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Two sea lions playing whilst hunting on a school of sardines in La Paz, Mexico.
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Motherly Sacrifices and Aquatic Angst Top This Year’s Ocean Art Photography Contest
As they care for their unhatched babies, female octopuses refuse to eat, causing them to die of starvation before their young emerge from their eggs. Kat Zhou documented one of these marine mothers as she was in the process of such a fatal sacrifice, and the photo won the Ocean Art 2022, the 11th annual contest hosted by Underwater Photography Guide. Zhou’s image was chosen from thousands of entries submitted from 96 countries, and the intimate photo joins a collection that encompasses a vast array of aquatic life and antics. More Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Motherly Sacrifices and Aquatic Angst Top This Year’s Ocean Art Photography Contest appeared first on Colossal.
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“Even if they’re places I haven’t been to,” said Danny, “I’ve heard a lot about them! There’s the Heavenly Garden, the Drowned Quarter, the Mountains of the Moon, and, you know, there are always Elysium, the Far Frozen, Mattingly, or Long N–”
“No,” said Mom, “not Long Now.”
That was another thing Danny didn’t understand about his parents. Their dislike of Clockwork. Clockwork never did anything but help him.
“Okay, but you know Elysium and the Far Frozen are safe, and Mattingly is mostly safe.”
“Our equipment still doesn’t work well in Mattingly,” said Mom. “The Far Frozen is, well…”
“Far,” supplied Dad, but he had picked up a pad of paper and a pen. “What were the other ones?”
“The Heavenly Garden, the Drowned Quarter, and the Mountains of the Moon,” recited Danny, a little more hopefully. Maybe they’d let him go, after all.
“Okay, okay. And- And what are they supposed to be?”
“Well, um,” said Danny, “they’re all different places… The Heavenly Garden is, like, this giant peach orchard. A lot of people go there to eat them, or to have picnics and things. It’s supposed to be a big stop for musicians, too.” At least, according to Ember. He’d mostly heard about it from her and the Lunch Lady.
Dad knit his eyebrows together as he wrote. “And ghosts like that? It sounds sort of… peaceful.”
“Mhm.” Danny shrugged. “Everyone’s different. I think some of the peaches are supposed to be magic, too, but there’s no fighting there because of the Guardian of Peaches. Sometimes there are contests, though. Competitions.”
“Ah,” said Mom. “That makes much more sense. And the others?”
“Then there’s the Drowned Quarter, although I probably would stick to the borders.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because it’s drowned. Underwater. It’s an ocean. And the cities there are all places that sank, like Ys, or even places that aren’t remembered anymore.” He shrugged. “Humans like being near coastlines and rivers, so… You know. They get flooded.”
“Oh,” said Mom, “that’s interesting. So there’s correlation between how a place was destroyed and where it shows up in the Ghost Zone?”
“Is Atlantis there?” asked Dad, interrupting before Danny could answer.
“I mean, yes?” said Danny. “At least, that’s what I’ve heard. And- and the Drowned Quarter is supposed to have really good universities.”
“But it’s underwater,” said Mom.
“Mhm,” said Danny.
“Then it won’t work. Something like that would short out our technology.”
“That’s why I’d stay on the borders! The, you know, the surface. The shore. There are a lot of cities there that just haven’t sunk yet. They’re called the Anticipations. Like, um, there’s the Anticipation of New Orleans, which is supposed to have a lot of portals, too, and the City of Masks, which used to just be called the Anticipation of Venice, but sort of branched out, and Wet London, to keep it separate from all the other Londons, and Miami, but no one goes to Miami, and the Anticipation of Guangzhou–”
“There’s more than one London?” asked Dad.
“Oh, yeah, loads. But no one can beat Jerusalem. There are so many Jerusalems. And they’re all always fighting each other. But! I’m not going there. I think the Anticipation of New Orleans or the City of Masks would be really fun for you to research, though.”
“We’ll think about it,” said Mom, a bit repressively. “And the Mountains?”
“Oh, yeah. The Mountains of the Moon are supposed to be really cool. Like, literally. They’ve got glaciers on them, and people like to hike them. There are a lot of ghosts Obsessed with climbing there. And photography. And, um.” He wasn’t sure he should say this next part, because his parents hadn’t really liked Three Twilights. “There’s also a moon there.”
“A… moon,” said Mom, blankly.
Danny nodded. “It’s like… a small copy of the real moon.
“You say that as though there are more than one of these… fake moons,” said Dad, chuckling.
“There are,” said Danny, nodding. “But I think most of them are pretty far away from the portal right now. I think the Mountains of the Moon should be relatively close.”
“So… how much smaller than the real moon is it?” asked Dad.
“I don’t know! That’s kind of the point of going, isn’t it?” He bounced in place. “So? Can I? Can I go? I know you want to know more, too.” Of course they did! It was the whole reason they’d built the portal, after all, right?
Mom and Dad looked at one another, doing that weird parental telepathy thing they sometimes did. Then they shook their heads.
“Later,” said Mom.
“Next month, maybe,” said Dad. “We want to finish with this data before we get new data. It’ll make everything a lot safer.”
Danny’s shoulders fell. “Okay. Fine.”
“Maybe you can read some of those books Jazz got you?” Mom called after him as he trudged up the stairs. Danny let the door shut behind him without answering.
They just didn’t get it. They still saw him as a little kid, which. Fine. He looked more or less the same as he did the summer before high school, and he knew he hadn’t… matured the way Jazz and his friends had. But he wasn’t, and he was tired of being stuck at home, not doing anything.
Maybe he could figure out how to subvert the DNA lock? He chewed on his thumbnail, a recent nervous habit. He might be able to get Tucker to help him, long distance, or he could try himself. He did know quite a bit about Fenton Tech at this point. Or… he could go out.
He looked at the curtained window. If he went out as Phantom, it’d probably be fine, except for dodging the usual ghost hunters. Stargazing alone could be soothing. But he still wouldn’t be able to talk to anyone or do anything but fly around. Going out as Fenton was… risky. There were plenty of people who wouldn’t recognize him, but many would. Dash, for example, still lived in Amity Park, and he’d heard rumors that some of his other former classmates were back.
Or he could wait. He could do that. Staying home for a while wouldn’t kill him. He was just bored. And lonely.
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Have you ever wondered how to capture amazing photographs of marine life? Are you interested in improving your photography skills or trying something new? Jesse Cancelmo is here to help.
Check out last year’s underwater photography webinar for tips and tricks for getting the perfect underwater shot, just in time to submit your photos to the #GetIntoYourSanctuary Photo Contest.
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St. Vincent Dive: Amazing creatures in 60 seconds
Scuba diving in St. Vincent
Recently, my dive club, Big Apple Divers, organized an exclusive underwater photography and videography competition for its members. The contest required that each video submission be no longer than one minute. I participated by submitting two videos. In my first submission, I showcased the scuba diving adventures I’ve had in the waters surrounding the island of St.…
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2023 Nature Conservancy Photography Awards : Grand Prize Winner
“Between the stars” by Tibor Litauszki (Hungary). Grand Prize. “
I photographed this moment underwater. I was able to do it by putting my camera in an underwater case, attaching it to a metal weight and placing it all under the eggs. I waited nearby for it to be dark, and when the newt appeared, I lit it with an LED lamp. I started the camera with a homemade wired remote release. It turned out 1-2 sharp pictures.” (© Tibor Litauszki/TNC Photo Contest 2023) The Nature Conservancy has announced the winner of its 2023 photo contest, which features images that help us connect to the power and peril of the natural world. After doubling the number of categories, the contest saw an explosion in the number of entries. In fact, entries nearly doubled over last year, with more than 80,000 photographers from 191 countries submitting over 189,000 photographs for consideration.
In the end, Tibor Litauszki from Hungary won the Grand Prize for his underwater photo of a newt eating freshly laid frog eggs. Litauszki was able to capture the underwater moment by attaching a metal weight to his camera and placing it underneath all of the eggs. It was a clever move that paid off when the newt came to feed.
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#FollowFriday Five: Award-Winning Bird Photographers
The results of the Bird Photographer of the Year competition are in, and as you might have guessed, several of the winning photographers have a strong Instagram presence. Here's where you can find them:
2023 Bird Photographer of the Year, Jack Zhi @jack.zhi.photo, won gold in the bird behavior category for his image of a peregrine falcon attacking a brown pelican that got too close to its nest.
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Canadian wildlife photographer and biology Liron Gertsman @liron_gertsman_photography won in the video category for this fascinating video of sharp-tailed grouse courtship displays.
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Barcelona-based wildlife photographer Nicolas Reusens @nicolasreusens won Gold in the Best Portrait category for his image of a green tanager perched in the crook of a heart-shaped leaf.
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Underwater photographer Henley Spiers @henleyspiersphoto loves to capture the occasional seabird as it dives for fish underwater.
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Spanish Photographer Rafael Armada @rafaelarmadaphoto won gold in the "Birds in Flight" category with his photo of a sword-billed hummingbird mid-flight in Bogota, Colombia.
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To see more award-winning bird photography, check out "Ten Stunning Images From the Bird Photographer of the Year Awards" in Smithsonian Magazine online.
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Photography: Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winners Show the Beauty — and Precarity — of Nature
— October 11, 2023 | By Rachel Treisman | NPR
Portfolio Award Winner: The ancient mariner. Pangatalan Island, Palawan, the Philippines. The tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for more than 100 million years but now faces habitat destruction and overfishing for food and for its blood, used in the development of vaccines. Laurent Ballesta/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, we have just the thing: the newly-crowned winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
The London Museum of History, which runs the prestigious contest, revealed the winning images at a ceremony on Tuesday. It said an international panel of expert judges chose the 19 category winners out of 49,957 entries from 95 countries, based on their originality, narrative, technical excellence, and ethical practice.
The images take us underwater, deep into the woods and high above cities. They come from different parts of the world and tell the stories of various species. But they all showcase the diversity — and precarity — of life on Earth.
"Whilst inspiring absolute awe and wonder, this year's winning images present compelling evidence of our impact on nature – both positive and negative," said Doug Gurr, the director of the Natural History Museum. "Global promises must shift to action to turn the tide on nature's decline."
That's especially true of the two grand title winners.
Animals in their Environment Winner: Life on the edge. Zin Desert, Israel. Two Nubian ibex clashed on a cliffside for about 15 minutes before one surrendered and they parted ways without serious injury. Amit Eshel/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
French marine biologist and underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta was awarded Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his "otherworldly" image of a tri-spine horseshoe crab accompanied by three golden trevallies.
This is actually his second win, which contest organizers say is unprecedented. He took home the grand title in 2021 for his images of mating camouflage groupers in French Polynesia. Both portfolios focused on endangered species in protected waters.
Tri-spine horseshoe crabs have survived for more than 100 million years. Fossil evidence from Lebanon shows they were scuttling through warm waters at the same time dinosaurs roamed the land and skies.
But they are now under threat from habitat destruction and overfishing, with hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs harvested annually to be used both as bait for other species and for scientific research. Their blue blood is used in the development of vaccines — though that could soon start to change.
Ballesta documented the species as they feed, mate and thrive in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island in the Philippines. The Natural History museum said the images took the judges by surprise.
"To see a horseshoe crab so vibrantly alive in its natural habitat, in such a hauntingly beautiful way, was astonishing," said jury chair Kathy Moran. "We are looking at an ancient species, highly endangered, and also critical to human health. This photo is luminescent."
15-17 Years Winner: Owls' road house. Hof HaSharon, Israel. The photographer snapped this shot of several barn owls in the window of an abandoned building, using long exposure times to capture the light of passing traffic. Carmel Bechler/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award went to 17-year-old Carmel Bechler of Israel for his dynamic shot of barn owls in an abandoned roadside building. He used natural light and long exposure times to capture the light from passing traffic.
Bechler said his work aims to show that "the beauty of the natural world is all around us, even in places where we least expect it to be, we just need to open our eyes and our minds."
To the judges, the contrast between the neon lights and nesting owls highlights a growing tension between humans and wildlife.
"It simultaneously screams 'habitat destruction' and 'adaptation,' begging the question: If wildlife can adapt to our environment, why can't we respect theirs?" Moran said.
The other winning shots raise similar questions.
Natural Artistry Winner: The art of courtship. Noss National Nature Reserve, Shetland, Scotland, UK. Each summer the Isle of Noss hosts more than 22,000 northern gannets, which return to breed on the ledges carved by the elements. This species was hardest hit by the 2022 avian flu outbreak. Rachel Bigsby/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Karine Aigner of the U.S. won the photojournalist story award for her portfolio focused on hunting competitions in Texas, for example. Overhead views of a polluted river in Indonesia and bulldozed land in Mexico serve as stark reminders of the impact humans are having on their own environment.
All of the images will be on display as part of an exhibit at London Natural History Museum that opens Friday. It will tour across the U.K. and to other countries including Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Singapore before it closes in late June 2024.
Then it will be nearly time to award a whole new batch of winners. The historic 60th edition of the competition will be accepting submissions starting Monday and until early December.
In the meantime, check out a sampling of this year's winners:
Invertebrates Behavior Winner: Lights fantastic. Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. The photographer combined 50 19-second exposures to show the firefly flashes produced over 16 minutes in the forests near his hometown. Sriram Murali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Plants and Fungi Winner: Last breath of autumn. Mount Olympus, Pieria, Greece. Parasol mushrooms release spores from the gills under their cap. Some will land where there is moisture and food, enabling them to grow networks under the forest floor. Agorastos Papatsanis/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Mammals Behavior Winner: Whales making waves. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. A pod of B1 Antarctic killer whales prepare to 'wave wash' a weddell seal off a piece of sea ice and into the water so they can eat it. The bubbles are thought to be part of the way they communicate with each other to form these waves. Bertie Gregory/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Birds Behavior Winner: Silence for the snake show. Guiana Space Center, between Kourou and Sinnamary, French Guiana. Trumpeters – named for their loud calls – spend most of their time foraging on the forest floor, eating ripe fruits, insects and the occasional small snake. The boa constrictor could have made a meal out of them. Hadrien Lalagüe/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Rising Star Portfolio Award: Alpine exposure. Vercors Regional Natural Park, Rhône-Alpes, France. Melcarne skied six hours across a national park and spent a night in a temporary shelter to get early access to ibex territory. He thawed his camera with his breath to take this portrait. Luca Melcarne/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Underwater Winner: Hippo nursery. Kosi Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. A hippopotamus and her two offspring resting in the shallow clear-water lake. Hippos produce one calf every two to three years. Mike Korostelev/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
— Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London.
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Smiling crocodile in Cuba, taken in Garden of the Queen, a protected area on an archipelago on the south of the island.
by Massimo Giorgetta
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Rare spotted hand-fish pic among top winners of 2022 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
Dozens of underwater photographers have received recognition for the hard work they put in throughout 2022 with the 11th Annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest hosted by the Underwater Photography Guide.
Headquartered in Culver City, California, the Underwater Photography Guide is an online book and magazine that provides underwater photography resources.
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Rare spotted hand-fish pic among top winners of 2022 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
Dozens of underwater photographers have received recognition for the hard work they put in throughout 2022 with the 11th Annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest hosted by the Underwater Photography Guide.
Headquartered in Culver City, California, the Underwater Photography Guide is an online book and magazine that provides underwater photography resources.
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Spectacular Moments of Life and Death Are Unveiled in the 2021 World Nature Photography Awards
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Don't miss the opportunity to improve your underwater photography skills with an award-winning professional 📸
A longtime supporter and advocate for Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Jesse Cancelmo will share his experience and expertise diving and taking photographs in the sanctuary and beyond. Whether you are brand new to underwater photography or an advanced photographer, Cancelmo will provide tips and information to help you enjoy your diving and photography, and have you ready for the 2022 Get Into Your Sanctuary Photo Contest.
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May 25, 2022 at 1 pm Hawai`i / 4 pm Pacific / 6 pm Central / 7 pm Eastern
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