Ocean Exposures Photo Contest 2011
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Working on the Ocean 1st prize Days Work Done by Marcia Mackay  |
Ocean Ecosystem 1st prize Opalescent Nudibranch by Tyson Ehlers  |
 My husband and I take our annual vacation in September, in Ucluelet since 2005, in a waterfront cottage (we married there in 2009) close to Whiskey Dock. Day’s Work Done was shot 12:18 am on September 17, 2010 with a 300 mm lens. The boats look amazing at night, all huge and lit up, and I just had to take night shots of them - all from outside the door of the cottage!I was born 1948 in a small Welsh town, about 50-60 miles from the coast which is probably why I love Ucluelet so much - just wish I were closer to it! I emigrated to Canada in 1975, with my first husband, working from 1975-1999 for various law firms in a secretarial/PC desktop support capacity and from 1999-May 2011 for the publishing industry in graphic design. |
 This fascinating sea creature, the Opalsecent Nudibranch (Phidinia crassicornis) was spotted by my two young sons off the dock at Phillimore point on Galiano Island where our family has a cabin. We since learned how the colourful orange tipped appendages (cerata) contain stinging cells which are accumulated by the nudibranch from the hydroids that it eats. The photo was taken underwater with a Pentax Optio W60 on macro setting. I am a biologist from the Slocan Valley specialising in forest mycology. When there aren't any mushrooms to photograph my attention turns to other things, like sea slugs. |
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Working on the Ocean 2nd prize A Simpler Way, A Cleaner Way by Bridgit Frostad  |
Ocean Ecosystem 2nd prize Water Walker by Sheila Roote  |
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Working on the Oceans honorable mentions:
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Ocean Ecosystems honourable mentions:
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| See the runners up and all of the Working on the Oceans and the Ocean Ecosystems entries on flickr or click on the slideshows below. | |
CONTEST JUDGES  We'd like to thank our wonderful judges, Darryl Luscome (left) and Dan Hillert (right) who had their work cut out for them as there were 190 spectacular images to choose from.Darryl Luscombe originally studied chemistry in Australia, obtaining his PhD in 1992, the same year he trained in photography at the Melbourne School of Photography. His career has been varied and includes working as a research scientist, for the Australian Defence Department; a campaigner for Greenpeace in Australia, Canada and The Netherlands; a research specialist for Inhance Investment Management in Vancouver; and most recently as a full time digital artist, photographer and consultant based in Sointula, B.C. facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/SointulArt/288383948515 Dan Hillert has lived in Sointula on Malcolm Island for the past seven years where he owns the Sointula Gallery & Bistro. Among Dan's many photographic accomplishments is the book Imagine An Island, a book of images that explores the rugged beauty of Malcolm Island. You can view Dan's work at www.Sointula.ca |
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