We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSDS Photo Competition for July 2021 has been chosen. Congratulations to Jan Leya with his photo “Nemo"!
Jan wins a free stay at the RSDS village of his choice. You can view the winning photo, and all the July participants
here.
If you would like a chance to win, simply register on our website and upload your photos from our competition page. Each day we choose a 'photo of the day' from the selection of entries. Anyone can register on our website and vote on photos entered into the competition. At the end of the month our Photo Pro and photography workshop leader, Paul ‘Duxy’ Duxfield, looks at the votes and chooses a winner from the highest scoring photos. Full terms and conditions and prize details are available
here.
Congratulations again to Jan, and good luck to all those participating in 2021!
From Paul Duxfield, our competition judge:
My July choice is all about simplicity, and eye contact.
Eye contact with fish portraiture can really elevate a picture from the mundane to the impressive.
And the picture that I have chosen this month is all about this, a simple uncluttered composition and lots of eye contact with the clown fish.
Beautifully positioned and perfectly in focus with both eyes of the fish in view looking straight ahead at the camera lens. Getting eye focus isn't always an easy task, especially with a fish that is usually darting around in and out of the frame so patience is what is needed, and you’ll often end up with lots of shots that just aren't quite there.
So it would be remiss of me not to give a very special mention to the equally well executed, carefully framed shot by Laszlo Maraczi of a pair of clown fish, that he’s managed to achieve both pairs of eyes in focus.
For those of you that have experience of trying to do this, I’m sure you’re well aware of just how much patience is needed with these popular but tricky creatures.
So once again it was a tricky decision, but in the end I opted for the simpler shot by Jan Leya, which is also a perfect example of the ‘less is more’ principle.
This shot has both eyes of the single well framed clown fish, just positioned on the thirds line on the right, both looking directly at the photographer.
Great shot, well done Jan.
Well done to all the entrants to the competition, whilst I moan and complain about the difficulties I face choosing these pictures, I love this task.
I’d also love to see some of you at the Red Sea Photo Camp this November/December as I’d also like to give honest appraisals first hand and meet some of you face to face
and maybe go for a dive together :)
Duxy
Duxy has been running escorted photo workshops in Marsa Shagra for the last three years. These workshops are designed for camera users of all experience levels, with any type of underwater camera. Duxy is on hand to share tips and information, troubleshoot individual photography issues, escort early morning and late afternoon dives, and give talks on specific subjects. The 2021 Red Sea Photo Camp with Duxy and Alphamarine Photography has been postponed and will now be held in Shagra from November 30- December 11 2021 - full information.
