Photo Contest
2010 Photo contest includes all photos shot during the year 2010. We enjoy having you bring your photos in and sharing them with us at the dive center. Bring them in anytime before August 21nd so we will put them on display and enter them in the contest. We don't want anyone to think they have to be a professional to enter. Most of the professional underwater photographers say that shooting fresh water pictures is the hardest shooting and dread doing it. So get out and shoot and show them what we can do. We are adding a salt water division this year for each of the below categories so look through this years pictures and bring some in for the contest.
This is a good way to learn to improve on your underwater shooting skills.
Contest rules; 
1. Each diver can submit up to five photos and we will put them on display at the dive center. 
2. On the back of each photo please attach your name, date, location, and the title of the picture. 
3. Division 1 Photos shot in freshwater.
4. Division 2 Photos shot in salt water
5. Pictures have to have been shot in the year 2009. 
6. Pictures must be submitted by August 21, 2010.
7. Pictures become property of Tri-State Diving

Categories are;
Point and Shoot Cameras
Through the Lens Cameras
Digital Cameras

Awards will be given for peoples choice award which will be judged the 22 of August and Tri-State Dive Staff Award which will be judged on August 24th.  Awards will be given during the Crayfish Hunt and Feed. 

Underwater Photography Class

We have had a number of  divers requesting an UW photo class so we are setting one up this summer.  We would like to have a couple of more to complete the class.  If you are planning on buying an underwater system or want to hone up on your skills talk to us about the class.  Digital camera are getting better and less expensive so more divers are using them for underwater with some great results. We have some great maunals on taking digital pictures.
 

The 13th Annual Medallion Hunt was completed in Aug. of 2009 and found by Pat Johnston. Pat won the Sherwood dive computer. The "Silver Medallion" (imitation of course) is hidden in one of our area lakes.  In 2007 the medallion was NOT found. We will be placing the medallion back in the lake this spring. Each Friday morning throughout the summer we will be posting additional clues until the medallion is found. The clues are in the form of riddles that test your brain! The clues will tell you which lake and exactly where in the lake the medallion is hidden.   The lucky diver that finds the medallion from the clues will win a dive computer.  The clues must be picked up at the dive center. We have done everything but put a marker on it so let's get out there and find it.

We have also placed 40 other medallions in several of the area's most popular diving lakes. These medallions all have the Tri-State Diving name and a number on them. There will be no clues posted for these because they aren't "hidden" like the main medallion, they have simply been placed on the bottom hopefully where you can easily see them. Unless you dive with your eyes closed, like many must have been doing last year. Seal took many of his students right over different medallions and they never saw them, one diver almost put his hand right on one!