{"id":335,"date":"2014-11-28T17:40:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T17:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2014-11-28T17:40:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T17:40:59","slug":"weekly-underwater-hot-shot-week-47-nina-baxa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/blog\/weekly-underwater-hot-shot-week-47-nina-baxa\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Underwater Hot Shot – Week 47 by Nina Baxa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 Nina Baxa<\/a> for achieving a weekly hotshot status with his recent competition entry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Meander.<\/p>\n

Judged by Petteri Viljakainen who says:<\/p>\n

This week it was a duel between Nina Baxa’s Meander and Helen Brierley’s pelagic octopus. I chose this befause of the beautiful model, perfect negative space filled with small fish and the perfect lightning using both strobes and natural light!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nina Baxa <\/strong>
\nWater.
\nI\u2019ve been fascinated with it from before I can remember. Apparently my father \u2013 in trying to impress my parents\u2019 female friends with his knowledge of babies \u2013 gently submerged me as a new-born into our pool. I couldn\u2019t get enough of it.
\nI became PADI certified in 2008, and bought a cheap point-and-shoot camera with my husband to show our friends and family the wonders of the Caribbean Sea. With time, I got better gear along the way \u2013 currently I\u2019m in love with 4\/3 mirrorless cameras.
\nI feel I\u2019ve only just begun really getting into underwater imaging. I\u2019m most certainly still learning, and will always do so. I remind myself most of all to witness the beauty around me, all the time.
\nWith photographs, it all comes back to that one thing in the end: Water. It inspires me. If I can show the beauty of water, and the crucial importance of water, and all nature\u2019s gifts in it, in any conceivable way, I\u2019ll have a happy soul.
\nThe journey continues.
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