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Every week, a weekly winner is chosen by one of our judges and is displayed throughout the whole week at the top of the contest page. The judges take turns weekly and have the freedom to choose any entry to be the weekly winner.<\/em>For a chance to feature as a weekly winner upload your best photos here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations to Nick Blake<\/a> for achieving a weekly hotshot status with his recent competition entry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Compass Jellyfish and sunburst, Lundy Island<\/p>\n

Judged by Peet J van Eeden who says:<\/p>\n

Creative with natural light<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nick Blake <\/strong>
\nA childhood fascination with diving and the ocean, inspired by the 70’s TV series “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau”, led to Nick learning to dive at the earliest opportunity, aged 14 back in the 1980’s.
\nDiving primarily around the UK, it is only in more recent years that Nick’s long standing interest in photography has extended into the water. Having initially bought an Olympus underwater compact camera in 2004 and subsequently Nikon D300\/D3 DSLRs, one to one tuition with renowned Underwater Photographer Martin Edge has proved instrumental in Nick’s development.<\/div>\n

Now fuelled by dive trips to more tropical climes as well as continued UK diving as a member of Woking based BSAC branch Surrey Aquanauts, a selection of Nick’s more recent underwater photographs together with images of personal interest above the water can be seen via the web site link.
\nFull Profile<\/a><\/p>\n

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