Backscatter recently dove again with the Manthiri. A refit has given the Manthiri a large and gracious air conditioned salon. Half of this salon is organized with couches into cozy islands where small groups of passengers may gather to visit, or seek privacy in their book. The other half of this comfortable salon serves as [...]
Under Watercolours Collection now at SCUBA Specialties in Phoenix
Scuba Specialties, 4139 West Bell Road Phoenix (602) 866-3636 is now featuring giclee gallery wrap fine art prints from The Main Event Imaging. Since 1993 Scuba Specialties has been the premier dive shop in the Phoenix area offering diver training, dive travel and retail equipment sales. “We offer open-water training from a beginner scuba diver to [...]
George Childress wins 1st place awards in both wide angle and macro at the 8th Annual Digital Shootout in Bonaire
Over $10,000 in Prizes we offered for the best images taken at the Shootout! The judging is over, and the votes are in to determine the winners of the 2009 Digital Shootout. The judges were asked to rank the photo entries primarily on the question, “Would I want this image on my wall?” Thus artistic [...]
George Childress wins International Layang Layang Underwater Photo Shootout 2008
The results are in from the 2008 Layang Layang Underwater Photo Shootout in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. The winners, whose photographs were judged by well-known underwater photographers Settimio Ciprianni, Stephen Wong, and Rod Klein, received prizes including trips to Palau, Truk, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, dive computers and watches, and Nikon and Sony dSLR’s and [...]