Scubashooters net e mag issue n56 sep 2021 by Scubashooters Underwater Photography

Cedric Pemeau

Portfolio

issue n°56

- sept 2021

Travels: D.C. Marco Polo

Contest: Deep Visions 2021

Review: Nautismart Pro

Biology: Miramare Protected Area

Contest: Jury Of Deep Visions 2021

Review: Z-330 Type 2

Dear friends here we are again , another summer is turning to an end and another Deepvisions UWP award turned its lights off.it’s been a terrible year and a half for the whole dive industry , we’ve all been through extremely difficult moments but despite of all these bad events Deepvisions 2021 was able to gather a great attention from the diving industry players as well as from photographers from all over the world. 8 categories and over 60K USD prizes were delivered to the amazing winners of this year edition. For me this has been the most exciting edition of our contest, dense of emotions ranging from the fear to fail due to the period to the extreme happiness stating that the response and hence the results where outstanding. So I want to take this opportunity to publicly thank our sponsors , too many to name them all here, without them Deepvisions UWP wouldn’t simply be possible, our international Jury and its President Mr David Salvatori and of course all the contestants for their closeness to our brand and for their masterpieces. A special thought goes to those that did not qualify within the first three places , please don’t be discouraged as next one could be the right one. We called this Deepvisions edition the “renaissance” edition... visit www.deepvisions.photo and discover for yourself why , through the breath taking winning photos and runner ups that made this edition one of the best so far. We’ll stay in touch.

Marino Palla Owner and Founder Scubashooters Network

Cover image by: Cedric Peneau

Contents

Issue

n°56 -

sept

2021

pag. 86

P ortfolio

Cedric Peneau Editorial: by Marino Palla

Review: Nautismart Pro by: Bluebox Biology: The Miramare Protected Area by: D. Lombroso

pag. 3

Travels: D.C. Marco Polo By: F. Iardino and F. Strazzi

pag. 70

pag. 10 Contest: The Jury Of Deep Visions 2021 by: Scubashooters

pag. 58

Review: New Inon Z-330 Type 2 by: Inon Dan Europe: Cult Dive By: Dan Europe

pag. 24

Contest: Deep Visions 2021 All The Winning Pics

pag. 116 pag. 124

Editor: Fabio Strazzi Assistant Editor: Elisa Furlani

pag. 30

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Travels

D.C. Marco Polo

A Macro Paradise In Kvarner

Words: Nicoletta Storelli | Pictures: Fabio Strazzi & Fabio Iardino 10

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he Kvarner gulf is a funnel shape stretch of sea, tightened between the Istrian mainland and the archipelago of the Croatian islands, and connected with the Gulf of Rijeka. Practically, it separates Istria from Dalmatia.

This region, as well as all of Croatia, offers a wide choice for those who practice underwater activity. About 120 dive sites and no less than 33 wrecks able to satisfy any sea enthusiast. Technical diving for depth lovers, considering that the Kvarner reaches even 120 meters in its deepest part but, of course, less demanding dives for those with less experience. Anyone will be able to admire the richness of the underwater flora and fauna, and might go wild with the thousands colors of this sea: sponges, sea fans, fishes and nudibranchs that look hand-painted, for the delight of photographers.

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If you are a photography lover and have no time or you are not in the mood of driving too much, a few km from Trieste in the Gulf of Rijeka, namely in Kantrida (Rijeka), is located a swimming pole with five pools. Directly on the beach below there is the Marco Polo Diving. Marco Polo diving offers various dive types: excursions by boat to the three wrecks at less than 30 minutes riding distance, at depths ranging from -10 to -42 meters (Elhawi Star; Sigrid and Siebel Faeher) while, for those who prefer colors, fishes and nudibranchs, we propose the two walls directly from the diving center’s beach, a paradise for macro photography! This location is so well known by underwater photographers, to encourage us organizing every year, in October, a contest that has now reached its fourth edition, always with greater success! You just have to come and visit us!.

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FILIPPO BORGHI www.instagram.com/filippoborghi5

Filippo Borghi was born in Siena on 25-07-1973, CMAS diver instructor and founder member of Sensation Blu di Siena diving club, he began to photograph in 1995 in the waters of the Mediterranean, from sea lover and passionate sub every occasion is good to go in water and consequently to photograph. This passion then leads him to visit many of the most famous and sometimes remote sunken paradises of the world (Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, Sudan, Madagascar, South Africa, Mozambique, Australia, Papua, Ecuador, Mexico) and try to show every time through his lens the wonders of this world, inviting people to love and respect and explore it! He collaborates and has collaborated with several trade magazines both in Italy and abroad and many of his photos are published in diﬀerent international catalogs of nature photography (Scuba diver, Asferico, Underwater world, The subaqueo, AQUA, MonthPhoto, SIPA, OceanGeographic and many others) Over the years he has received many awards through the most important international photography contest

PADI master scuba diving training instructor IANTD full cave diver IANTD advanced nitro diver 21 years scuba diving as a full time job Over 10000 dives

LUIS J. SANDOVAL www.instagram.com/luisjaviersandoval

ASFERICO plant and fungi winner ASFERICO runner up and highly commented several times OASIS PHOTO CONTEST Plant and fungi category winner OASIS PHOTO CONTEST runner up and highly commented several times BBC WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR category winner 2013 and 2016 OCEAN ART runner up in wide angle category OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC highly commented portfolio in David Doubilet category VERASUB shootout runner up in wide angle category RAMON BRAVO shootout winner 3 times in a row TED talk speaker the conference was “UW photography as a conservation tool” Part of ﬁlming crew for documentary in Cocos and water pollution y Mex Caribbean for Ocean blue tree foundation Head photographer for expedition for the Mexican golf for green peace

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ELLEN CUYLAERTS www.ellencuylaerts.com

Ellen Cuylaerts relocated from Belgium to the Cayman Islands in 2009. And recently to UK. She has a master’s degree in modern history and education. After a career in IT she home schooled her 2 gifted teenagers and took up scuba diving in June 2011. Soon she became a Master Scuba Diver and combined it with photographing the wonders of the underwater world. Ellen's main drive is shooting images that contribute to achieving goals in conservation of marine life and education about the importance of our oceans, and to capture the hearts and the will-to-act before it's too late. Her basic concern is the decay of the oceans by pollution, overfishing, the brutal act of shark finning and dolphin and whale slaughtering. Ellen has received numerous awards for her pictures and was the 2013 World Champion in the yearly online underwater photo competition 'underwaterphotography.com. Ellen’s work kan be seen in exhibitions in Paris, St. Petersburg, Valencia, Marseille and New York. June 2017 she addressed heads of State on World Oceans Day at the General Assembly of the United Nations highlighting the plight of photographers and filmmakers engaging in protection of the oceans. She curates the UN WOD Photo competition and developed a Charter of commitments regarding ethics for UNWOD and Unesco/IOC. As a Fellow Explorer International she became a member of the Flag & Honors Committee of the Explorers Club, having a front seat at future explorations! Since 2018 she loves to dive in the silence of caves and in 2019 she was inducted in the Women Divers hall of Fame.

Born in 1972, in the Canary Islands, Tenerife, he has spent his entire life around the sea as an islander, diver since he was 16 years old, CMAS Instructor, Rebreather Advanced Mixed Gas Diver, free diver, and underwater photographer since 1998. He develops his activity mainly in the Canary Islands, especially in open blue waters between the islands of Tenerife, Gomera and El Hierro, spending much of his time searching for pelagic life in the blue water through the wide-angle ﬁsheye. He also practices the specialty of macro photography but especially when he travels outside the Canary Islands. He has accumulated a large number of awards in almost all the photographic contests held annually in diﬀerent parts of the world such as Deep Indonesia, OWU, Ocean Art, Festisub, Adex Voice of the Ocean, World Shoot Out Israel, UW photo Challenger China, Ocean EDUARDO ACEVEDO Geography Australia , Big Picture Competition, EZ Diver competition, www.facebook.com/eduardo.acevedofernandez.1 UPY Great Britain, Ocean view California,… ..etc.

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JEROME KIM underwaterphotography.com

MARCO COLOMBO www.calosoma.it

Born and raised in Korea, Jerome Kim has been based in the Philippines for the last 22 years. He considers Anilao and Romblon as his most favorite dive spot in the whole Coral Triangle because of the great macro opportunities. He’s been traveling many diving destinations in abroad such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Maldives, Palau, Thailand and Taiwan etc for diﬀerent kind of subject hunting. He is a professional architect who considers underwater photography as a hobby but he enjoys it immensely. He is able to translate his skills as an architect into designing the perfect shot underwater. He won more than 70+ awards from UW competitions in Korea, Philippines and International. He was a featured Photographer on magazines such as Scubadivers, Scubanet, Underwater World, Sea&Sea Magazine, EZDIVE, Underwaterphotography.com, Scubashooters.net e-Mag, Underwater Macro Photographers e-Mag, UWPhotographers, DivePhotoGuide.com, Divers Alert. His works are published on South China Morning Post (H.K), Washington Post, Divers Alert (US), Manila Bulletin, Inquirer (Phil), Chosun, Dongah (Korea), and published on more than 30+ Magazines and Newspapers He has been invited as VIP speaker to several prestige dive shows such as DRT, ADEX, SPOEX and TDEX He has been judging panels of World Oceans Day Competition by United Nation, Asia UW Photo Challenge by EZDIVE, Drangon Cup by UWPIXEL, Okinawa Masterclass by Okinawa Tourism, Green Island UW Competition by Taiwan Tourism, UWMP competition and more. He starts and co-organized Anilao UW Photo Competition with Department of Tourism of the Philippines for 3 years and it become one of the most successful UW competition events in the world now. He also organized Okinawa Master Class and Underwater Dreamtour.

Naturalist, photographer and science communicator Environmental guide, scubadiving master and TV scientific consultant, he is graduated in Natural Sciences; his photographs and articles have been published on several magazines, such as BBC Wildlife, Nat'Images, Unterwasser, Focus Wild, Naturfoto, Ezdive e Ocean Geographic. Among his books, we underline Paludi e squame – Rettili e anfibi d’Italia (2014), I tesori del fiume (2016) e Paesaggi bestiali (2019). Regularly involved in lectures on biology and photography, he exposed his shots in exhibitions all around Italy and Europe. In 2007 he discovered a new spider species in Sardinia. Many of his shots received awards in main competitions as Asferico, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Festival Mondial de l'Image Sous-Marine and Wildlife Photographer of the Year (category winner in 2011-2016-2018). He thinks curiosity, creativity and respect should drive photographers in their works.

WINNERS 2021

Best of Show 2021

Franco Tulli

BLACK WATER

3 place Paolo Bausani

1 place

Honorable Mention

Stevan Kovacs

Honorable Mention

2 place Stevan Kovacs

Stevan Kovacs

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CETACEANS AND SHARKS

3 place Vanessa Mignon

1 place Galice Hoarau

Honorable Mention Vanessa Mignon

Honorable Mention

2 place

Cedric Peneau

Nicolas Remy

CETACEANS AND SHARKS

CONSERVATION

3 place Shane Gross

1 place

Honorable Mention

Steven Kovacs

Galice Hoarau

Honorable Mention

2 place

Marco Gargiulo

Fabrice Dudenhofer

CONSERVATION

MACRO

3 place Tom Shlesingers

1 place

Honorable Mention

Franco Tulli

Oksana Maksymova

Honorable Mention

2 place

Gyu Dong Kim

MACRO

MACRO COMPACT CAMERA

3 place Marcel Duske

Honorable Mention

1 place

Yi-Ping Chang

Enrico Somogyi

Honorable Mention

2 place

Yi-Ping Chang

Marylin Batt

MACRO COMPACT CAMERA

WIDEANGLE

3 place Catherine Holmes

1 place

WIDEANGLE

Honorable Mention

Shane Gross

Luc Rooman

Honorable Mention

2 place

Paolo Bausani

Wai Hoe Mok

WIDEANGLE COMPACT CAMERA

3 place Michele Sbrilli

1 place Andrea Michelutti

Honorable Mention Enrico Somogyi

Honorable Mention

2 place Enrico Pompei

Abimael Marquez

WIDEANGLE COMPACT CAMERA

PORTFOLIO

1 place Shane Gross

PORTFOLIO

2 place Franco Tulli

PORTFOLIO

3 place Marco Gargiulo

PORTFOLIO

Renata Romeo

PORTFOLIO

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention Galice Hoarau

EDITOR PRIZE

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n recent times one of the news that struck me more was when I read Olympus shutting down and completely dismantling the compact camera branch of the factory. Wow, what a big news for a big event! Not many years ago the compact cameras was probably the most profitable market for cameras manufacturers like Olympus so

how come they came to such an halt on this production line? The answer is very simple of course: smartphones! Soon after their launch on the market back in the 90s mobile phones have been equipped with on board cameras for messaging purpose and few less applications, but as years went by and smartphones started

to peep on the market better performing cameras started to show up on these products. I still remember my first digital camera. It was of course a compact camera, a Sony DSCP1, 3mega pixels CMOS sensor, 16 Megabyte memory stick, and ... What a wonderful photos that small camera was able to deliver!

No wonder Olympus decided to shut the compact cameras branch down, no wonder at all. I have been an underwater photographer since dive number one. My dive number one after the OWD certification course took place in Sharm el Sheik in Egypt back in 2001 and yes, my Underwater photography gear was the Sony DSCP1 I mentioned before, in its Sony , specific Underwater camera housing, I remember I made terrible photos!

Now, in this very moment while I’m writing this article there’s a commercial on TV showing one of the latest Smartphone on the market... 108 mega pixels and 512 Gigabyte memory..

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So I have been observing this market since its beginning and when I noticed the great improvement smartphone cameras were going through I predicted the advent of the smartphones in underwater photography.

But I believed that so much that I developed the idea and asked for a Patent, later obtained , for this application; it was 2015. At that moment we were already running the scubashooters network so we envisioned a mission...

It was 2014 and when I started sharing my view on the future inside the world of UW photographers I was nearly bullied as no one believed this could ever become an option.

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Well , not only underwater photography but also any kind of activity involving some action and wet environment.As it has already been explained the Nautismart pro was first conceived we did it bearing in mind that nowadays smartphones are equivalent to compact cameras and will surely be better in the near future... Action cams were also taken into consideration, especially their price, the need to update them and the lengthy process of transferring big size movies from the cam to another device... is totally un necessary as photos and videos are already resident in your device memory ready to be edited and shared.

When you use Nautismart in conjunction with your smartphone the transfer process

We also took into consideration the average time before upgrading a smartphone; it is slightly over one year and yes, with Nautismart Pro you can upgrade your smartphone as often as you wish and still be able to use it in conjunction with your Nautismart... Or you can share Nautismart for use among the members of your family or with your friends. In other words Nautismart pro has been imagined for maximum safety, flexibility and economy. Get it and you will not regret! Nautismart pro is the best Smart case for smartphones ant it’s made in Italy! Last but not latest, there’s another positive outcome... UW photography is no doubt an amazing tool for scientists to monitor the health of the Ocean, the movements of alien species across the seven seas and the degree of pollution of the waters. But unfortunately, there are few UW photographers compared to the number of divers around the world... With Nautismart Pro, nearly every diver, snorkeler, swimmer and sun bather has the potential to become an Ocean reporter. One more, good , reason to get yourself a Nautismart Pro

Biology

The Miramare Marine Protected Area

A Pearl Of Trieste Gulf Words and Pictures by Davide Lombroso

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he Miramare Marine Protected Area is a Marine Biodiversity oasis close to Trieste belong the Miramare Park and Castle, main part of a Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO, for the harmonious coexistence between Man and Nature.

The tasks of the AMP Miramare are well defined and outlined by its founding decree and by the implementing and organization regulations: to protect and preserve the integrity of the protected area, its geomorphological char-

Established in 1973 as a Marine Park, the Miramare Marine Reserve was officially established in 1986 - the first marine protected area in Italy together with the Ustica Reserve - and is managed by the WWF Italy non-profit association; today the AMP Miramare protects 30 hectares of marine-coastal biodiversity subjected to integral protection and 90 hectares of buffer zone.

acteristics and its biodiversity; support scientific research applied to the management of marine resources, through the study of ecosystems and local species as well as through periodic scientific monitoring campaigns; promote knowledge of the protected environment, with the implementation of educational and educational programs on marine-coastal biodiversity, ecology and education for sustainability.

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managed by the WWF on the Italian territory, and is also one of the ASPIM - Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance, a prestigious status that requires, in order to be reached and preserved, constant monitoring of the state of health of the seabed and the maintenance of a high degree of biodiversity. Until 1979 Miramare was part of the worldwide network of Biosphere Reserves established by UNESCO as part of the MaB - Man and Biosphere program. Thanks to the expansion requested by UNESCO and carried out in 2014, today the Miramare Biosphere Reserve consists of a coastal territory that includes a large marine transition area and the karst ridge above. One of the main attractions of the Miramare Reserve is the BioMa, Marine Biodiversity, an environmental interpretation center designed to offer you a real immersive experience, usable in all seasons, in the entire variety of environments of the Gulf of Trieste and the Area Although it is the smallest among the Italian MPAs, more than thirty years of experience in conservation and scientific research activities, thanks to proper management, today the Miramare MPA is a national and Mediterranean reference point for protecting marine and coastal biodiversity. and ensure its sustainable use. The Miramare Reserve is the only marine oasis of the system of over one hundred Oases

Marina Protetta di Miramare, from the surface of the sea to its depths, and of the many animal and plant species that make this stretch of sea a real oasis of marine biodiversity. At BioMa it is possible to take a virtual immersion in the Gulf of Trieste to learn about the local flora and fauna. There are numerous activities and offers, from

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education proposal for school children, seawatching, summer camps, research and monitoring, guided walks and of course guided dives. The guided dives surrounding the Miramare promontory are an unforgettable experience, both for the underwater landscape, whose richness and variety of organisms benefits from over 30 years of integral protection from any disturbance activity, and for the external landscape, with the historic Miramare castle as a backdrop to the activities (and photographs!). All scuba diving or freediving activities - reserved only to certified divers - are managed by the Protected Area guides, who demonstrate and explain the characteristics of the environment and warn divers of the correct protocols for visiting so that the natural environment of the reserve is not disturbed..

night, by booking at the Miramare Marine Protected Area, observing the dedicated regulations. Information available at https://www.ampmiramare.it/ Tel: +39 040 224147

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Cedric Peneau

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was born in Paris, France, in the middle of the 1970s. Like all French kids in that time I grew up watching Commandant Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s adventures on TV every Sunday afternoon and dreaming of exploring underwater worlds, but it was not until the age of 30 that I had the chance to try scuba diving, during holidays in Thailand in Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. I immediately fell in love with «making bubbles in the big blue » and since then I have dived in various locations, become an instructor and moved to tropical French overseas department Reunion Island where I have lived since 2006. I started underwater photography in 2007 with compact cameras, and upgraded to a

DSLR kit in 2011. I now use a Nikon D7200 in a Nauticam housing, 85mm macro (with DSLR when needed) or Tokina 10-17 ffisheye ans twins Z330 strobes. I am not a « technician » who tries to master all parameters, but more a « feeling », intuitive person who tries to be at the right place at the right time in the right position and right angle to make a good shot. I quite enjoy diving on the shores of my Island and appreciate the luxury of having my house reefs (nearly ) in my backyard, as well as macro playgrounds like shallow rockpools and the awaited whale season during which the gentle giants come and visit us in the deep blue.

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I am a teacher in a high school and the father of two children so I can’t travel as much as I would love to, but I was lucky to be able to go to various amazing locations recently, Raja Ampat, North Sulawesi, Sipadan, Madagascar, Maldives to name a few and I plan to go on a trip as soon as the pandemic situation and my personal schedule allow it.

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I’d love to return to Indonesia, try Alor, Ambon, Komodo for example, and also to visit the Philippines, The Galapagos, Socorro and many more diving hotspots. I am rather eclectic in taste, I like all kinds of shots, from macro photographs of critters in shallow rock pools to stunning reefscapes wide angle shots, including -of course- big stuff in the deep blue.

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Inon is pleased to announce official release of “Z-330 Type2” and ”D-200 Type2” on June 10, 2021. The Type2 strobes are equipped with newly designed fly-eye dome lens capable of suppressing uneven light distribution to deliver ideal circular lighting. Features The newly designed dome lens has carefully arranged fly-eye inner surface which suppress uneven lighting without sacrificing strobe power and beam angle (110 degree underwater) generated by INON patented T-configuration flash tubes. 220 Lumen Wide Target Light The shutter-linked Focus Light delivers same 220lm and its beam angle gets widen through newly designed dome lens.

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Location: Red Sea, Egypt. GPS: 27° 43’ 51.03” N 34° 15’ 37.99” E Type of dive: deep, drift. Marine life: the entire food chain, vibrant corals, underwater landscape that will make your head spin. Level: advanced, expert divers. Landscape There’s no need to get in the water to understand why Shark & Yolanda Reef is among the ten most beautiful dive sites in the world, it’s enough to look at a map. The ochre rocks of the desert there plunge down towards the Great Rift Valley that separates the African Plate from the Arabian Plate, thus creating the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. And exactly there, on the Southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, two matching reefs emerge from the abyss, in the point where two gulfs meet: Suez, and Aqaba; each one with its currents, and its endemic species.

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唀渀搀攀爀眀愀琀攀爀攀砀瀀攀爀椀攀渀挀攀 We are located exactly 74 km far from Trieste, near the small town of Kantrida, which is about 5 to 6 km before downtown Rijeka. Our Diving Centre is right under the swimming pools area, directly in front of the open beach. On one side, we are overlooked by Mount Major (Ucka) and on the other, we face the beautiful islands of Krk and Cherso: in brief, we are right inside the Kvarnaro Gulf. Our flagship is wreck diving by boat: three wrecks situated at different depths, each one no farther than maximum 20 minutes boat ride. And there’s more! Our shore dives directly from our Center’s beach offer an easy and colorful training ground for any kind of diving courses. Finally yet importantly, our diamond tip dedicated to macro photography lovers: a wide variety of critters to increase the pleasure of diving.

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