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.
To enter you will need to add your photo entry to the applicable CR Showcase forum:
Coral Collector Forum
Fish Finder 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.
This month's prize is a Reef Shelf donated by The Alternative Reef
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, Fish Finder. 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.
Deck the Halls Photo Contest - sponsored by the Alternative Reef
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