Eric Hanauer ([email protected]) or Chuck Nicklin
([email protected]).
The Open House begins at 12:00 noon and ends at 5:00 p.m.
The exhibits and activities will be available at 12:00 noon. The
R/V Western Flyer walkthroughs will start at 12:00 noon.
For information or to receive an announcement for the Open
House, email [email protected] or visit www.mbari.org/
about/openhouse.html.
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Announcements
Monthly Mini-Comp Winners
This Month: Textures/Patterns
Decommissioning of the MV Odyssea 1
The April minicomp was a fantastic display of talent with a
variety of entries submitted on the topic of “Wrecks (ship,
barge, car, airplane, etc.).” Congratulations to the winners!
(Continued from page 2)
The weather has been unpredictable of late, with the cyclone in
Myanmar on 3rd May and typhoon Rammasun in Philippines last
week. The irony is that we could rescue others a few days earlier
on our way back from Sorong but could not avoid a disaster ourselves. The forces of nature are greater than us. We had made two
rescues, starting with a family in a small boat that flipped over
and they were drifting for 12 hours before we spotted them. We
dropped them off at their village at Kofiau and continued our
return journey. After passing Halmahera, we seek an SOS call
from a cargo vessel which had a broken shaft and was drifting for
four days in the Moluccas sea. We brought all nine of the crew
onboard and continued our journey, bringing them back safely to
Manado with Odyssea 1 and her crew a day later than scheduled.
Wrecks (ship, barge, car,
airplane, etc.)
First Jane Call
Second Randy Herz
Third Russ Wiitala
Cocotinos and Odyssea Divers will continue to provide the resort
and diving services in Manado as usual, and we will keep you
updated on the opening of our new resort in Lombok in August
2009. I look forward to your continuing support.
Warmest regards
Andrew Lok
Managing Director, Odyssea Asia Pte Ltd.
www.odysseadivers.com ~ www.cocotinos.com
Photographer’s Notes: Jake’s Seaplane
Jane Call (Photographer)
“Jake's Seaplane” (see opposite column) was taken in April 2006
in Palau during the Digital Shootout (Nikon D100, Titan Housing,
16-mm lens, 1/60, F7.1, ISO 200). The photo depicts a Japanese
torpedo bomber downed while Japan fought valiantly to keep
occupation of Palau, a favored vacation destination.
My lesson from this photo was to “take advantage of unexpected
opportunity.” As can happen on any trip, the diver in the photo had
shadowed me for several dives. As she swam over my shoulder,
she bumped me while I was near the open nose of the plane, looking for interesting angles and lighting possibilities. A little miffed,
I graciously backed off and let her in — I could return. As I turned
to leave, I noticed that I could use her (obnoxiously) bright attire
to contrast the dull state of the plane and surrounding fore and
backgrounds – in this case she made the perfect model! Without
notifying her, I waited for the desired behavior. As she moved in
and looked about to be swallowed by the open nose, I laughed in
my regulator and depressed the shutter release.
MiniComp “Wrecks (ship, barge, car, airplane, etc.)”: Top: “Jake’s Plane” Jane Call, 1st Place
(Nikon D100); Middle: “Bonaire” Randy Herz, 2nd Place (Nikon D200); Bottom: “RMS Rhone”
Russ Wiitala, 3rd Place (Point and Shoot)
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The water was so flat and clear that even Monastery was
diveable this year. I think that is why we had 17 people register the day of the competition. Images were submitted from
almost every beach dive site along Monterey Bay. Eben
Haber manned the digital drop-off by himself this year at
Backscatter. Kudos to you, Eben! Eben has asked that we
have at least one volunteer assist him next year to keep the
line moving. Luckily we were in Backscatter where we could
look at all the latest camera and video equipment. Jim Kaller
dropped off the film for developing and missed dinner Saturday night in order to pick up the processed film. Sunday,
he set up the selection for our filmasauruses.
We started our cocktail hour at 5:45 pm. Ruth and Michael
Chofre greeted everyone with name tags and sold drink tickets. Lanette Otvos gave out membership info and sold tshirts. The main attraction to the cocktail hour is Ben
Tetzner’s homemade beer. The brewmeister and Warren
Quon served as bartenders. The beer was excellent as usual
and was enjoyed so much that we ran out before the night
was over. Susan Brown and a crew of people slaved in the
kitchen to make one of the best dinners we’ve had. The dinner crew consisted of Susan Brown, Paula Butler, Brad
Brown, Liz and Scott Hamilton, Linda Reisinger, Kathy
Mendes, Jim Kaller, Helga Mahlmann, and Rick and Robbie
Turner. Pastry chefs were Linda Reisinger, Susan Brown and
Rick Turner. Our AV guy, Randy Herz, made sure the sound
system was up and running for our evening speaker. Our
emcee for the evening was Rick Turner.
Another highlight of the evening was having Mark Snyder
from New York present some of his images from his favorite
destination. Mark is famous for shooting wide angle shots
with four Inon strobes and shooting macro with three Inon
strobes. He even gave us a preview of some of the images
which will be in the upcoming Fathoms magazine. His images
were fabulous and his stories engaging. We’ll definitely have
Mark come back to wow us next year at one of our meetings.
Sunday morning our filmasaurases chose their images and
the judges began their deliberations. Our judges were professional photographers: Andy Sallmon, Kevin McDonnell,
and Mark Snyder. All three have backgrounds in cold water
photography. In fact, Andy and Mark went for a dive at the
Breakwater on Saturday, so they were aware of the conditions the entrants had to shoot images. If you want to learn
more about our judges or to see some of their images, visit:
www.seait.com, www.mcdonnellphotography.com, and
www.starknakedfish.com. The judging process was run by
Chuck Tribolet and Eben Haber with assistance from Helga
Mahlmann. (Continued on page 7)
Photos: Top-left: Mark Krag, 1st Place Open Film
Macro/Best Of Macro; Top-right: Jack Sullins,
1st Place
Open
Digital
Macro;
Middleright: Vance Taitano, 1st Place Novice Digital
Normal/Wide
Angle;
Bottom-right: Chuck
Tribolet, 1st Place Open Film Normal/Wide Angle;
Bottom-left: Sami Laine, 1st Place Open Digital
Portrait/Best Of Portrait; Middle-left: Scott
Harrison, 1st Place Novice Digital Macro
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room. Thanks to Bill Stotzner for arranging for Julieanne to present and for giving her some underwater images to use as
examples. For free tutorials on Lightroom and recommended
links to learn more, visit Julieanne’s website www.jkost.com.
This year we decided to have a seminar in the morning for all the
participants and their guests. The seminar was well attended given
it started so early in the morning! Rick Turner was the emcee for
the seminar and awards ceremony. Randy Herz was our AV guy.
After seeing our two presenters, the consensus for next year is to
have seminars again.
Finally, the judges were done and Chuck Tribolet had put together
the winning images into a show and it was time to start our awards
show. Rene De La Briandais shot and prepared the Day In the Life
Show with a few images donated by Kathy Mendes, Randy Herz
and Charlie Eng. The winning images were shown and then the
winners were allowed to choose their prizes. Robbie Turner and
Kathy Mendes worked with the sponsors to generate a great prize
list including seven trips. Reef & Rainforest arranged three of the
trips, so a big thank you to Jenny! Congratulations to all the winners. Check out the winning images and our current sponsors on
the NCUPS website, www.ncups.org. Remember to use our sponsors and tell our sponsors how much we appreciate them.
Our first presenter was Jay Ireland. Jay is a partner in Bradley Ireland Productions, one of the largest film and video underwater
stock house agencies in the world. He is also a contributing member in the non-profit, Imaging Foundation. With over 30 years of
experience as both a photographer and a diver, Jay has captured
extraordinary images both above and below the water in some of
the most exotic places in the world. His combined understanding
of diving, marine wildlife, and the unique aspects of shooting
underwater ensures he captures striking images. Jay
shared with us how he tries to
reach young people by making
short videos for YouTube and
MySpace. He admitted that
many of the videos he makes
are not to his liking, but in
order to reach the younger
generation, you must create
videos that they will watch. To
see more images and videos
by Jay, visit: www.bradleyireland.com and www.imagingfoundation.org.
Special thanks to the many
members who regularly volunteer to make this annual event
happen. The NCUPS 2008
California Beach Dive Photo
Competition is over, so now it
is time to start planning the
2009 competition. If you
would be interested in volunteering as the director for the
2009 competition, have some
constructive suggestions for
next year, would be interested
in helping organize a video
category, or would like to volunteer to assist in some other
way in 2009, please email
[email protected].
Top-left: Ben Troxell, 1st Place AboveJulieanne Kost was our second Photos:
Water; Top-right: Scott Harrison, 1st Place
speaker who educated us on Humorous; Bottom-right: Ben Troxell, 1st Place
Novice
Digital
Portrait;
Bottom-left: Chuck
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Tribolet, 1st Place Open Film Portrait
After joining Adobe in 1992,
Julieanne learned her craft
through hands-on experience and now serves as the Senior Digital
Imaging Evangelist, spanning digital imaging and illustration.
Her role includes customer education, product development, and
market research. She is a frequent contributor to several publications, a speaker at numerous design conferences and tradeshows,
and a teacher at distinguished photography workshops and fine art
schools around the world. Herself a passionate photographer, she
combines her background in psychology in creating artwork, seen
in several showings and published in several magazines. She is
also the author behind the Comprehensive Photoshop CS3 training DVDs published by Software Cinema and author of Window
Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking published by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Julieanne was engaging and
humorous as she walked us through the four sections of Light-
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See you next year!
Many of you will have known Kawika Chetron. He was a regular
diver seen at the Coast Guard Breakwater in Monterey with his
Boston Whaler and red high-top sneakers. Kawika was also a
gifted underwater photographer and would go the limit to visit the
most remote Northern California reefs to capture a great shot. He
was famous for a self-portrait of himself and one of his harbor seal
friends. Kawika was also very personable and well-liked by other
divers and underwater photographers.
A little over a year ago Kawika motored his boat to Eureka to dive
some of California's far northern reefs. He put out to sea by himself and was never seen again. (Continued on page 8)
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Videolights
First of all, I’ll pass on what the judges had to say about this year’s
competition:
2008 Underwater Images Competition
Roger Roth
“In our work, we spend a lot of time underwater looking for
unusual or oddball images and behaviors. Our exposure to what
other underwater photographers are shooting is pretty much limited to photographs published in the mainstream dive magazines.
The multitude of entries in this year’s competition offered us a dramatic insight into how significantly underwater photography has
matured in recent years. The images, whether of seascapes, divers,
or marine life, consistently expressed the photographers’ enlightened understanding of their subject matter. Most gratifying, the
new entrants are right on track, many are only a dive trip away
from distinction. Choosing winners from amongst so many excellent choices was a challenging but delightful task.”
As the international, non-profit Underwater Images Photo/Video
Competition comes to a close, I wanted to share with everyone
how the competition fared and more importantly what the judges
thought about the entries. This year, we received 50% more entries
than any other year (most seemed to come in the last 2-3 weeks).
The entries came from 20 different states in the United States and
25 different countries around the world.
As always, prizes are set
before the judging according
to the retail value of the prize
donations and the number of
entrants in each category. Proceeds from this competition
are donated to numerous nonprofit organizations that support marine conservation and
preservation as well as educational scholarships. Our beneficiaries are listed on the home
page
of
our
website
(www.uwimages.org).
This year’s judges were Ned
and Anna DeLoach and Eric
Riesch. Ned and Anna specialize in capturing portraits of
tropical marine species around
the world, and are also keen Photos: Top: “An Unexpected Meeting” Kochetova, Moscow, Russia - 1st
students of marine life behav- Marina
Place, Divers & Marine Life; Middle: “Good
Friends”
- Steven Kovacs, Clewiston, Florida
ior. Ned is co-author with Paul USA - 1st
Place, Togetherness; Bottom:
Humann of numerous marine “Green Turtle” - Kris Chmielewski, Gdansk,
Poland - 1st Place, Wide Angle Novice
life identification books, and
Reef Fish Behavior, an overview of what is currently known about the natural history of fishes
of the Caribbean. Anna, a videographer, produced Sensational
Seas – an anthology of underwater filmmakers, and Reef Fish
Identification, a Beginning Course for REEF.
Photo: Clinton Bauder, Winner, Kawika Chetron Memorial Award
2008 California Beach Dive Competition:
Kawika Chetron Memorial Award (Continued from page 7)
A group of friends and family wanted to do something in
Kawika's memory and approached NCUPS about hosting a onetime memorial award at the California Beach Dive Photo Competition, where Kawika had been a frequent competitor; and
often a winner. They raised funds to purchase the prize for the
award and the funds left over will be donated in his name to the
Reef Environmental Education Foundation, www.reef.org, a
marine environmental organization that he was involved in.
Eric Riesch is photo editor and managing director of New World
Publications. For the past 15 years he has managed the cataloging,
retouching and photo placement of the marine life identification
books including Reef Fish Identification – Tropical Pacific which
includes more than 2500 images. His photographic images have
appeared in several books and magazines.
The California Beach Dive Photo Competition entrants were
allowed to submit one additional photograph to be judged for the
Kawkia Chetron Memorial Award. How fitting it was for the
winner to be one of Kawika good friends, Clinton Bauder. Clinton received a charter for two with Cypress Charters. We are sure
Kawika would be pleased.
Special thanks to those who donated the funds for the award and
to Melissa Litwicki for organizing the memorial award.
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Videolights (Continued from page 8)
We continued this discussion remarking that entrants could do the
same thing with their own digital shots as well to choose their best
shots to enter into competitions like this. All they would have to
do is turn their shots 180 degrees in Photoshop, then look at a file
with all the thumbnails that are now upside down.
The judging process took about 8-10 hours of their volunteered
time and consisted of going through thumbnails on a large computer screen one by one in each category. In the first round, the
judges quickly culled about 50% of the entries that didn’t stand out.
They also paid attention to their own breathless gasps that they
sometimes let out when an awesome shot came up on the computer, probably indicating that shot would end up as a finalist.
After the judging and looking at the winners, they all discussed
these shots and admitted that their preferences as this year’s judging team seemed to center around portrait and behavior shots.
Interestingly enough, the Best of Show was highly contested with
another first place picture for a good 15 minutes or more, and was
finally awarded to “Trust” by Cor Bosman of Amsterdam, Netherlands because the judges rarely, if
ever see a lizardfish with its mouth
that wide open; so rarity came into
play on that choice.
Then a finer culling process took place in the next 2-4 rounds until
they narrowed numbers down to about 12 in each category. This is
when their job got harder and everyone discussed pros and cons of each
shot more carefully. They had to
decide which shots were composed
better, which ones told a story, which
ones were cropped better, and depths
of field and focus was considered
also.
Many shots that were entered and
may not have won a prize this year
were surely worthy of a prize and
should be entered in this and other
competitions in the future. (A fairly
comprehensive list of competitions
world-wide can be found on the
Underwater Images website.)
Entrants should keep in mind that
various judging teams look for different things each time they judge
competitions like this. And even the
same judging team could look for
something different on a different
day.
Any photograph or video that ended
up in the final rounds were obviously
world-class quality, and choosing
between them had to get picky. At
this point in the judging, any or all of
the shots merited winning a prize,
which is why the Underwater Images
board has always tried to have at least
some kind of small token prize for
Honorable Mention winners. (I will
mention here that the judges saw a
number of shots throughout the process that they would have liked to
have in their own portfolios!)
Photos: Top-left: “Squadron” - Ralph Oberlander, Dover, New Hampshire USA - 1st Place,
The judges were surely impressed
with the quality of images they
viewed. For me, it was also refreshing to see some new names emerge
in the winners’ list and I hope to see
more of those photographers’ shots
in years to come. Sea Ya!
Of all of the above criteria, the judges Majestic; Middle-left: “Trust” - Cor Bosman, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Best of Show;
Bottom-left: “Manatee Resting” - Jose Alvarez, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic felt that improper cropping seemed 1st Place, Wide Angle Open; Bottom-right: “Grouper Clean” - Patrick Weir, Georgetown,
Cayman - 1st Place, Macro Close-up Open; Top-right: “Murena” - Csaba Tokolyi,
to be the one thing that eliminated Grand
Budapest, Hungary - 1st Place, Macro/Close-up Novice
the highest number of entries from
the competition. Some shots needed to be cropped better to get rid
of unnecessary parts of the photograph. Others needed cropping to
Critter Corner
center the subject better, follow the rule of thirds more efficiently,
When the lizardfish captures its prey, it keeps the prey in its
or even to bring the subject to the forefront of the shot.
mouth because of the many sharp teeth it has. According to
During the judging, we also discussed one of Jim Church’s favorite
Ned DeLoach in his Reef Fish Behavior book, the
ways to look at slides to find the better ones. Jim used to take a
Engelman’s Lizardfish was found to make a strike at its prey
filled slide page and place it on a light table upside down. Outevery 35 minutes with an 11% success rate.
standing shots will jump out at the viewer, even though they are
© Copyright 2008, Roger Roth.
upside down.
Monthly Newsletter
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Volume 6 Number 6
June 2008
Upcoming Trips
Club Sponsors
These individuals and companies generously donated goods or
services as prizes for our two annual contests: SEA200X and
The California Beach Dive Photo Competition. Please show your
appreciation by considering them when you are shopping and
mention that you are a member of NCUPS in an effort to
reinforce their association with us.
The following trips are organized and run by NCUPS members. If you have a trip that you want to list here, please let
the newsletter editor know. This page is only for NCUPS
member-run trips. It is always best to have a web page to
describe your trip, as space on this page is limited.
Platinum Sponsors
Wakatobi Resort and Pelagian Dive Yacht Trip
Special for NCUPS members
Backscatter Underwater Video and Photo . . . . . . . . . . www.backscatter.com
Bilikiki Cruises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bilikiki.com
Date August 5-15, 2008
Contact Paula K. Butler
Wakatobi Dive Resort/Pelagian Dive Yacht
[email protected]
Mobile: 408.891.1113 (Skype: paulakb1)
Island and Cruise Adventure, Inc. . . . . . . . . . www.islandcruiseadventure.com
Kararu Dive Voyages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.kararu.com
Kasawari Lembeh Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.kasawari.com
M/V Febrina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.febrina.com
There is no time like now to plan which of the World's
incredible warm water reefs you will be diving this coming
year. We've planned a special trip in 2008 offering a taste of
both the Wakatobi Resort and the Pelagian Dive Yacht, at the
same cost as any of our 10-night Pelagian trips.
Manthiri Liveaboard Diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.manthiriliveaboard.com/
Mike Ball Expeditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mikeball.com
NAI'A Cruises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.naia.com.fj
Odyssea Divers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.odysseadivers.com
One Ocean Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.oneocean.com
Pindito Dive Cruises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.pindito.com
As always, we include: VIP arrival service pre-immigration in
Bali; Full international luggage allowance on our charter flight
to the resort; VIP departure lounge in Bali including snacks; full
porterage for your bags; accommodations in a standard, deluxe,
superluxe, or master cabin; delicious and varied meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner); 24-hr coffee/tea/hot chocolate/drinking
water; daily turndown service; warm towels, hot drinks/water
and snacks after dives on the yacht; aromatherapy bath products
in all rooms; four 70-minute boat dives daily from fast twin
engined tenders; a village visit followed by a BBQ feast in the
Resort on the last day; contributing to our award-winning conservation program and of course, our Reefs without equal.
Reef and Rainforest Adventure Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.reefrainforest.com
Wallin's Dive Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.wallins.com
Gold Sponsors
Expedition Fleet Liveaboards . . . . . . . . . . . . www.islandcruiseadventure.com
Exotic Caye Beach Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.belizeisfun.com
Kodak Professional Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.kodak.com
Kosrae Village Ecolodge and Dive Resort . . . . . . . . . . www.kosraevillage.com
Lembeh Dive Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lembehresort.com
Silver Sponsors
Ikelite Underwater Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ikelite.com
LowePro Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lowepro.com
Nautilus Explorer/Alaska/Socorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.nautilusexplorer.com
The date for this trip is August 5th through the 15th. If you would
like to join us, there are a limited number of spaces available so
please let me know as soon as possible.
Optiquatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.optiquatics.com
SanDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.sandisk.com
Stormcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.stormcase.com
Sub Aquatic Camera Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.subaquaticcamera.com
Manthiri Live-Aboard Trip
Maldives for Manta Mania
Bronze Sponsors
Aquarius Dive Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.aquariusdivers.com
Date October 8-18, 2008 (10 Nights)
Cost $3400 ($750 First Deposit)
Final payment due June 27, 2008
Contact Richard Woulfe
6867 Golfcrest Drive #4 San Diego, California 92119
Mobile: 619.886.7044
Cypress Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cypresscharters.com
Fathoms Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fathoms.com
Gates Housings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.gateshousings.com
Helga Mahlmann - MEMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ncups.org
Hotwave Wetsuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hotwavephuket.com
The trip includes nine full days and ten nights diving the
beautiful atolls of the Maldives. Participants will enjoy double occupancy accommodation aboard the Manthiri LiveAboard while performing three to four dives daily; tanks and
weights will be provided (nitrox is extra). The price includes
all meals and snacks, tea/coffee/juice, bottled drinking
water, and wine at dinner. Pick-up and drop-off at Male,
Maldives Airport is also provided.
Scott “Gutsy” Tuason . . . . . . . . www.clubocellaris.com/images/gutsytuason
Sea Challengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.seachallengers.com
Steve Rosenberg - MEMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ultralight Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ulcs.com
UnderwaterPhotography.com . . . . . . . . . . www.underwaterphotography.com
Volume 6 Number 6
June 2008
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Monthly Newsletter
NCUPS Classifieds
Great Deal On A Trip On The Nai'a
Date May 4, 2009
Cost $1300 (value of $2940)
Contact Kathy
[email protected]
Nikon 105 AFD lens. Includes both the
M/AF selector gear and the manual focus
gear for the Aquatica D200 housing.
Please call Ben (510)278-7169 or [email protected] $650 firm (the
gears alone are $225) The gears do come
in very handy, and will probably fit other housings.
Fred Heiman won a 7-day trip on the Nai'a along with the Stan
Waterman Award For Excellence in Underwater Videography at
Beneath-The-Sea 2008. Fred and Peggy have been on the Nai'a
five times and wish to transfer the trip to a lucky NCUPS member
for $1300. The value is $2940 and the trip must be taken by May
4, 2009. The money will be donated to several charities involved
with protecting the environment and the animals that inhabit it.
The wonderful people at Nai'a have agreed to the transfer. Note
that air fare is not included.
Nikon D200 Digital SLR Camera. 10.2
mega pixels, excellent condition. Complete as packaged new: D200 camera
strap Li-ion Battery and quick charger,
LCD monitor cover body cap, eyepiece
cap rubber eyecup, USB cable PictureProject CD-ROM, quick start guide
instruction manual, and the original gold
box! Asking $1000 or best offer. Please
contact: Randy Herz (408) 285-5075
Weekdays; (408) 244-9505 Home.
So, if you are interested, please send an email to Kathy at [email protected] along with a guess at the secret number
between 1 and 1000. The one closest to the number will be able to
buy the trip for $1300. The deal ends at midnight June 25, 2008.
Joining NCUPS
California Beach Dive Competition 2008 Winners
BEST OF SHOW
Clinton Bauder
MACRO
Novice Digital Macro
First Scott Harrison
Second Scott Barnett
Third Daniel Schwartz
HM Todd Aki, Jay Manges,
Laurence Muth, Sean Baribeau
Open Digital Macro
First Jack Sullins
Second John Trone
Third Bob Widman
HM Robert Lee, Linda Reisinger,
Chris Simmons, John Trone
Open Film Macro
First Mark Krag
Second Chuck Tribolet
Third Chuck Tribolet
HM Jim Kaller
Best Of Macro
Mark Krag
WIDE ANGLE
Novice Digital Normal/Wide Angle
First Vance Taitano
Second Vance Taitano
Third Thomas Southworth
HM Scott Barnett, Scott Harrison,
Jason O'Rourke
Open Digital Normal/Wide Angle
First Clinton Bauder
Second Sami Laine
Third Jack Sullins
HM Brad Brown, Roy Dumlao,
Russ Sanoian, Clinton Bauder,
Sami Laine
Note: Visit www.ncups.org to view
the award-winning photographs.
The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society
(NCUPS) is a nonprofit educational organization formed to
promote interest in underwater photography. Schmoozing
begins at 7:00 pm and the general membership meeting at
8:00 pm on the second Friday of each month (with the
exception of December). Each month, a guest speaker presents a subject concerning diving and/or photography, usually as a show or multi-image presentation.
Open Film Normal/Wide Angle
First Chuck Tribolet
Second Eben Haber
Third Eben Haber
HM Susan Brown
Best Of Normal/Wide Angle
Clinton Bauder
PORTRAIT
Novice Digital Portrait
First Ben Troxell
Second Ben Troxell
Third Vance Taitano
HM Greg Davis, Debbie Driggers,
Jay Manges, Lanette Otvos
Other NCUPS activities include local monthly boat dives,
occasional trips to southern California dives and tropical
vacations, sessions on photography, and a host of additional
activities planned by the members.
The following memberships are available:
Open Digital Portrait
First Sami Laine
Second Clinton Bauder
Third Sami Laine
HM Linda Reisinger, Robert Walsh
Open Film Portrait
First Chuck Tribolet
Second Mark Krag
Third Jane Call
HM Jane Call
Best Of Portrait
Sami Laine
$35
Those who participate in NCUPS activities
Family
$45
Two or more members in the same household
At-Large
$25
Those unable to participate in local activities
because of geographic location
Associate
$15
Non-divers who wish to support the aims of
NCUPS
New members joining after September 1 are half price, provided they are paying with the dues for the upcoming year.
Make checks payable to “NCUPS” and mail to:
HUMEROUS
First Scott Harrison
Second Chris Kitting
Third Jason O'Rourke
HM Charlie Eng, Robbie Turner
Lanette Otvos
P.O. Box 1168
Alameda, CA 94501-0121
ABOVE-WATER
First Ben Troxell
Second Vance Taitano
Third Diana Halliday
HM Kathy Mendes, Bruce Sawyer
The most efficient way to change your address, phone number, or internet address in the roster is to send an e-mail to:
[email protected]
Clinton Bauder
Monthly Newsletter
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Volume 6 Number 6
June 2008
Photography Society Calendar
Meetings This Month
Membership Meeting – June 13, 2008
New Vision United Methodist Church
450 Chadbourne Avenue, Millbrae, CA 94030
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
July
Doors Open
Membership Meeting
NCUPS Swap Meet, 2008 CBDC Recap and Slideshow
MiniComp: Textures/Patterns
11
17
Aug
8
14
Sept
12
18
Oct
10
16
Nov
14
20
Business Meeting – June 19, 2008
Dec
Round Table Pizza
61 W. 43rd Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403
7:00 pm
Business Meeting
NCUPS members are welcome to attend.
(Arrive early if you would like to eat.)
Membership Meeting (8:00 pm)
Fred Heiman – “Indonesia Underwater” Deconstructed
MiniComp: Stars
Business Meeting (7:00 pm)
Eric Cheng of Wetpixel
MiniComp: Nudibranchs
Open
MiniComp: Schools
Lynn Funkhouser – Nudibranchs
MiniComp: Creative
Mike Boom
MiniComp: Fish Faces
TBD NCUPS Holiday Party
Location TBD
MiniComp: None
Monthly minicomps are open to all NCUPS members and are held after the featured presentation at each membership meeting. Entries must be digital images
or scanned slides submitted on a CD, or a flash disk (thumb drive).
Northern California Underwater Photographic Society
PO Box 1168
Alameda, CA 94501
© Copyright 2001-2008, The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society
General Delivery Email: [email protected]
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