We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSDS Photo Competition for July has been chosen. Congratulations to Taco Riemers with his photo "Funny Blenny".
Taco 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. 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 Taco, and good luck to all those participating this year!
Paul Duxfield, our competition judge:
"This as always was tricky to make the final call, as Ahmed Elzaablawy had a selection of verystrong contenders with my favourite of his being the Yellow Mouth Moray, and Tim Kalvelage had a lovely shot taken of a Hermit Crab which was very detailed and dramatically lit. In the end though I went for the cute factor with Taco Reimers being my overall favourite with his side on capture of acomical Blenny poking out of the reef. Nicely lit so it hit the mark technically with a dark background so the fish stood out well into the negative space, so all the compositionalpoints targeted. If I had a tiny criticism it was that there was a bit of backscatter which would have taken a few moments to clean up inediting afterwards. Worthy winner though, well done Taco.
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].
