January Photo Contest:: MOBILE INVERTS

[Anonymous]

Welcome to Reefs.org's January Photo Contest: MOBILE INVERTEBRATES!
We've all got 'em; we all love 'em; so let's see 'em! Crabs, shrimp, starfish--if it doesn't have a spine and can move around, we want to see it in this first photo contest of 2004!

This submission period ends on 12:00 AM EST Monday (Sunday/Monday midnight) January 26, 2004.


Prizes
First place wins a $25 gift certificate, generously donated by Reefs.org's sponsor Marine Depot.


Runner up wins their choice of Reefs.org merchandise from the Reefs.org Store.

Please refer to the Contest Rules for more information about how to enter. Each member may submit up to 2 entries per contest. PLEASE remember not to put borders around your photos. Your photos will NOT be considered for the finalists if they have borders of any sort. You may put copyright notification on the photo itself, but please keep it small and unobtrusive.

Please submit your entry in this thread only. Photos not submitted to this thread will not be considered for the photo contest. Photos that have no relevance to this contest will be removed. General comments or posts without a photo attached will also be deleted from this thread. If you'd like to discuss the contest, please start another thread.

 

[Wampatom]

Name: Tom Sandercock
Photo title: Beautiful Flatworms
Equipment: Nikon D100, Nikkor 105mm f2.8 micro plus reversed 50mm f1.4
Location: 20 gal, Chicago
Comment: Part 3 from the “beautiful flatworm series”. I am willing to sell these lovely creatures to the proper buyer. Provide information about your aquarium so I can make sure they have a proper home.

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Chris Maupin
Title: Chrysaora fuscescens
Equipment: Nikon coolpix 950
Location: Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium

 

[investigator1]

Name: George Goss
Title: Lettuce Nudibranch
Equipment: Olympus C- 4000
Location: Poway, Ca. 10 Gallon Nano-Tank

 

[investigator1]

Name: George Goss
Title: Porcelain Crab
Equipment: Olympus C- 4000
Location: Nano tank
Notes: I had to change my submission. I can't believe I took this photo today. The first day in my tank and I get a million dollar pose.

 

[Pineapple House]

Name: Graham S.
Title: Mars Attacks
Equiptment: Sony Cybershot F707
Location: My tank

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Coral Beauty
Photo Title: Atlantic Starfish
Equipment: Canon 300D w/ +7 close-up filters
Location: Our 125 gallon reef

 

[reefrancher]

mysis shrimp

 

[ReefMon]

Name: Glenn R
Title: Giant Pacific Octopus "Melissa"
Equipment: Nikon 990
Location: Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington DC

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Sally K
Title: J Rhodes
Equipment: Canon Power Shot S20
Location: Originally Tybee Island, GA

 

[yamant]

Photo Title: Cleaner Shrimp doing her job...
Photographer: Tolga YAMAN
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 3100
Location: ~45 g reef tank

 

[yamant]

Photo Title: Dinner Time
Photographer: Tolga YAMAN
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 3100
Location: ~45 g reef tank

 

[ReefMon]

Name: ReefMon, AKA Glenn R
Photo Title: Peacock Mantis
Photography equipment: Nikon 990
Location/Tank: National Zoo's Invertebrate Exhibit

 

[Anonymous]

Name: GratefulDiver
Photo Title: Cleaning Station Closed
Photography equipment: MVC-FD83 (no post-process)
Location/Tank: My 30g

 

[ozadars]

Photo Title: Dance on the glass
Photographer: Selim Özadar
Camera: Olympus C-350
Location: 65gal reef tank

 

[jandree22]

Photo Title: "Get in my belly!"
Photographer: Joel Freeman
Camera: FujiFilm FinePix 2600
Location: 75gal. FOWLR

 

[jandree22]

Photo Title: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"
Photographer: Joel Freeman
Camera: FujiFilm FinePix 2600
Location: 75gal. FOWLR

 

[Anonymous]

Photo Title: Any Given Sunday
Photographer: Gresham Hendee
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Location: 30g photo tank

 

[Anonymous]

Photo Title: Climbing to the top
Photographer: Gresham Hendee
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Location: 30g photo tank

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Richard Ross
Photo title: A crab in the mouth is worth two in the rocks.
Equipment: Olympus 2100UZ
Location: 30 Gallon in my house
Comment: It eats from my hand!