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jimsflies
12-08-2011, 06:01 PM
Happy Holidays from CaptiveReefs! You might have noticed we've decked the site out for the holidays. Lets take it a step further and get some colorful holiday cheer going with the Showcase forums! (When you post in the Showcase forums your photo will display on the homepage slideshow and Showcase tabs.) While I'm envisioning colorful livestock that is red or green...you can enter any coral, fish, or invert that you feel captures the holiday spirit.
:santa4:
To enter you will need to add your photo entry to the applicable CR Showcase forum:
Coral Collector Forum (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/coral-collector/)
Fish Finder Forum (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/fish-finder/)
Invert Index (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/invert-index/)

Be sure to select the Deck the Halls from the drop down when you start your thread. When you enter your photo in one of the above forums, you must also complete the thread fields to the best of your knowledge. Completion of the fields will be taken into accounts when choosing the finalists.

If you want a little more information on how to add your corals to one of the showcase forums, here is a tutorial (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/site-issues-feedback/how-use-showcase-forums-coral-collector-video-17333/).

This month's prize is a Reef Shelf donated by The Alternative Reef (http://www.thealternativereef.com)


This is a photo of a similar shelf...I will update this thread when I have a photo of the exact one.

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/referral-contest-3-sponsored-alternative-reef-shelf1.jpg-1782

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/dto_vendor/banner/1028_3.gif (http://thealternativereef.com)

In addition, the winner will have a golden camera award placed in his or her postbit and will be featured on the CR. The winner will also serve as a judge for the next two photo contests.


The last day to submit photos is December 30, 2011.

Rules

1. Photos must be uploaded to one of the showcase forums (Coral Collector (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/coral-collector/), Fish Finder (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/fish-finder/). Invert Index (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/invert-index/))
2. You can multiple times, but only one time per species
3. The photo must be your own.
4. Try to submit a photo that is at least 640x480 resolution. **
5. The previous two (2) POTM winners are ineligible to win.

*Submitting a photo entry is acknowledgment that it may be modified and used for future site graphics on CR with credit given to the owner.
**Please retain higher resolution versions of your photos. We may need a higher resolution shot to make them work with the site graphics after the contest.

Selection of the Winning Photo

Based on the number of entries submitted, a number of semi-finalists (10% of the entries will be semi-finalists) will be selected by jimsflies and the previous two POTM winners. Semi-finalists will be posted for the general membership to vote on their favorite. In the event of a tie, the tied entries will be reposted for a tie breaking vote with the general membership. Should we receive 10 or less entries, the judging panel will decide the winner. Photos will be judged on topic, composition, and quality.

larryandlaura
12-08-2011, 06:07 PM
Sweet prize that I will never win.

MizTanks
12-08-2011, 06:22 PM
Sweet prize that I will never win.

Way to be positive Larry~Not!!! You could win :) I'll cross my fingers for you ok?

jimsflies
12-08-2011, 06:23 PM
Yeah what's up with that negativity Larry? :grinch1:

larryandlaura
12-08-2011, 06:39 PM
I have had good photos but lack the great camera there for no chance!

jimsflies
12-08-2011, 06:52 PM
Might as well take a chance...you need to get more of your corals in the Coral Collector anyways!

binford4000
12-09-2011, 07:52 AM
i hope i did this right,I finaly took a decent picture rofl :jester:

thepanfish
12-19-2011, 01:17 PM
Here is mine!

bigbill
12-26-2011, 02:56 AM
here is my entry org mummy chalice hott
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2563-dsc05523.jpg

thepanfish
12-26-2011, 01:15 PM
I need this shelf really bad.

rosebud161616
12-28-2011, 08:46 PM
My listing has two pictures, but the picture I'm actually entering is below. It reminds me of the blenny sitting in a field of poinsettias.

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/fish-finder/barnacle-blenny-red-people-eaters-barnacle_blenny_rpe_flash.jpg-4002d1325126683

jimsflies
01-04-2012, 10:01 PM
Time to vote for the best Deck the Halls photo!

This month's prize is a Reef Shelf donated by The Alternative Reef (http://www.thealternativereef.com)




http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/referral-contest-3-sponsored-alternative-reef-shelf1.jpg-1782

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/dto_vendor/banner/1028_3.gif (http://thealternativereef.com)

In addition, the winner will have a golden camera award placed in his or her postbit and will be featured on the CR. The winner will also serve as a judge for the next two photo contests.



Voting ends on Wednesday January 11, 2012.



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Sir Patrick
01-04-2012, 10:39 PM
Pic #2 is blowing the competition away!!!! They have 100%!!!!

sinistervato
01-04-2012, 11:43 PM
My vote is for pic #2

larryandlaura
01-05-2012, 07:15 AM
They are all great photos. Its too hard to choose!

chazde3
01-05-2012, 09:05 AM
Wow I actually made the finals. Good luck everyone.

WillBattle
01-05-2012, 09:56 AM
The colors from Pic three made me HAVE to vote for it :) all the pics look amazing though!

rosebud161616
01-05-2012, 07:59 PM
Pic #2 is blowing the competition away!!!! They have 100%!!!!
Not anymore! Looking like this is going to be a good battle! :)

luisgo
01-06-2012, 12:04 PM
The subject of pic #2 is fantastic but pic #3 is very sharp with nice color!

Reeftanker
01-06-2012, 01:47 PM
Couldn't vote with out a 12th post....

Tom@HaslettMI
01-06-2012, 09:24 PM
Only one of the photos has red and green colors... which I thought was the point of this contest.

Tom

chazde3
01-09-2012, 09:25 AM
Only one of the photos has red and green colors... which I thought was the point of this contest.

Tom
Yeah me too lol.

jimsflies
01-09-2012, 09:41 AM
I'm seeing reds and greens in each of them...plus red and white is pretty festive as well. :)

luisgo
01-11-2012, 07:46 PM
Only one of the photos has red and green colors... which I thought was the point of this contest.

Tom

This is part of the instructions: "While I'm envisioning colorful livestock that is red or green...you can enter any coral, fish, or invert that you feel captures the holiday spirit."

Is red OR green not red AND green.

jimsflies
01-11-2012, 07:58 PM
lol ....someone knew what they were doing when they wrote that! ;)

chazde3
01-11-2012, 08:35 PM
The last one actually looks like a Christmas tree though :P but meh, there is always next time.

Tom@HaslettMI
01-11-2012, 08:47 PM
This is part of the instructions: "While I'm envisioning colorful livestock that is red or green...you can enter any coral, fish, or invert that you feel captures the holiday spirit."

Is red OR green not red AND green.

Thank you for the clarification. I could not find the actual rules (only the voting thread) when I originally posted. Yet I knew there was something that seemed off with the selections. So, I now let me ask "How do these three photos "capture the holiday spirit"?

Please don't take my comments as negative towards the photos themselves. All three photos are great shots. And I have nothing to gain from this contest. I just don't see how these photos fulfill the "spirit" of the contest.



Tom

jimsflies
01-12-2012, 05:08 AM
Looks like we have a winner! kev2me won with his glamour shot of a sexy shrimp in a maxi mini (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/invert-index/sexy-shrimp-maxi-mini-anemone-19618/):

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/vote-now-deck-halls-photo-contest-sponsored-alternative-reef-sexyshrimp.jpg-4039

Our runners up were chazde3 and his strawberry fields monti (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/coral-collector/strawberry-fields-monti-19629/) photo:

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/vote-now-deck-halls-photo-contest-sponsored-alternative-reef-strawberry-fields-monti.jpg-4040


And FlynnFish and her http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/coral-collector/red-planet-19495/ photo:
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/vote-now-deck-halls-photo-contest-sponsored-alternative-reef-ora-red-planet.jpg-4038

Kev2me won a cool reef shelf donated by The Alternative Reef (http://www.thealternativereef.com)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/dto_vendor/banner/1028_3.gif (http://thealternativereef.com)

---------- Post added at 06:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 AM ----------

Looks like we have a winner! kev2me won with his glamour shot of a sexy shrimp in a maxi mini (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/invert-index/sexy-shrimp-maxi-mini-anemone-19618/):

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/vote-now-deck-halls-photo-contest-sponsored-alternative-reef-sexyshrimp.jpg-4039

Our runners up were chazde3 and his strawberry fields monti (http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/coral-collector/strawberry-fields-monti-19629/) photo:

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/vote-now-deck-halls-photo-contest-sponsored-alternative-reef-strawberry-fields-monti.jpg-4040


And FlynnFish and her http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/coral-collector/red-planet-19495/ photo:
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/attachments/cr-contests/vote-now-deck-halls-photo-contest-sponsored-alternative-reef-ora-red-planet.jpg-4038

Kev2me won a cool reef shelf donated by The Alternative Reef (http://www.thealternativereef.com)


http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/images/dto_vendor/banner/1028_3.gif (http://thealternativereef.com)

kev2me
01-12-2012, 10:12 AM
Wow thanks everyone who voted. And thanks to The Alternate Reef (http://www.thealternativereef.com)! We love their products!

Scuba McFish
02-10-2012, 10:32 AM
Some of these shots would look amazing blown up in my fish room :big_grin:

chazde3
02-10-2012, 11:31 AM
Some of these shots would look amazing blown up in my fish room :big_grin:

chazde3 on deviantART (http://chazde3.deviantart.com/#/d4haxir) Feel free to click the buy this print button on the side :D