Comment on International Results EXIFs
10/24/05
One (hopefully final) comment on the International Results: the EXIF info shown for the print images is from the D100 we used to reproduce them.
International Results Updated
10/24/05
The International Results page has received a few updates, to show winners more clearly, added results for video, then added results for Marine Related and Freestyle, which were left off the 1st update. Please contact us if we've misspelled your name or image title.
Results from 2005 43rd International Competition Posted
10/23/05
The results from the 2005 43rd International Competition have been posted at this page. Congratulation to the winners. Thanks to our sponsors, without whom the competition would be impossible, and thanks to all who entered.
Competitions Results from Around the Web
10/23/05
This month has given us a lot of great photos to look at. Several other competitions have posted their results, including the BBC Wildlife / London Natural History Museum, Nature's Best Photography Magazine, and Project Seahorse
October MiniComp Results
10/19/05
Great meeting! Leslie's talk on worms was a lot of fun!
Now, on to the October MiniComp Winners:
Novice:
3rd: Richard Horn
3rd: Jim Lyle
2nd: Matt Segal
2nd: Margaret Webb
1st: Matt Segal
Open:
3rd: Kevin Roland
2nd: David McCrea
2nd: Todd Winner
1st: Todd Winner
Video:
No competition held, there was only 1 entrant.
Digital winners are posted in the Photo Gallery area of the website. Thanks to all the digital entrants who named their photos for the competition, it made it really easy to post the results quickly.
Now, on to the October MiniComp Winners:
Novice:
3rd: Richard Horn
3rd: Jim Lyle
2nd: Matt Segal
2nd: Margaret Webb
1st: Matt Segal
Open:
3rd: Kevin Roland
2nd: David McCrea
2nd: Todd Winner
1st: Todd Winner
Video:
No competition held, there was only 1 entrant.
Digital winners are posted in the Photo Gallery area of the website. Thanks to all the digital entrants who named their photos for the competition, it made it really easy to post the results quickly.
October Club Meeting Announcement
10/17/05
This Wednesday (10/17) the club meeting will start at 7:00 with a workshop by Matt Segal and Roger Carlson on underwater photography with a basic point and shoot camera in P mode.
The main meeting will start at 7:30, and our speaker is Leslie Harris, our Los Angeles Natural History Museum sponsor and a moderator of the Critter and Fish ID board at DigitalDiver.net. She'll be speaking on the Spineless Wonders of the Caribbean, The Wonderful World of Invertebrates.
The mini-comp subject is "Wings to Fly." This includes rays, fish with wings, and birds underwater. See the note two articles down on how to name your digital entries.
See you there!
The main meeting will start at 7:30, and our speaker is Leslie Harris, our Los Angeles Natural History Museum sponsor and a moderator of the Critter and Fish ID board at DigitalDiver.net. She'll be speaking on the Spineless Wonders of the Caribbean, The Wonderful World of Invertebrates.
The mini-comp subject is "Wings to Fly." This includes rays, fish with wings, and birds underwater. See the note two articles down on how to name your digital entries.
See you there!
Save the Tree Octopus!
10/12/05
Follow this link to an interesting article on the rare and endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.
Names for October Minicomp Entries
10/10/05
While dealing with the digital submissions for the LAUPS international, I realized that it would be really helpful if the digital submissions to the club competitions also had set filenames. Sometimes images get mixed up, sometimes I'm not sure if the entrant is open or novice, and I'm usually a bit swamped at the start of the meeting, anything to make that go easier would be welcome. Also, we stand a better chance of randomizing the display order if we do this right.
Also, I'm very behind on putting the winning entries on the website, primarily because getting the shots all named and ordered is time consuming. I think I stalled back at the May portfolio competition, gotta find time to catch up...
Anyway, lets try a naming format for this month's competition.
Please name your entries like this:
0510_novice_your-title_your_name.jpeg
0510_open_your-title_your_name.jpeg
For example, mine might be: 0510_open_batray_RogerCarlson.jpeg
You might want to be a bit creative with the title, if you don't want your bat ray image to come up next to another in the slideshow, since the slideshow is alphabetic.
As a reminder, this month's topic is "wings to fly"- that's rays, birds underwater, winged fish, etc.
We are able to take video submissions on DVD, and the website can handle video. Contact me if you'd like your minicomp video on the site, or if you'd like your own gallery of stills or video.
To submit your entries, email them to comp_entry@laups.org or bring them to the meeting on USB stick, cd, or DVD. If you are emailing, please try to do it the night before so I get time to download the images successfully and send you a confirmation.
Thanks and good luck.
Also, I'm very behind on putting the winning entries on the website, primarily because getting the shots all named and ordered is time consuming. I think I stalled back at the May portfolio competition, gotta find time to catch up...
Anyway, lets try a naming format for this month's competition.
Please name your entries like this:
0510_novice_your-title_your_name.jpeg
0510_open_your-title_your_name.jpeg
For example, mine might be: 0510_open_batray_RogerCarlson.jpeg
You might want to be a bit creative with the title, if you don't want your bat ray image to come up next to another in the slideshow, since the slideshow is alphabetic.
As a reminder, this month's topic is "wings to fly"- that's rays, birds underwater, winged fish, etc.
We are able to take video submissions on DVD, and the website can handle video. Contact me if you'd like your minicomp video on the site, or if you'd like your own gallery of stills or video.
To submit your entries, email them to comp_entry@laups.org or bring them to the meeting on USB stick, cd, or DVD. If you are emailing, please try to do it the night before so I get time to download the images successfully and send you a confirmation.
Thanks and good luck.
Support the Chamber, Dive Platform Grace off the Peace
10/08/05
LAUPS sponsor, the Peace Dive Boat will be diving Oil Rig Grace to support the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber.
Dive the PEACE out of Ventura, departs at 7:00am on Tuesday, November 22nd. Plan for 3 dives on Oil Rig GRACE*. Cost of the trip is $85 and includes food (continental breakfast/hot lunch and beverages), air fills, a commemorative chamber day T-shirt and the famous Hot Tub.
The cost is $85.00. payable to the CICD. Proceeds benefit the UC Hyperbaric Medical Center at Catalina, and the CICD's Uninsured Diver's Fund. You may pay by credit card, but there is a $2.50 processing fee. Note that this is a benefit event, so there are no cancellations allowed.
*Destinations, number of dives, etc., are dependent upon weather and sea conditions. All divers must have certification card and picture ID in possession to board the boat.
Note: Oil rig dives are for "Advanced" or "Experienced" divers!
Make your reservations NOW! Spots sell out quickly.
For reservations call Angie at 805-650-DIVE (650-3483).
Dive the PEACE out of Ventura, departs at 7:00am on Tuesday, November 22nd. Plan for 3 dives on Oil Rig GRACE*. Cost of the trip is $85 and includes food (continental breakfast/hot lunch and beverages), air fills, a commemorative chamber day T-shirt and the famous Hot Tub.
The cost is $85.00. payable to the CICD. Proceeds benefit the UC Hyperbaric Medical Center at Catalina, and the CICD's Uninsured Diver's Fund. You may pay by credit card, but there is a $2.50 processing fee. Note that this is a benefit event, so there are no cancellations allowed.
*Destinations, number of dives, etc., are dependent upon weather and sea conditions. All divers must have certification card and picture ID in possession to board the boat.
Note: Oil rig dives are for "Advanced" or "Experienced" divers!
Make your reservations NOW! Spots sell out quickly.
For reservations call Angie at 805-650-DIVE (650-3483).
6th Annual San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition 10/14 and 10/15
10/08/05
The 6th Annual San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition (UFEX) takes place
this year on Friday and Saturday evenings, October 14th and 15th, 7:00
PM at the Natural History Museum's state-of-the-art large format
digital theatre in Balboa Park.
There will be a different program each evening featuring a diverse
line-up of underwater short films, with each evening's program to close
with a special underwater film on the Whales of Tonga featuring the new
High Definition Video format.
You can read more about the upcoming Undersea Film Exhibition at
SignOnSanDiego, including excerpts from the featured films:
http://tinyurl.com/7ztbd
Tickets are $10, and are available at most San Diego dive shops, and
through a number of San Diego dive clubs. Tickets will also be
available at the door, provided there are still tickets remaining for
that evening's program.
For more information on tickets and UFEX, visit the website at:
http://sdufex.com
this year on Friday and Saturday evenings, October 14th and 15th, 7:00
PM at the Natural History Museum's state-of-the-art large format
digital theatre in Balboa Park.
There will be a different program each evening featuring a diverse
line-up of underwater short films, with each evening's program to close
with a special underwater film on the Whales of Tonga featuring the new
High Definition Video format.
You can read more about the upcoming Undersea Film Exhibition at
SignOnSanDiego, including excerpts from the featured films:
http://tinyurl.com/7ztbd
Tickets are $10, and are available at most San Diego dive shops, and
through a number of San Diego dive clubs. Tickets will also be
available at the door, provided there are still tickets remaining for
that evening's program.
For more information on tickets and UFEX, visit the website at:
http://sdufex.com
DiverNet Livaboard Guide 2005
10/01/05
DiverNet has produced an online guide to 270 of the world's liveaboards.