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Posted on Jan 1, 2005
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 The latest issue of the German dive magazine Unterwasser just hit the newsstands, and to my delight one of my images was selected for the cover of their 2011 calendar.The 2011 calendar is distributed with... Last week the theme of the Wetpixel Picture of the Week competition was "Natural Light", and my kelp forest image was voted into fifth place.Natural light in the kelp forest. Diving here is a truly... My "Mirror Image" was voted as one of the Monthly Hotshots at the Underwater Photography website in November.By Christian Skauge Published: Dec 2, 2010Underwater Photography picks a... To my delight I won one gold, two silver and one bronze medal and claimed the overall title in the Nordic Championships in Underwater Photography 2010.By Christian Skauge Published: Nov...
I have been chosen as a Highly Honored Photographer in the 2010 Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International...
In a first-time move, the Swedish Diving Federation has decided to publicize all the competition images from the Nordic Championships - before the judges...
For the second time in 8 weeks one of my images was voted to the top of the Wetpixel Piture of the Week competition.
The theme of the week was 'Starfish',...
Photo: Innovation Norway
One of my pictures of the wreck KNM Kjell was used by Norwegian tourist authorities Innovation Norway to promote... My image of a clingfish with eggs was voted into sixth place by the jury in the Unterwasser Visions photo contest in October 2010.My image of a Diplecogaster bimaculata clingfish claimed 6th place in... Leading Norwegian wildlife and nature photo magazine Natur&Foto features my image of a Climacia lavigera nudibranch sitting on a red sponge on the cover of their November 2010 issue.
In their current issue, Russian dive magazine Maximum Depth is running an article about diving in Gulen Dive Resort... Unterwasser Visions is nearing its final stages for 2010, and the October contest is fronted by my coral hermit crab image.The Unterwasser Visions photo contest is open for anyone registered on the... In their November 2010 issue, leading Norwegian photo magazine Natur&Foto is running a 10-page spread about my underwater photography, with both images and a big interview.
 Photo: © Neil Oshima/BBDO Philippines/WWFWWF does important work to protect life in the oceans, and therefore I support them by providing free of charge underwater photography.WWF's leaflet on sustainable...
What can you do with a flooded underwater housing? Why not give a couple of goldfish a new home?
Luckily, the flooded housing was not mine. But it was sitting there, perfectly in order, stirring my...
One of my images was voted as one of the Monthly Hotshots at the Underwater Photography website in September.
The image, depicting the hydromedusae Gonionemus murbachii,...
Parrotfish was clearly the thing in Wetpixel's Picture of the Week competition last week. My two images came in first and second.
The theme of the week was... In September, UW photographers from all over Scandinavia converged on Gulen Dive Resort for five days of serious photo fun. The Nordic Photo Event 2010 with Alex Mustard was a great success - viking...
Finally, my new baby has arrived... I have invested in a brand new Nauticam housing for the Nikon D300s, and I can't wait to get it in the water.
Nauticam...
The Norwegian Championship was held during the first weekend of September, and I came in fourth after a decent performance.
Not having been in the water for about half a...
Join us for a full day of underwater photography and videography at Kattegatcentret in Grenå, Denmark. Speakers include Lars Kirkegaard, Stig Stasig, Ulrik Westphal and Christian... Dykking magazine used my image of a spacediver on the cover of their August, 2009 issue - in addition to a five-page spread that tells the story of Spacediving at the European Space Agency in Cologne,...
The Wetpixel Picture of the Week competition has reached its 340th edition, and my Periphylla image was voted the best of the week.
The theme of the week was... In June, my wreck image was voted into fifth place in the Unterwasser Visions contest - and Team Norway shared first place with the germans.This image showing the steam engine of the Norwegian torpedo... The Norwegian "national team" in Unterwasser Visions secured another victory today, as the results of the "David & Goliath" theme in May 2010 was made public.The Unterwasser Visions photo contest is open...
At the PAF Tachov International Divers Festival i the Czech Republic recently, my image of a Blenheim Bomber was awarded a silver medal.
The festival was held in Tachov...
Months before it takes place, Nordic Photo Event 2010 is already a success. Fifteen photographers have signed up, and there's just one place left.
The second Nordic Photo Event is...
The topic for top underwater photography site Wetpixel's Picture of the Week contest #330 was 'super macro', and my picture of a coral hermit crab was voted... On a visit to Gozo last month I participated in a clean-up dive in Xlendi, Gozo. Pictures from the dive recently appeared on the Project AWARE blog.Instructor Hud sorting through the debris collected by...
Top photo website Underwater Photography has just published their Monthly Hotshots - and one of my images were among... My image of a plumose anemone (Metridium senile) went all the way to the top in Unterwasser Visions photo contest in april.This anemone close-up won in Unterwasser Visions in april 2010 - my fourth... The Norwegian dive magazine Dykking used my image of a happy diver on the cover of their April 2010 edition.By Christian Skauge Published: Apr 26, 2010Since I am working for Dykking you...
Top underwater photography site Wetpixel had wrecks as topic for their Picture of the Week contest #327. My picture of KNM Kjell was voted into fourth place.
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Four of the ten images I entered in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year have gone through to the next round of judging.
The competition is...
My nudibranch image entitled 'flight' was judged 'Weekly Hotshot' at top underwater photo website Underwater Photography this week.
The image was shot...
Following publication of some articles in the Norwegian dive magazine Dykking, I have been able to add some more wreck images to the database.
The new...
Two of my images have been shortlisted at top underwater photo website Underwater Photography this month.
Everyone registered at...
The Nudibranch Safari at Gulen Dive Resort was very successful, and I have added lots of new images to the database.
For a full weekend, alltogether 12 people were...
The Wetpixel Picture of the Week competition has reached it's 322nd edition, and my 'Boto Fight' image was voted into second place.
... February brought another top ten placing in the german dive magazine Unterwasser Visions competition. The jury rewarded my underwater recycling image a 4th place.
Anyone registered at the Unterwasser... The results from the jury in Unterwasser Visions for February 2010 was just made public. The Norwegian team clinched the victory!Anyone registered at the Unterwasser website can enter the Visions...
The Wetpixel Picture of the Week competition has reached it's 319th edition, and my 'Shadow Diver' image was voted the best of the week.
The...
This month three of my images have been shortlisted for the Monthly Hotshots at Underwater Photography.
The shortlisted images are among those with a... The story of the coastal freighter Bandak is on print in Dykking Magazine this month, in their series covering Norwegian wrecks. On February 19, 1949 Bandak became the ship that sank twice.
Join us for a unique underwater photo workshop with top photographers Dr. Alex Mustard, Christian Skauge and Lars Kirkegaard. The workshop will be held at Gulen Dive Resort on 21.-26. of September...
Underwater Photography has made public the winners of the annual contest. I made runner-up in the Wide angle divers category.
Images that achieve...
The Wetpixel Picture of the Week competition has reached it's 313th edition, and my 'Pipeface' image was voted the best of the week.
The theme of the... German dive magazine Unterwasser has invited the best photographers from last year's Unterwasser Visions contest to join a new team competition.The top picture showing a starfish trying to overpower a...
On January 2 I came across the extremely rare nudi- branch Lophodoris danielsseni and managed to get some good photos.
The nudibranch is known only... My image of an anemone shrimp went all the way to the top in the second to last Picture of the Week Competition in 2009 at Captain Don's Habitat on the Caribbean island of Bonaire.
The Periclimenes...
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