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The World Oceans Day 2019

Gender and Ocean – how are these two connected? Not at all – you might think. Quite much, however, is the answer. Gender and Ocean is this year’s topic for the World Oceans Day. Celebrate this day with us, find out more about why the world’s oceans are so impressive and
take part in a fantastic raffle.

Each year on the 8th of June, people all over the world celebrate the ocean and try their best to change its story. In doing so, they celebrate each and every life on this wonderful planet. Because no matter where you are and no matter how far you might be situated from any coastline, you are somehow connected to the ocean.

Why?

The oceans are the lifeblood of our planet and the source of all life. Not only do they hold over 95% of the planet’s water, they produce more than half of the oxygen in our atmosphere, are said to be important for 50% of the breaths we take and absorb a lot of carbon. But there’s more to it.

 Ann Karin Matberg • OM-D E-M1 • M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye 
• PT-EP11 • PPO-EP02 • 2 x UFL-3

In many ways, the ocean acts as a regulator of our climate. By soaking up the heat and transporting water of different temperatures all over the planet, it regulates the weather, the temperatures as well as rains and droughts in many places and it makes most parts habitable by keeping the balance. And speaking about habitation – the ocean does not only help to make our planet such a great home to us, it is also a home to the greatest abundance of life including some of the smallest and some of the biggest creatures there are. From critter to whales – there is a variety of life in the oceans that is hard to imagine from ashore and that we can only do our best to partly capture with our lenses.

Gender and Ocean - The oceans also provide us with food. That goes hand in hand with the fact that they create many jobs – not only for fishermen. From tourism and transport to water sports businesses: many industries and jobs are highly connected to and dependent on the ocean – and its condition. And it goes without saying that a (commercial) world – and our supermarkets – are quite hard to imagine without ocean freight.

Marcin Dobas – Exciting encounter with steller sea lions

Marcin Dobas • OM-D E-M1 Mark II • M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm F1.8 PRO
• PT-EP-14 • PPO-EP02 • UFL-3

For many divers, underwater encounters with marine mammals are an unforgettable experience. Whenever I meet a dolphin, a seal or an eared seal (Otariidae), I am sure that I have just met an incredibly intelligent creature which enjoys our encounter as much as I do.
The goal of my last photographic diving expedition was the coat of Kamchatka coast. To some of you, this idea may seem absurd. Everyone who starts diving dreams about the warm waters of the South Seas, the sun, the coral reefs and orange clownfish playing in the water.
The water around the peninsula of Kamchatka, however, is cold, the visibility is not good and the biodiversity is limited. So – why go there? […]

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Juan José Sáez Méndez - The great white shark

 Juan José Saéz • OM-D E-M1 Mark II • M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO
• PT-EP14 • PPO-E04 • 2 x UFL-3

On my second trip to Guadeloupe I wanted to capture the behaviour of the great white shark in my pictures. With the help of my results as well as the information provided by the scientists who work with these animals, I wanted to explain or rather express the importance that these special animals have in the ecosystem and show what is being done to protect them. 

The great white shark is an alpha predator that is at the top of the food chain and that, in theory, should not be at risk because it has barely any natural predators. Unfortunately, the great white shark is still on the red list of the worldwide endangered species due to direct or accidental catches in fishing nets, the constant pollution of the seas and the warming or narrowing of their natural habitat. This makes us humans their main predator. […]

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Karin Brussard  - Dolphins – my experience after waiting for 20 years!

 Karin Brussard • OM-D E-M1 MarkII • M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm F2.0
• PT-EP14 • PPO-E02

In the 20 years that I’ve been diving, I’ve taken a lot of photos; from seahorses measuring a mere centimetre to swimming elephants. But I’ve never encountered a dolphin. Until now.For this mission, we chose to search in a large area in the Bahamas which is home to around twenty dolphins. Everyone on the boat was on the lookout. As the hours passed, my hopes began to fade once again. There wasn’t a single dolphin fin to be seen across the wide expanse of water. My attention wandered after just two seconds, I gave up and went to do something else. […]

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What’s your story? 

To celebrate this very special day with you, we have prepared a raffle for you.
As first prize you can win a brand new TG-6 with its Underwater Case.
Second prize is the cool Tough Adventure Pack and the
Third prize is a practical H2O drink bottle


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  2. Like this blogpost and think about your most impressive animal encounter/underwater experience so far.
  3. Write a short comment under this blogpost in which you describe this experience
    until June 22th, 2019. --> raffle is closed !


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Comments

  • My most impressive encounter with underwater life so far was at Larnaca, Cyprus. Me and my fellow divers were diving to one of the top wreck diving sites in the world - MS Zenobia. The dive site itself is very impressive - the size of the wreck is massive and as we were swimming along a board of the ship I bet I was feeling something similar to what the crew of USCSS Nostromo felt, when they encountered that alien sapceship! :) And on our way back our guide had a trick up his sleeve: he brought some tasty treats for the local fishes. He poored the treats to the water and hundreds of fish surrounded us. They were swarming, flocking, dancing their mesmerizing dance and blinking with their silver bellies and sides - it was just incredible! As a person who lives far away from a sea I was very moved by this encounter and that trip in general. Those are the moments you want to save in your memory and capture with a camera to re-experience later.
  • Once, I was hiking in the forest. It was quiet, I didn't expected anything. I heard a big noise, so I walk though the trees just to see and it was a massive deer. It was the deer slab, I was happy like a child.
  • I actually have no experience under water yet. With the TG-6 I would like to save the fantastic vacation to the Cote d’Azure this summer. Kids in the pool and swimming / diving in the sea. Sun reflection under the water and sea life. Would be perfect!
  • My most impressive under water was diving in the great barrier reef, when i was 14, it was very nice but at this time i had no camera with me tjats the sad side of the story
  • My most impressive underwater encounter was with a swarm of giant black tuna swimming around me in Indonesia. That was a really scary moment feeling their powerfull strokes.
  • Als ich in Argentinien (Patagonien) von einem Südkapper (Wal) geküsst wurde. Dies bezeichne ich liebevoll als die Situation, bei dem ich von Jungtier frontal gerammt wurde. Überlebt habe ich mit 6 gebrochenen Rippen.
  • Eins meiner schönsten Unterwassererlebnisse war, als mir mein großer zum ersten Mal seine Taucherbrille gegeben hat und ich als kleiner Junge die Unterwasserwelt des Mittmeeres glasklar erkunden konnte. Seitdem bin ich ein großer Freund des Meeres.
  • I was a child and it was a little lake near our home town. We went there and I took my first underwater camera with me. The great experience for me was that there were so many and different little animals and insekts not caring about us. I pressed the „like“ button, I hope it worked!
  • The most impressive animal encounter I’ve had during diving was when I was on a Safari close to Oman. It was a nightdive and we were about 5 or 6 divers when we met a shark. He was irritated by the lamps of the other divers who directly put their light onto the shark. He swam around us several times and did this very close to (only) me. Doing this he touched me slightly 4 times (over, under me and in my left and right side). Then he just disappeared. This was very impressive to me and although it was 10 years ago I still remember this event some time within each year.
  • La mejor experiencia buceando, fue nadar con más de 30 delfines en el mar rojo, nadando y jugando conmigo. Una maravilla!! Se acercan a ti aunque nunca te tocan, te rodean y disfrutas muchísimo. Algo genial!!!
  • One of my most impressive encounter was few weeks ago in Tubbataha reef in Philippines when I was watching at the reef ( barracudas school, jackfish, tuna...) and when I turned myself to the blue I was facing a whale shark just coming to me. It was so magical that I forgot to take a picture!! Rofl
  • I’m fond on nudibranches and already took a lot of pictures of them with my TG4, especially in the Netherlands and Spain. But the dive i’m going to describe is one in Tenerife, before i took pictures. On this dive we saw seaturtles, they came to bite our airbubbles above our heads. Then suddenly appeared a turtle who acted a little bit strange. The poor animal had a hook in its mouth. You could see the wire hanging out its mouth. The divemaster asked if i could hold the animal, so he could try to get the hook out. This was all at 10m deep. I took the animal by its backshield, but the “little” animal was so strong in its environment. Another diver came to help me to try with me to hold it steady. Then the divemaster pulled slowly on the wire and you could see the pain in the eyes of the turlte. We decided to do a slow ascend to try to take the animal to the boat, so it could go to a vet, but suddenly it shook so hard we couldn’t hold the turtle and disappeared into the blue. This is about 10 years ago and still i can see the eyes of the turtle when it was in a lot of pain. It’s a pitty we couldn’t save it.
  • Propriétaire d'un TG5, j'apprécie sa polyvalence et la qualité des photos
  • My most impressive encounter was my first site of a Sepia close by. His belly was fluorescent green by the light of my flashlight. it stayd for a few minutes and then when i put my hand below his belly he pushed out air and with a big force he allmost pust my hand away and he was gone. i will remember this all my life.
  • Unfortunately I'm not allowed to dive and though I do n to have any specific impressions. But I like to use my camera in any weather.

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