We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSDS Photo Competition for February has been chosen. Congratulations to Essam A. Monem for his photo ''Peeking Out the Hole".
Essam wins a free stay at the RSDS village of his choice. You can view the winning photo, and all the February 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. Registered users of our website can give all the photos a star rating. 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 Essam, and good luck to all those participating this year!
Paul Duxfield, our competition judge:
"I must admit that I tend to favour wide angle shots a lot of the time so it was a nice change to have a struggle to decide between two macro pictures.I’d narrowed it down to these two, with Essam’s lovely study of a small Blenny in it’s home and the almost abstract shot of the arm of a Crown of Thorns Starfish by Ole.It was very difficult but in the end I decided to choose Essam’s Blenny as it manages to show the diminutive size of the creature and still conveys it’s character.Well done, beautifully composed and bravo for being patient enough to wait for it to put in an appearance!"
Paul “Duxy” Duxfield
Duxy ran an escorted photo workshop in Marsa Shagra on 8th December 2017. 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.
For more information, contact [email protected].
