Contest #3: Crustaceans

[Len]

Hi Folks,

This contest's assignment is Crustaceans. From crabs to shrimps, mantis to horseshoe crabs .... have fun shooting our pinchy little friends.

This assignment ends on 12:00 AM EST Monday (sunday/monday midnight), May 18, 2003.

Please refer to the Contest Rules for more information about how to enter. Each member may submit up to 2 entries per contest.

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.

As stated in our contest rules, the winning submission will be proudly displayed on our homepage for two weeks.
Winners for this assignment will receive a 15% discount on your next order over $100, courtesy of Reefs.org's sponsor, Marine Depot.


Good luck everyone, and have fun!

Sincerely,
The reefs.org staff

 

[Micah00]

Coral Banded

Michael Jarnagin
Photo Eqip:Cannon A300
Location:55 gal reef

 

[Wampatom]

Name: Wampatom
Photo title: Battle face
Equipment: Nikonos V, 28mm with extension tube
Location: Philippines, Annilo

 

[Wampatom]

Name: Wampatom
Photo title: Peppermint shrimp
Equipment: Nikon coolpix 990
Location: 37 gal

 

[investigator1]

Name: Investigator1
Photo title: Emerald
Equipment: Olympus C-4000
Location: Alife 7 gallon

 

[Anonymous]

Photo by: Louey
Photo title: Scarlett Crab
Camera: Coolpix 995 in macro mode
Location: My reef tank

 

[azcaddman]

Name: Art Malone (aMalone on #reefs)

Title: 'My Good Side'

Equipment:Nikon N70, Nikon 60mm Micro, Ikelite Housing, Ikelite Ai/N & 100/a Strobes, Fuji Velvia 50 film

Location:Turks & Caicos (British West Indies), at a depth of ~50', on a night dive

Comments: This lobster (approx 14") let me approach while he was walking on the open sand, at one point wrapped his antenna around the camera housing, the front of the lens port was maybe 6" from his eyes in this photo (cropped from original, can be seen at http://www.malone-az.com/gallery under the Turks & Caicos page), also, the small 'spot' in the upper left side of the frame... is a larval fish

 

[jinjit]

Name: Jinjit
Photo Title: Hermit peeping
Photography equipment: Nikon Coolpix 4500
Location: Israel

 

[Jrsydevi1]

Name: Chris Dawicki
Photo Title: "Spare a dime for a lonely hitchiker?"
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 950
Location: My 29 Gal reef

 

[scavdog]

Name: Joe Scavo
Photo Title: "The lookout"
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 995
Location: My 260 sps dominated in Boston

 

[Merkur]

Name: Tim M Hovey
Photo Title: "The Ghost"
Camera: Sony DSC S75
Location: former 90gallon reef in Dallas, TX
Comments: The Ghost was a hitchiker on my rock, he would disapear for months at a time and on many occasions i thought he was lost/gone/dead. He even survived two tank moves and numerous newby mistakes. I sold the reef contents before moving, i'm sure he's living in the new owners tank.

 

[wade1]

Here's a few shots from Belize (taken last week!):

This spider crab was probably 2' long easily. Hidden well into a rock crevice:

These images not for judging in the contest.

Wade

 

[RogueCorps]

Name: Rod W - RogueCorps
Title: "Mini-Winnie"
Camera: Nikon CoolPix 4300
Location: Her own 5 gallon nano, moving soon to a 15 gallon Jebo curved glass Bowfront.

Wow, beautiful pics everyone. This is my first post here but I've lurked the articles section for quite a while. Thanks to NKT for referring me to this contest.

-Rogue

 

[Fish_man]

my crabs, a scarlet and a blue leg hermit grazing together

 

[MtnDewMan]

Name: MtnDewMan
Title: Mantis Shrimp
Equipment: Canon G2

Name: MtnDewMan
Title: Harlequin Shrimp Carrying Babies
Equipment: Canon G2

 

[investigator1]

Name: Investigator1
Title: Carribean Land Hermit Crab
Equipment: Olympus C- 4000
(Second Submission)

 

[Kabob]

Name: Jason
Photo title: Bad Hair Day
Equipment: Nikon Coolpix 995
Location: 10 gallon nano
Comments: This is the sole survivor all his companions were voted off the island and eaten.

 

[fungia]

Name: fungia
Photo Title: acro crab
Camera: Fuji 2100
Location: lfs
Comments: cool crab they tell me live in acros

 

[Lynn]

Here's Louey the spiny lobster, he lives in a 160 FOWLR tank. The photo was taken with a sony F707

 

[wombat1]

Name Matt Wandell
Photo Title Hermit on Montipora
Camera Nikon Coolpix 990
Comments In my 6 gallon nano