honorable mention
William Goodwin united states
title
The Diminutive Reef
Drive by an ardor to create images of the world that attract, excite and viewers with subjects, colors and passion, the artist has traveled the world (over fifty countries) in search of scenes characterized by near-universal appeal, with an eagle eye for the previously unportrayed.
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entry description
A casual look at the underwater environment may miss the teeming world of small creatures found on almost all sea floors. A good macro lens, some form of very bright lighting, a lot of patience, practiced buoyancy skills and a quantum of good luck are needed to acquire images from this secret world. Often times close examination of a macro image reveals previously unseen things such as the many larval snapping shrimp in one of these images.about the photographer
The artist is bound by blood to salt water and directed by mixed genetics to explore uncommon places and themes from a home base in Colorado. The artist/author graduated from UCLA (biology and English), undertook graduate studies in biochemistry, studied scientific photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, traveled the world, taught high school and university-level sciences, raised two children and founded two businesses.Drive by an ardor to create images of the world that attract, excite and viewers with subjects, colors and passion, the artist has traveled the world (over fifty countries) in search of scenes characterized by near-universal appeal, with an eagle eye for the previously unportrayed.
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