Stunning images produce win for Team Lembeh in the Shootout

Published 8 years agoon July 2, 2018

The SHOOTOUT is a unique underwater photography event which pits teams in dive resorts around the world against each other in live shootouts. In 2016, a team at Lembeh Resort, Indonesia competed in a live shootout with a team at Gulen Dive Resort, Norway, with the former winning. From 16 to 23 June this year, a rematch was held, with the Lembeh team being captained by Alex Mustard and the Gulen team by Keri Wilk. The contest had three categories: Nudibranchs, Fish/Invertebrates and Wide Angle and at the end of each competition day, the participant’s images went forward to a public vote on www.uwshootout.com.

Neil Rosewarn: Nudibranch Winner (Team Lembeh)

The Nudibranch and Fish/Invertebrate rounds were both narrowly won by Team Lembeh, while Team Gulen won the wide angle category. These results allowed Team Lembeh to retain their title and win the contest overall. The actual winning margin was only 66 votes (of over 4000 in total), making it a very close run thing right up to the end.

Galice Hoarau Wide Angle Winner (Team Gulen)

Simultaneously to the the team contest was an individual contest between all the participants. This was won by Galice Hoarau of Team Gulen, with Nick More and Kellda Centeno of Team Lembeh taking second and third places respectively. Along the way, both teams created a simply stunning collection of underwater images, which is available to view on uwshootout.com. The 2018 SHOOTOUT was such a a success that there are plans underway to run a further rematch in 2020.

For more information visit the Shootout website by clicking here.

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com

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