We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSDS Photo Competition for March 2021 has been chosen. Congratulations to Laszlo Maraczi with his photo “Pyjama“!
Laszlo wins a free stay at the RSDS village of his choice. You can view the winning photo, and all the March 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 Laszlo, and good luck to all those participating in 2021!
From Paul Duxfield, our competition judge:
March was an unusual month with a real cross section of choices but I managed to narrow it down a bit in the first pass to a difficult five selections.
There were two black and white shots, both very different apart from the absence of colour. And two fabulous examples of exactly the same subject but shot in unique ways.
Along with a great fish group portrait to add to the mix and make my job even harder!
The two black and whites were great examples of where the simplified tonal range meant you had to take notice of the compositions even more closely.
Eventually after much deliberation, and whilst I thought the reef scene was very dramatic by Jannick Joly, I felt that the eye contact of the child in Tibor Ban’s situational portrait made the stronger statement overall.
And then there was by colourful contrast the pair of Pyjama Slug macro pictures both great examples of this popular subject matter but in the end I felt that the shot by Laszlo Maraczi was a bit more colourful and used the negative space of the red sponge really well, even though Jan Leya’s closer framing was very engaging.
And then there was the other shot by Laszlo of a grouping of red Soldier Fish which had the classic Red Sea combination of red against blue, and with them all facing the camera too, which is always a bonus.
So all of these pictures have great merit in their own way, but I know I’m only allowed to pick the one, so I feel the strongest of this months is the Pyjama Slug by Laszlo, which has negative space, diagonals, and colour contrast all in its favour which has made for a compositional tour de force, and so this is my final choice.
Well done. - 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.
