Holiday 2009 Photo Contest

[tj]

http://www.cavediver.net/images/contests/holiday2009contesttopper.jpg

Okay, a new contest... short notice... sorry (not really)...

Best picture taken this holiday season.

Rules:

1 ) Must be cave diving related
2 ) Must include something 'holiday' related
3 ) Not obscene (ie: SID, Herbie, don't even think about it )
4 ) Must be taken this year, before 4 January 2010
5 ) Contest Ends 15 January 2010. We all are judges.
6 ) Can not include Forrest Wilson's (santa) beard
7 ) Must be one's own work/picture (don't submit other's)
8 ) More rules if we can think up any good ones....

Prizes:
It was going to be a brand new Hollis DPV, but on 2nd thoughts:

1) Intova Backup LED light (standard batteries or lithium, your choice)
2) Spool
3) Handful of cave arrows

[chilldive]

Peacock Springs Dec 3, 2009. Merry Christmas!!


Edit - I need to give Gene Page credit for this pic. We hired him to spend a day with us and take pics. He does excellent work and is fun to work with. I only get credit for the idea and being a underwater model dork. :-)

[Line Squirrel]

lol Chill, that's a pretty good one to kick it off.

[tj]

Wow, that was fast... good one.

[Slüdge]

Wow, that was fast.

Well, he DOES belong to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Anonymous. It's right there in his signature line.

[chilldive]

Well, he DOES belong to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Anonymous. It's right there in his signature line.

Russell, I was concerned though... I'm still trying to determine if the hats are DIR!

Merry Christmas!

[Bob Cree]

Russell, I was concerned though... I'm still trying to determine if the hats are DIR!

Merry Christmas!

They both have that identical "perky" look, so they must be...can't tell (nor do I want to), are they off the left or right head :-)

[sea2summit]

Russell, I was concerned though... I'm still trying to determine if the hats are DIR!

Merry Christmas!

Depends, did you plan the dive to use the hats? Where the hats essential pieces of equipent on the dive? Did you have back-up hats? Where all members of the team wearing the same hats?
Did you have fun? If yes it was not DIR because fun could distract you from the dive plan and you could die.

Merry Christmas, wish I could take some cave pictures. As it is I'm diving 39 degree water and getting bitten by sea lions so I guess none of my pictures qualify.

[chilldive]

I'm living proof, with pics to boot, that you can be DIRish AND have fun. :-)

We failed on the backup hat part, but if I lost my hat, my buddy would share his.

This is a terrible hijack, although fun. Let 's get back to seeing more Christmas cave diving pics as it was intended.

Merry Christmas!! and safe diving in the new year!!

[Line Squirrel]

I'm still trying to determine if the hats are DIR!

Merry Christmas!

NOooooo.....Their not black with a big H

[chilldive]

One of these days I'm gonna kill that little bug on my screen. That thing gets me everytime. lol.

Anyone else gonna put some pics up for tj?

[tj]

I'm going to get some.... Leaving today. :arrowred

tj

[Line Squirrel]

One of these days I'm gonna kill that little bug on my screen. That thing gets me everytime. lol.




:rollguy

[Slüdge]

There's still several weeks left. I haven't been diving since the contest was announced, but I'll take a camera to JB this week.

[huvr]

1933Ok, this is the pic of our last day of cave training this month showing the entrance to the system in balmy, for us, 50F water.
Closer inspection will reveal the stage bottles under the Christmas tree in the left frame of his shot.

[sea2summit]

1933Ok, this is the pic of our last day of cave training this month showing the entrance to the system in balmy, for us, 50F water.
Closer inspection will reveal the stage bottles under the Christmas tree in the left frame of his shot.

I'll give it my vote. Can't have Christmas Cave dives without snow:clapper:smt111

[Cleavitt]

We met up with this strange guy while diving over the holidays. He kind of creeped me out, but my dive buddies seemed to get along with him just fine. :smt102

http://www.cavediver.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1969&stc=1&d=1263057012

[FW]

Takes a lot of cheek to pull up the grim reaper's skirt :roll:

[Green_Streak]

eh, thought i'd throw in a couple of my pics

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz11/Smuckerz1986/IMG_0028_web.jpg

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz11/Smuckerz1986/IMG_0029_web.jpg

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz11/Smuckerz1986/IMG_0148_web.jpg

[Xenia]

Not really holiday pictures, but they are cave diving pics:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KtR5S1PwQcI/SiFb_zZ7ngI/AAAAAAAAAzU/pIs2pKwENcM/s640/PICT0350.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KtR5S1PwQcI/SiFcfVSko-I/AAAAAAAAA1A/8uqhH-5_62M/s640/PICT0376.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KtR5S1PwQcI/SiFaSu9_FWI/AAAAAAAAAtk/jUFj9noF4kk/s640/PICT0268.JPG