Subject: DIVE Magazine - Artistic lens technique; High Seas priorities; all about 'flower animals'; Bonaire biodiversity

22 September 2023

Modified vintage lenses

Czech underwater photographer Michal Štros has come up with a fascinating way of taking beautifully artistic photographs using his technique for modifying vintage lenses. Check out his work and learn the secret of his almost impressionist bokeh.

High time for the High Seas

The UN finally managed to get countries to sign its 20-years-in-the-making High Seas Treaty. Here are 8 of the top priority sites for new MPAs.

 Bioengineering biodiversity

Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire has been breeding coral in a makeshift lab to help build resilience against coral disease and climate change.

MPB Geographical Better World Video Awards

DIVE has teamed up with global used camera marketplace MPB, top eco-resort Wakatobi, and Geographical Magazine to introduce the Better World Video Awards - a contest for short videos about how to make the world a better place.

Deep and meaningful

'An extraordinary book about an extraordinary man' - DIVE reviews Brad Fox's deep dive into the pioneering mind of William Beebe.

Ocean Art 2023

Ocean art 2023 is here, now with a prize fund totalling more than $110,000! Entries in 14 categories open until the end of November .

All about the flower animals

Coral is the number one reason many people love to go scuba diving - but even after decades of gliding gracefully over the reefs (you do glide gracefully, right?) it's quite amazing how much we still don't know about it. Here are the basics, so you can entertain people with some science over the post-dive beer table.

This is the way of the water

Or not, depending on your preferred space epic. The full face mask designed for James Cameron's Avatar 2 has won a top design award in Australia.

Discounts for Green Fins!

Green Fins certified divers are now eligible for discounts from DiveAssure dive insurance and specialist dive travel operator ZuBlu.

#DIVE's Big Shot Kaleidoscope

There are just two weeks left to go to enter DIVE's Big Shot Kaleidoscope! Send us your most colourful underwater pictures - as many colours as possible - for the chance to win an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip to Raja Ampat!

DIVE Summer 23 Magazine

Join us in our latest issue as we learn a fantastically creative underwater photography technique from Michal Štros and his modified vintage lenses; explore the double bullseyes that are Lembeh and Raja Ampat with Mark Hatter; and follow Timo Dersch as he dives the sand tiger-filled wrecks of North Carolina. We have a 'little and large' extract from Helen Scales' beautiful new book; Mark 'Crowley' Russell reminds us to voice our concerns before diving and we learn why Apex Boats' RIBs are among the best in the world. PLUS - all the winners and highly commended photographs from our megafauna-sized Big Shot photo competition - and more! Subscribe in print & digital from just £22.99* to make sure you don't miss out!

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DIVE Magazine is created with some of the best writing and underwater photography in the world. Much more than a simple guide to the latest widgets for your scuba gear, we explore in-depth (pun absolutely intended) stories from the world's oceans, from the pristine reefs of remote islands to the devastating consequences of unsustainable human activity. We produce four art-quality coffee-table print publications each year, plus an app and webviewer through which you can access all of our latest content and more than 100 of our back-issues in digital format.

 

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