September 2021 Video Contest Winner and Review
WINNER CHOSEN AND REVIEW BY SCUBAVERSE.COM’S EDITOR-AT-LARGE AND RESIDENT UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHY EXPERT JEFF GOODMAN
Winner: Maldives Scuba Diving on Emperor Explorer Liveaboard in 4k HDR by Daniel French
Winning Video:
Not so in hotter climates, but here in the UK autumn is starting to show now and that means less diving due to weather (and cold). But all you lucky divers living in warmer places, or on holiday, get to keeping your fins wet. Where ever you are, it’s always good to see your videos from the place you live or are visiting. Keep filming and keep showing people what a wonderful place the marine world is.
Four films this month and after a lot of deliberation I felt the winner should be Maldives Scuba Diving on Emperor Explorer Liveaboard by Daniel French who produced quite superb images and edited them to a good choice of music.
Maldives Scuba Diving on Emperor Explorer Liveaboard in 4k HDR by Daniel French
Stunning opening aerials. What a fabulous place. I liked your choice of music and editing. Very effective. Then we get underwater. Great opening shot with the diver. The quality and style of the images are superb and all edited at a relaxing pace. The ident graphics are a nice touch. Loved the nurse shark sequence. Good change of pace with the anemone fish. Mantas…..excellent, as was the whale shark. A third change of pace. This worked well as it kept the whole film interesting and vibrant. The lighting on the yellow snappers was perfect. The turtle was a great finish. I always panic slightly when I see a film over 3-4 minutes as they seldom hold my full attention for the entire period, No such issue here. Great film.
Heal the Ocean by Milena Margaritova
Love the sentiment. The song works extremely well with the images which are all well shot and edited. Some nice behaviour shots and well as good portraits. AS I mentioned last month, the baby fish in front of the divers mask was just charming and made me smile then and again now.
Scuba Diving Memoirs – A Musical Journey by Milena Margaritova
Hi Milena, thanks for sharing this lovely film again. Good uplifting music with beautiful images. Your love for the oceans is clear and I hope this film will inspire others to help take care of it. There is a fabulous variety of habitats and species. Makes me want to get into the water.
Sturzkampfbomber (STUKA) Junkers Ju87 in Kroatien by Gabriel Schmidt
Hi Gabriel. Good film and nice to see the images of the complete working plane. Always exciting as well as sad to see a plane wreck underwater. Excellent shots of the plane with good wide angles and close ups. It was very well edited and the music was a good choice. If ever you get chance, it would be nice to add a bit of history as either a narration or written graphics. There must be so much drama in the story of how she got to the bottom of the sea.
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