Dive Pacific Iss 171 Oct- Nov 2019
New Zealand's dive magazine featuring in this issue: Shooting big sharks, up close; Spearfishing at night!; Remembering a great Kiwi dive pioneer, Wade Doak; Forgotten Vanuatu wreck's claim to fame; The invasive Lionfish - in depth, plus all our expert columnists
New Zealand's dive magazine featuring in this issue: Shooting big sharks, up close; Spearfishing at night!; Remembering a great Kiwi dive pioneer, Wade Doak; Forgotten Vanuatu wreck's claim to fame; The invasive Lionfish - in depth, plus all our expert columnists
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SHADES OF COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION<br />
Image Post Editing can make<br />
a huge difference<br />
By Dave Moran, Editor at Large<br />
The variety of images received for this fun<br />
competition sure makes you think, I need to go<br />
diving more often! The variety of subjects is just<br />
amazing. It’s great to see a mix of local and international<br />
dive locations represented in the final winning<br />
mix.<br />
The judges again remind us to use Post Editing tools<br />
such as Lightroom and Photoshop to improve your<br />
images.<br />
We ask entrants to advise us if Post Editing has been<br />
done as we see this as a skill that should be encouraged<br />
as it is now a big part of how images are finally<br />
presented/displayed.<br />
Simon Pierce, Advanced Highly Commended, used<br />
both Lightroom and Photoshop to improve his entry of a<br />
close encounter with a whale shark Good skills Simon!<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>ice category winner, Sarah Ford was advised<br />
by judges on editing tools to remove a subject that<br />
detracted from the main image in the picture.<br />
Graeme Lynam, <strong>Nov</strong>ice highly commended, was justifiably<br />
proud of the image he entered taken by a simple<br />
point and shoot camera to snap a beautiful image. The<br />
judges advised a little cropping could greatly improve<br />
the image.<br />
You can have a lot of fun editing but it takes TIME to<br />
fully master the various tools a program can deliver.<br />
Once mastered it can be a very quick process to<br />
enhance your chosen images.<br />
It’s just a matter of asking yourself, do I want to<br />
develop skills that can improve my images?<br />
The judges and the team at <strong>Dive</strong> New Zealand/<strong>Dive</strong><br />
<strong>Pacific</strong> magazines look forward to receiving your<br />
personal masterpieces. See: www.divenewzealand.<br />
com click on Photo Competition. It’s free to enter. You<br />
can view galleries of all the entries over www.seatech.<br />
co.nz/blogs/shades-of-colour-photo-competition<br />
Thanks for taking the time to enter!<br />
'Winter light' (freediving in Goat Island marine reserve on a cold winters day)<br />
Canon 7DMKII, Tokina fisheye lens, Ikelite housing, ikelite DS-125 , DS-150 strobes – f/7, 1/250, ISO100<br />
Advanced Category Winner:<br />
Congratulations Dan Westerkamp, New Zealand.<br />
Dan was diving on a cold winter’s day at Goat island<br />
Marine reserve, north of Auckland. He became very<br />
creative shooting a half and half image of three<br />
stunning snapper with the island in bright sunshine<br />
above!<br />
Dan receives a Gift Voucher for NZ$100.<br />
Judges’ comments:<br />
This is a beautiful split level image and deserves to<br />
win. Even the exposure is correct on both levels. Well<br />
done.<br />
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