We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSDS Photo Competition for November 2021 has been chosen. Congratulations to Nour Raslan with her photo “Oceanic White Tip #Longimanus"!
Nour wins a free stay at the RSDS village of her choice. You can view the winning photo, and all the November 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 Nour, and good luck to all those participating in the coming months!
From Paul Duxfield, our competition judge:
This month was a straight choice between two front runners.
As always we had a lot of great entries but in the end for me it came down to a choice between a challenging technical shot balancing light, and a head on encounter with an apex predator and entourage.
So the technically more challenging of the two shots for me was the composition of the diver, the lionfish and the spectacular sun ball in the background by Michael Tonsing.
Whilst the subject matter of the lionfish is very commonplace in the Red Sea this doesn't take anything away from the well composed trio of picture elements.
Also quite a challenge when facing sunwards to get the beams of light looking like this and the foreground and background exposure well balanced.
I know that this picture took a bit of photographic know how and experience, so much kudos for that.
The other shot which couldn't fail to grab my attention was the exciting picture of an Oceanic White Tip, always a thrill to see and get so close to, a visceral experience that makes you feel alive.
Whilst not as technically challenging as the other shot, it cant fail to grab the viewers attention, and is testament to the fact that just because one shot was harder to take isn't neccessarily the reason to pick one over the other
in the end it has to be dynamic and tell a story.
So with all these factors coming into play in the end I’ve gone with Nour’s shot of the OWT, with a very strong commendation and commiserations to Michael’s very close runner up of the diver and lionfish.
Well done Nour, great shot.
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 2022 Red Sea Photo Camp with Duxy and Alphamarine Photography will be held in Shagra from June 11-22 2022 - full information.
