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EPSON Red Sea 2012World of Underwater Images
Isrotel ”Yam Suf” Eilat, Israel November 4-10, 2012
For information and registrationwww.eilatredsea.comDavid Pilosof
Red Sea & World ShootOut 2011
Underwater Photo Grand Prix, Eilat, Israel
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Underwater Photo Grand PrixEilat, Israel
David Pilosof
The Team behind the ScenesDavid PilosofProducer
Sharon RainisAssistant producer
Shlomo CohenCompetition art director
Yael JacobiAlbum designer
Roni SoferCompetition advisor
Adi Ben-NounCeremony presentation designer Yoav Pilosof Production manager
Yigal Alexander Computers room supervisor
Tony MalmqvistDigital color processing
Razi LivnatYoung jury supervisor
Sharon Rainis and Razi LivnatMasters of ceremony
Ofer AssarafCeremony supervisor
Donitza PR-DMCMedia and public relations
David VeredDiving supervisor
Dominick MacanTravel advisor
Isrotel Yam sufThe hosting hotel
Album CoverImage by: Johannes Felten, Model: Ellie Biel, Styling: Ariela San Behind the scenes photography:Razi Livnat, Sharon Rainis, Roni Sofer, Dennis Vandermeersch, Andrey Bizyukin, Tobias Friedrich, Phil Simha, Alberto Muro Pelliconi
Epson Red Sea& World ShootOut 2011
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Published by:David Pilosof51, Zipman st. Raanana, Israel, [email protected]
All Rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the permission of the publisher and the photographers.
December 2011
Contents
The Jury 9
Eilat Shoot-OutBest Five Images 11Fish of the Year 33Fish & Fashion 43Best Singular Entry 67Mayor of Eilat’s Prize 73The Jury’s Prize 77Amateurs 81The Children of Epson Red Sea 87 Eilat’s Video Clip 91
World ShootOut Dive Destination - Best Five Images 93Fresh Water 117Environmental & Conservation 129Wide angle 143Macro & Super Macro 149Wrecks of the World 155Amateurs 161
Eilat behind the Scenes 167
To all Underwater Photographers...
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The Jury
Christian Patron, FranceHead of the jury
Osku PuukilaFinland
Phil SimhaSwitzerland
Roni Sofer, IsraelHead of the jury
Alberto Muro PelliconiItaly
Shlomo CohenIsrael
Ariel FuchsFrance
Tony MalmaqvistSweden
The international jury panel
Videoclip Jury
All Categories Jury
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Eilat Shoot-Out5 Best Images
1st prize: Amir Stern, Israel $10,000 USD check, courtesy of Epson
2nd prize: Izchak Yogev, Israel3-week diving safari for 2 in Papua New Guinea with Walindi and Loloata
resorts and aboard the M.V. FeBrina, plus round trip airline tickets Singapore-Papua-Singapore, courtesy of the Papua New Guinea Tourism
Promotion Authority
3rd prize: Mark Fuller, Israel10-day diving holiday for 1 person including dives at the Lissenung Island
Resort, Papua New Guinea, courtesy of Lissenung Island Resort
The additional nominees:
Antonio Martin, Spain Esteban Tore, Spain
Amir Stern, 1st place winner
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>Mark FullerIzchak Yogev
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Eilat Shoot-OutFish of the Year
1st prize: Esteban Tore, Spain $3,000 USD check, courtesy of the Israeli Diving Authority
2nd prize: Gal Eyal, Israel
7-day diving trip for 2 people in the Maldives aboard M/V Carpe Diem, courtesy of WildDive & Carpe Diem
3rd prize: Dennis Vandermeersch, Belgium
DM-3 Epson home cinema combo projector, including a built-in DVD and powerful speakers, courtesy of Epson
The additional nominees:
Iakov Samovarov, Russia Izchak Yogev, Israel
Esteban Tore, 1st place winner
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Gal Eyal
Dennis Vandermeersch
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Eilat Shoot-OutFish & Fashion
1st prize: Johannes Felten, Israel $2,000 USD check, courtesy of Eilat’s Underwater
Observatory Marine Park
2nd prize: Alex Vanzetti, Israel 7-day diving trip for 2 in the Red Sea aboard Sinai Divers’ legendary
Ghazala 1, courtesy of Sinai Divers
3rd prize: Vitalii Sokol, Russia 6-day diving trip for 1 person in the Similan Islands on Board MV Colona
6 or MV Giamani, courtesy of WildDive & Colona Liveaboards
The additional nominees:
Marc Hillesheim, Germany Koby Mercury, Israel
Johannes Felten, 1st place winner
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Eilat Shoot-OutBest Singular Entry
1st prize: Esteban Tore, Spain1,000 bottles of “Maccabi” beer, courtesy of Tempo
2nd prize: Dennis Vandermeersch, Belgium11-days diving safari in Cocos Islands,
courtesy of the Undersea Hunter Group
3rd prize: Colm Oreilly, USAA set of 3 Explorer photography cases, courtesy of Marlin
The additional nominees:
Ammar Younis, Israel Antonio Martin, Spain
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Antonio Martin Ammar Younis
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Eilat Shoot-OutMayor of Eilat’s Prize
The Winner: Johannes Felten, Israel
The Prize:The winner of this category was granted with the honor of having his
winning image published on this album’s cover. In addition, the winner received a $2,000 check.
The additional nominees:
Alex Vanzetti, Israel Ammar Younis, Israel Esteban Tore, Spain
Marc Hillesheim, Germany
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Ammar Younis
Esteban Tore Marc Hillesheim
Alex Vanzetti
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Stefano Proakis, the happy winner
Eilat Shoot-OutJury’s Prize
The Winner: Stefano Proakis, Italy
The Prize:$5,000 USD for purchasing a Seacam Housing for Nikon or Canon
cameras and/or Seacam underwater photo accessories,courtesy of Seacam
The additional nominees:
Esteban Tore, Spain Esteban Tore, Spain
Antonio Martin, Spain Izchak Yogev, Israel
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Antonio Martin
Izchak Yogev
Esteban Tore
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Francisco Negrillo , 1st place winner with A.J Saito
Eilat Shoot-OutAmateurs
1st prize: Francisco Negrillo, SpainPanasonic Lumix GF2 Housing with Panasonic Lumix GF2 45mm macro
lens port ,Dual Grip and Tray Assembly, courtesy of Seatool / Recsea
2nd prize: Ammar Younis, Israel8mm lens for Recsea housings, Courtesy of Dyron
3rd prize: Shay Rozen, IsraelFantasea FP7000 Housing for the Nikon Coolpix P7000 camera,
courtesy of Fantasea Line
The additional nominees:
Ron Farage, Israel Tamir Ben Haroush, Israel
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Ammar Younis
Shay Rozen
Ammar Younis Ron Farage
Ron Farage
Tamir Ben Haroush
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Liraz Shaul, 1st place winner
Eilat Shoot-OutThe Children of Epson Red Sea
The Winners:
1st prize: Liraz Shaul, IsraelOlympus MJU-6020 underwater camera and housing, courtesy of Jugend
Brothers + Open Water and Advanced Open Water diving courses, courtesy of Isrotel Manta diving center in Eilat
2nd prize: Tal Itzhaki, IsraelAn open water scuba diving course, courtesy of the Dolphin Reef
diving center in Eilat
3rd prize: Elad Moar-Erlich, IsraelAn Open water scuba diving course, courtesy of the U-Dive
diving center in Eilat
The additional nominees:
Ido Parkal, Israel Liraz Shaul, Israel
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Tal Itzhaki Elad Moar-Erlich
Ido Parkal
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Yigal Aharoni, proud 1st place winner
Eilat Shoot-OutEilat’s Video Clip
1st place - Yigal Aharoni, Israel$5,000 USD check
http://youtu.be/34SFu9WoRuM
2nd place - Guy Jakobi, IsraelRV100 Housing for a majority of video cameras,
courtesy of Diverosshttp://youtu.be/G3g1E1a5eVk
3rd place - Amos Rafaeli, IsraelA one-week diving trip for one on the Sea Lady boat to Indonesia,
courtesy of Sea Ladyhttp://youtu.be/bwhhwZScFrY
The additional nominees:
Chris Parsons, USAhttp://youtu.be/4kMbADLVrOM
Deborah Metcalfe, Egypthttp://youtu.be/DVEgvIvzMe4
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World Shoot-OutDive Destination - 5 Best Images
1st prize: Martin Strmiska, Slovakia $5,000 USD check, courtesy of Epson
2nd prize: Claudio Gazzaroli, SwitzerlandLiveaboard scuba diving adventure for 2 aboard the Nautilus Explorer
to any of their offered destinations, courtesy of Nautilus Explorer
3rd prize: Eduardo Acevedo, Spain11-day trip for 1 person aboard the Philippine Siren, Indo Siren or
Maldives Siren, courtesy of WorldWide Dive and Sail
The additional nominees:
Arturo Telle Thiemann, SpainMarc Hillesheim, Germany
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Osku Puukila announcing the winners
World Shoot-OutFresh Water
1st prize: Keri Wilk, Canada $4,000 USD worth Nauticam system (housing & underwater photo
accessories), which can be customized according tothe photographer’s needs
2nd prize: Stefan Beskow, SwedenD9tx computer-watch, courtesy of Suunto
3rd prize: Pasi Lensu, Finland 8-day diving trip for 1 person to the Maldives aboard
the M/Y Conte Max or Duke of York, courtesy of Albatros Top Boat
The additional nominees:
Keri Wilk, Canada Keri Wilk, Canada
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Josie Waiwai announcing the winners
World Shoot-OutEnvironmental & Conservation
1st prize: Marco Caraceni, Italy$3,000 USD check, courtesy of MARES
2nd prize: Eduardo Acevedo, Spain Diving vacation for 2 to the wonders of Galapagos aboard
the Galapagos Aggressor 1, courtesy of theworldwide Aggressor and Dancer Fleet
3rd prize: Tobias Friedrich, Germany
10-day diving holiday for 1 person including dives at theLissenung Island Resort, Papua New Guinea
The additional nominees:
Rafael Fernandez Esteban, SpainMarc Hillesheim, Germany
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World Shoot-OutWide Angle Category
1st prize: Nuno Sa, Portugal $2,500 USD check, courtesy of UK - Germany
2nd prize: Francis Perez, SpainDiving trip to Palau, including 7 nights at the Landmark Marina hotel and
5 diving days, courtesy of Fish ‘n Fins
3rd prize: Scott Portelli, AustraliaDive trip of up to 10 nights for 1 person on board MV FeBrina, Papua New
Guinea’s premier boutique liveaboard, courtesy of MV FeBrina
The additional nominees:
Tobias Friedrich, GermanyNuno Sa, Portugal
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Christian Patron awarding the 1st prize to Esteban Tore
World Shoot-OutMacro & Super-Macro Category
1st prize: Esteban Tore, Spain $2,000 USD check, courtesy of the Israeli Diving Authority
2nd prize: David Salvatori, ItalySealux Housing for the Canon 7D with S6 sync port, LD viewfinder
and a flat port, courtesy of Sealux
3rd prize: Andrea Casini, Spain 8-night full board diving holiday for 1 person, including 7 diving days,
at Loloata Island Resort, Papua New Guinea
The additional nominees:
Esteban Tore, SpainArturo Telle Thiemann, Spain
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Barraque Nicolas, 1st place winner, with Louisa Varaclas and Alain Sobol
World Shoot-OutWrecks of the World
1st prize: Barraque Nicolas, France $2,000 USD check, courtesy of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation
2nd prize: Jonathan Milnes, England7-day diving trip on the luxury VIP 1 exploring the northern Egyptian
Red Sea, courtesy of the Red Sea College
3rd prize: Fabian Alvarez, Spain8-night full board diving holiday, including 7 diving days,
in a beachfront bungalow for 1 person at Walindi Plantation Resort, Papua New Guinea
The additional nominees:
Tobias Friedrich, GermanyPeter Jacobs, Spain
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Fabian Alvarez
Peter Jacobs
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Shlomo Cohen announcing the winner
World Shoot-OutAmateurs
1st prize: Christophe Dufour, France$1,500 USD check for purchasing camera and/or underwater
photo accessories at the Aqua-fototeam portal,courtesy of Aqua-fototeam Wholesale
2nd prize: Christian Goettsche, GermanyA diving vacation in Seychelles for one, including accommodationat the Bliss Hotel, 10-dive package with Big Blue Divers and flight
ticket - Italy/Seychelles/Italy, courtesy of Air Seychelles
3rd prize: Gregory Bomshtein, Israel 7-night holiday for 1 person at the Manta Ray Bay in Yap,
including 5 diving days, courtesy of Manta Ray Bay
The additional nominees:
Florian Moreau, France Jurgen Pesch, Philippines
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Eilat Shoot-OutBehind the Scenes
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank our most dedicated and hard working team, who enabled this event to turn out so successful. Among those who took part in this venture with great motivation are Sharon Rainis, Shlomo Cohen, Yoav Pilosof, Yael Jacobi, Adi Ben-Noun, Razi Livnat, David Vered, Boaz Samorai, Dany Weinberg, Kineret Katz, Ornit Goldstein and the Manta diving team.
We would also like to thank our exceptionally professional jury panel: Roni Sofer, Osku Puukila, Shlomo Cohen, Phil Simha, Christian Petron, Ariel Fuchs, Tony Malmqvist and Alberto Muro Pelliconi.
Our full appreciation goes to the Israeli Ministry of Culture & Sports, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, the Negev Development Authority and the Israeli Diving Authority who supported us greatly and contributed much to the success of the competition.
Special thanks to Oren Fleisher, Ami Shachar, Inbar Eini, Michel Elarar, David Horesh, Roni Litman and Daniel Ben Moyal from Epson Israel, who have been sponsoring and supporting us greatly.
We would also like to take the opportunity to thank Mr. Koresh Vahadati, Rotem Hazan and Yigal Alexander from Jugend brothers for establishing such a high technology computers room for the purpose of this event.
Our heartfelt thanks go to the media partners who were involved in promoting this competition: Unterwasser magazine, Scuba-people.com, Buceadores Magazine, Atlantis Magazine, Ultimate Depth, Duiken magazine, Mondo Sommerso, Bsoup.org, Xray-mag.com, Underwater Photography Guide, Sottacqua.info, Underwater- Festival.com, Neptune Magazine, Octopus Magazine, Tauchen.de, DomePort.com, DivePhotoGuide.com, Dykking.no, Diver Group Scandinavia and SvbAQVA magazine.
We are grateful for the contribution of Doron Nisim, Avi Gedalia, Assaf Zvoluni and Omri Zeligman from the Israeli Nature Reserve Authority to this the event, which ensured the safety of the environment and at the same time, kept the special needs of underwater photographers well in consideration.
We also owe a great deal of gratitude to Donitza Marketing Communications, Nahum Donitza and his team, for wonderful public relations and extreme support throughout this event.
The success of this prestigious competition could only have been fully achieved with the support of our sponsors and partners: Lousia Varaclas from the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, Peter Vincent from the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority, Harald Hordosch from Seacam, Dusan Runjajic from Mares, Anna de Torres from Suunto, Edward Lai from Nauticam, Arno Thiel from Sealux, Uwe Kiehl from Uk- Germany, Hubert Lacour from Dyron, Stefan Horvath from Aqua Fototeam, Howard Rosenstein from Fantasea Line, Austin J. Saito from Seatool / Recsea, Ingo Vollmer from Marlin, Nicola Lugli from DiveRoss, Rolf and Petra from Sinai Divers, Avi Klapfer from the Undersea Hunter Group, Michael Lever from Nautilus Explorer, Alain Sobol from Red Sea Diving College, Max Benjamin from the Walindi dive resort, Dick Knight from the Loloata dive resort, Cheryll Miller from MV Febrina, Vilia Lawrence from the Papua New Guinea Divers Association, Dietmar Amon from Lissenung Island Resort, Anne and Wayne Hasson from the Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet, Dodi Telli and Marta Giachini from Albatros Top Boat, Monette Rose and Elizabeth Fideria form Seychelles, Ilan Vered from WildDive, Carpe Diem and Colona Liveaboards, Navot Bornovski from Fish ’n Fins, Susie Erbe from Worldwide Dive and Sail, Bill Acker from Manta Ray Bay, Jiri Katrusak from Sea Lady, Dominick Macan from Dive Advice.
Many thanks to our Israeli partners - Avi Ross, Keren Raz, Offer Assaraf and the Isrotel “Yam Suf” team, Yossi Hani from the Underwater Observatory Marine park, Dori Shoshan and Rina Shai from Israir, Itzik Chayon from Tempo, Dafna and Craig Budden from Aqua Sport, Tzigi Proper from Eilat Hotels Association and Shmulik Taggar from the Red Sea Resorts Administration.
Surely our greatest thank goes to all of those talented underwater photographers who took part in the Epson Red Sea 2011 competition.
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