{"id":430,"date":"2015-06-05T11:15:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T11:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/blog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2015-06-05T11:16:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T11:16:50","slug":"weekly-underwater-hot-shot-week-14-by-allen-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/blog\/weekly-underwater-hot-shot-week-14-by-allen-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Underwater Hot Shot &#8211; Week 14 by Allen Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>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><em style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5;\">For a chance to feature as a weekly winner upload your best photos <a title=\"Enter Photo Contest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/photo-contest\/How-To-Enter.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/Members\/Member-Profile.aspx?ID=27507\">Allen Walker<\/a> for achieving a weekly hotshot status with his recent competition entry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img class=\"post-weekly-img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/\/Upload\/UP\/Competition\/Previews\/113272.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over Under&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judged by Ran Mor who says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Awesome behavior shot! Very cool angle and nice timing!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"hr-bar\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"member-pic\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/Upload\/Members\/27507.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"member-details\"><strong>Allen Walker <\/strong><br \/>\nI am a passionate self-taught photographer and owner of Allen Walker Photography (Pty) Ltd. I am supported, inspired and motivated by my stunning wife Ronelle, who has taught me patience &#8211; something every photographer needs.<br \/>\nI got involved in Photography in 2007, specializing in UW photography, since then the company has broadened it\u2019s scope to Wildlife, Sport and Landscapes. I am passionate about our South African wildlife heritage, both on the land and in the sea!<br \/>\nHowever with my passion comes a robust, hard but honest approach to photography and opinions. I believe that photography should be creative, fresh and inspiring.It is also extremely important to \u201cgive back\u201d, so I endeavor to assist organizations dedicated to the conservation of the environment and where I can, I want my images to tell the story. I do not have a lot of financial wealth, but where I can contribute with my photographic ability to work for the greater cause, I will and do.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/Members\/Member-Profile.aspx?ID=27507\"><br \/>\nFull Profile<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr-bar\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, a weekly winner is chosen by one of our judges and is displayed throughout the whole week at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[47,7,4],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Weekly Underwater Hot Shot - Week 14 by Allen Walker - UnderwaterPhotography.com Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.underwaterphotography.com\/blog\/weekly-underwater-hot-shot-week-14-by-allen-walker\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weekly Underwater Hot Shot - 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