CMAS 11th World Underwater Championships: A Judge's Perspective

Staff · Issue 37, Jul/Aug 2007 · pp. 35–38

Wide-Angle Traditional 1st Place: Clark Miller. Prize: Kararu 7-night liveaboard trip Wide-Angle Unrestricted, 1st Place Brad Brown Prize: Wakatobi 7-night trip Macro Traditional, 1st Place Jody Elliot Prize: Sea & Sea DX- D200 housing 60 participants attended this years Digital Shoot Out in Bonaire from June 16th to 23rd. Now in its 6th year this is an established event in the underwater photography calendar and is the ideal trip to practice and learn from experienced professionals. The venue for this years event was the Divi Flamingo’s Resort which incorporates Capture Photo, the underwater photo and video shop. In an action packed week participants got to dive the beautiful reefs around Bonaire and learn from lectures given by Berkley White of Backscatter, Jim Watt from Hawaii, Eric Cheng from Wetpixel, Dan and Mary Lynn on video and Dan Baldocchi from Light & Motion. At the end of th…