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International Loupe Award winners includes dramatic photo of Leopard Seal gobbling up a penguin

Amongst the recent winners of the International Loupe Awards, we were struck by this photo showing a Leopard Seal about to gobble up a penguin in Antarctica.

 
Image by Amos Nachoum

The stunning image by underwater photographer Amos Nachoum captured fifth place in the Science and Nature category of the awards. (Yes, we...

National Geographic photographer’s unbelievable encounter with vicious predator in Antarctica (VIDEO)

 
 

We've posted quite a few amazing underwater photography videos here before but this story might be the most unbelievable yet.

In the clip (embedded below), National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen talks about his encounter with one of Antartica's most vicious predators, the Leopard Seal.

On assignment in the...

The Camera Bag: Inexpensive, waterproof bag protects your camera while shooting in stormy conditions

I did a fair amount of shooting before, during and after Hurricane Sandy and I wish I'd had the good sense to bring along a decent rain cover for my camera. (Luckily, my camera survived, though many trees in my neighborhood did not.)

Here's a very interesting looking dry bag for digital SLRs and compact system cameras that would have been great to use during a rain-soaked...

Nikon J2 unveiled: New 1-series mirrorless, lens, underwater housing

The Nikon J2 compact system camera. Image provided by Nikon. Click for our Nikon J2 preview!Last September, Nikon unveiled its first-ever mirrorless digital camera lineup, the Nikon 1 series. A year later, it will debut a new Nikon 1 model, closely based on the previous J1. The new Nikon J2 is now made from metal, like last year's viewfinder-equipped V2. (There's no viewfinder in this model, though; it retains a very similar body to the J1, but with very minor styling...

On the road or under the sea, Hama helps get the picture

Hama's Star Action Camera. Photo provided by Hama Technics Handels GmbH.In the runup to the IFA show in Berlin, which kicks off at the end of August, Germany's Hama GmbH & Co KG has taken the wraps off several new products. The company is debuting several action cameras, masks and goggles with built-in cameras, and a variety of mounting options that let you attach your camera to various objects including vehicles.

Starting with the action cameras,...

Watch this hungry shark swim off with an underwater camera rig in its mouth

Shark-camera-logoIn the ongoing battle of man vs. nature, nature wins this time around.

Luckily it was only a man-made object -- an underwater camera rig -- that this massive shark swims off with not a diver's limb.

The footage was filmed on location at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas as part of the video, This Is Your Ocean.

Not sure if the underwater camera rig was ever recovered -- or what...

Nauticam’s NA-EM5: Like having a submarine for your Olympus OM-D?

Nauticam's NA-EM5 underwater housing for the Olympus E-M5 compact system camera. Photo provided by Nauticam.If you're shooting with Olympus' handsome OM-D E-M5 compact system camera, likely one of the features which attracted your attention was its weather-sealed body. There's definitely something to be said for shooting safe in the knowledge that even if your camera gets wet, all should be well.

Like all weather-sealed, interchangeable-lens digital cameras, the Olympus E-M5 body is...

GoPro’s new dive housing lets you focus on your underwater imagery

GoPro Hero-series camera in the AFLTH-001 Dive Housing. Photo courtesy of Woodman Labs, Inc.A few months ago, the first rumors appeared of a new underwater housing for the iconic GoPro HD Hero action camera line, with availability expected from winter 2012. Today, GoPro creator Woodman Labs Inc. has made the AFLTH-001 Dive Housing official, and reconfirmed the previously-expected price of around US$50. Availability is well ahead of the earlier schedule, though: the new...

The Camera Bag: Take Your Nikon D800 for a Dive with this Underwater Housing from Nauticam

Underwater photographers looking to get detailed photos of great white sharks, giants squids, and sea monkeys -- ok, maybe not sea monkeys -- can take now take their 36.3-megapixel Nikon D800s for a dive with Nauticam's new NA-D800 underwater housing.

Nauticam is the first company to offer an underwater housing for Nikon's new megapixel champ and considering these protective...

Innovation Underwater: Nauticam NA-NEX7 Housing for Sony NEX-7

Nauticam's NA-NEX7 underwater housing. Rendering provided by Nauticam USA.Nauticam proudly announces the NA-NEX7 housing for Sony’s top of the line mirror-less interchangeable lens camera, the Sony Alpha NEX-7. Nauticam’s leadership in the Alpha NEX arena continues as it brings the first NEX-7 underwater housing to market. With DSLR quality imaging and performance packed into a housing that is small enough to take anywhere, NEX-7 is now...

Nauticam NA-D7000V

Nauticam's NA-D7000V housing for the Nikon D7000 digital SLR. Photo provided by Nauticam USA.Nauticam: Innovation Underwater

Updated housing for Nikon D7000 features enhanced control access and HDMI connection compatibility.

Unveiled with great fanfare at the 2010 DEMA Show, the original NA-D7000 housing grew to be one Nauticam’s most successful offerings. A little over one year later, Nauticam is proud to announce an update that includes significant...