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Underwater Photography Jan/Feb 2014 Issue 76 Ocean Art Competition 2013 Aquatica HD Wave Aquatica 5DMK3 Gates XA25/XA20/G30 Seacam D4 Silver Subal D800 Watershot iPhone 4 & 5 Klearport Sea&Sea MDX-X10/X20 Fantasea G16 Recsea RX-100 II Recsea G16 Watershot Pro iPhone 5/5C/5S ScubaCoolHoods!!!! Scuba Symphony- Your Ultimate One-Stop Diving and Underwater Imaging Solution! Watershot Galaxy S3/S4 S103A Centrepoint Bandar Utama 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Tel: +603-77107197 Fax: +603-77251197 Email: [email protected] Seahorn Snoot for Issue 76/2 Online Shop: www.scubasymphony.com ALL strobe models! www.uwpmag.com 38 Lightroom iBook review Contents by Peter Rowlands Underwater Photography 41 Aquatica AD7100 review 4 Editorial A web magazine UwP76 Jan/Feb 2014 5 News, Travel & Events by Tim Rock 11 New Products 55 SAGA close up lenses 75 Algarve wrecks by Phil Rudin by Augusto Salgado 29 Ocean Art results 58 Panasonic GX7 review by Peter Rowlands 46 Nauticam vacuum system by Peter Rowlands by Phil Rudin 81 Turks & Caicos by Simon Higton 61 Nauticam SMC by Alex Mustard 33 Lembeh Shootout results 49 Subal Nikon D7100 review by EunJae Im by Mark Webster 35 Keldan lights by Phil Rudin 66 Available colour 86 Parting Shots by David Colyn by Ivan Donoghue and 69 So Far, Sogod Gary Carpenter by Dr Alex Tattersall Underwater Photography 2001 - 2014 © PR Productions Cover shot by Publisher/Editor Peter Rowlands Guido Villani www.pr-productions.co.uk [email protected] www.uwpmag.com Issue 76/3 Cornwall and that was 10 years ago Dive the Philippines Nudibranchs are hip Editorial next year. Just this one wreck has brought millions in tourist money Sinking ships Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda News of Dan Bolt, Terry Griffith into the local dive community, hotels, brought devastation to parts of the and Bernard Picton’s new iBook B&Bs and restauraunts. Philippines in November this year “Nudibranchs of the Southwest” Augusto Salgado’s excellent A couple of years ago we had the with thousands dead and millions coming out soon is welcome and article about 4 new Portugese golden opportunity to buy the aircraft displaced. helps to confirm that these gorgeous shipwrecks sunk in the last couple carrier Ark Royal but the powers that Disaster appeals were set up creatures are attracting cult status with of years is a good reminder of be decided to sell it for £2.9m for the and were well supported but what the dedicated trips to photograph them in how sinking old ships on purpose scrap metal. Philippines needs is for us underwater such hot spots as Gulen in Norway is a win win win situation. The Had she been sunk off the Devon photographers to go there and dive to and Anilao in the Philippines Government gets money back, the coast divers from all over the world support their local businesses. This They make great subjects; they diving community get a lasting and would have come to dive on her and was emphasised in a message from don’t move very fast and they are very valuable asset and the marine that would have brought revenue to the owners of the Sogod Bay Scuba available in an extraordinary range of biologists get 4 new research labs. pay off the initial investment in just a Resort as follows: colours, shapes and sizes. The driving force behind the few years. “We extend our heartfelt The other really good news is project was Luis Sá Couto who And last year 4 frigates suffered condolences and deepest sympathies that they aren’t, as far as I know, raised 2.5 million Euro through the the same fate; sold for scrap rather to our neighbors in Leyte, our friends edible to humans although I’m sure Ocean Revival project. “After a than to create artificial reefs and in Malapascua and throughout the some desperate entrepeneur has long road, littered with obstacles, income. region. attempted to deep fry one to create all of the technical and bureaucratic Of local interest to me is HMS The Philippines are very that unique ‘dining experience’. difficulties have been overcome for Plymouth which was decommissioned resilient. To our customers and friends Fortunately such experiments have the realisation of an innovative project on 28 April 1988, and was the last our resort is open for business. Padre never caught on and that should that has never before been seen in our Type 12 in service. She saw action Burgos, Southern Leyte sustained ensure their survival and their country”. in the Cod Wars between the United minimal damage from typhoon continued appeal to us underwater His vision has produced an Kingdom and Iceland and also the Yolanda. Our resort is powered with photographers. industry which will provide income Falklands War in 1982. Argentinian a backup generator until power is A good news story to come out not just locally but nationally. In the naval officer Alfredo Astiz - head of restored in Southern Leyte in the of the sea for once. first 8 months when only 2 ships had the South Georgia garrison - was first coming days. The biggest help to us been sunk over 4,000 dives were to surrender to the British Task Force now is your continued support - we made and he anticipates that by 2020 in 1982 on HMS Plymouth are operational and would love to see that figure should increase to 90,000. She would make a great local you at our resort. At this time we are Whatever the eventual figure is, attraction. How cool would it be to unsure of Tacloban airport. The best everyone will benefit. have HMS Plymouth to dive on in alternative is arriving in Cebu and Here in the UK I’m ashamed Plymouth! but no, sadly, she will be traveling by ferry to Leyte. Contact us to say we have sunk just one vessel sold for scrap. Peter Rowlands for current travel advice.Thank you [email protected] - HMS Scylla in Whitsand Bay, Un - bloody- believable. for all your emails and support!” Issue 76/4 www.uwpmag.com 2014 Calendar Dreams 2014 Calendar features News, Travel & Events a variety of images, mostly from “Diving Dreams” our dive travels over recent times, and includes destinations such as Galapagos, Bali, Egypt and the Maldives.” The 2014 Calendar can be obtained from Jeremy & Amanda at a cost of £9.00 including postage (within the UK). Their website features a wide selection of photography and articles with particular emphasis on scuba Photographers and diving and travel, although other photojournalists Jeremy and Amanda topics such as abstracts and black and Cuff have published a new 2014 white photography are also included. Calendar titled “Diving Dreams”. 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When • entry for photographers 17 and 2014: May 25 - June 2 Photo Safari in Kruger and Sabi Sands 6 Guests only June 3 - 8 - Simon’s Town with breaching sharks, penguins, and more I won Wildlife Photographer of the under: free Year 25 years ago, it opened doors Enter the Wildlife Photographer for me. The publicity it generates of the Year 2014 competition now. is astonishing, so I really want to www.GregorySweeney.com encourage every professional and www.nhm.ac.uk/wildphoto Photography Adventures www.uwpmag.com Issue 76/5 n The gentle giants of Rurutu Specialists i Your advert could be with Charles Hood Underwater Photography here for just £50 and will 14th - 21st September 2014 be seen by over 10,000 There is nothing in the world like underwater photographers © Inger Vandyke worldwide. No other being in the water with a Humpback Whale. People everywhere have publication has such a fallen in love with whales through targeted audience. 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