September Photo Contest: Soft Corals!

[Len]

Welcome to Reef.org's September Photo Contest. This month's assignment is SOFT CORALS.

This submission period ends on 12:00 AM EST Sunday (saturday/sunday midnight), September 21, 2003.

Prizes (yes, plural!)
First place winner wins a $50 gift certificate to B&H Photo Store, a premiere online vendor of photography equipment.
Runner up wins a $25 gift certificate, generously donated by Reefs.org's sponsor Marine Depot.


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.

 

[azcaddman]

Name: Art Malone (aMalone on Reefs)
Photo Title: Fiji Dendronephthya
Photography equipment: Nikonos V, 35mm (w/extension tube) Nikon sb-103 strobe
Location/Tank: Bega Lagoon, Fiji

 

[azcaddman]

Name: Art Malone (aMalone on Reefs)
Photo Title: Fiji Sarcophyton
Photography equipment: Nikonos V, 35mm (w/extension tube) Nikon sb-103 strobe
Location/Tank: Bega Lagoon, Fiji
Comments: if you look real close, you can see tiny brittle stars

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Chip Cataldo (marillion)
Photo Title: Ricordian Slide
Photography equipment: Nikon Coolpix 880
Location/Tank: Old 75 Gallon Reef
Comments: I can't come up with something witty enough...

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Chip Cataldo (marillion)
Photo Title: Capnella Closer
Photography equipment: Nikon Coolpix 880
Location/Tank: Old 75 Gallon Reef
Comments: I can't come up with something witty enough for this one, either...

 

[loosbrew]

name - loosbrew
camera - sony dsc-f505v
30 gal 400w Iwasaki

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Thaddeus (hiddendragonet
Photo Title: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Photography equipment: Nikon Coolpix 4300
Location/Tank: My Reef Tank

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Thaddeus (hiddendragonet
Photo Title: God and Adam Reaching for Each Other on the Sistine Chapel or Red Sea Xenia vs. Godzilla Sarcophyton Elegans II
Photography equipment: Nikon Coolpix 4300
Location/Tank: My Reef Tank

 

[Micah00]

Name: Michael Jarnagin
Title: Buttons
Equipment: Cannon A300
Location: 55 gal reef

 

[LA-Lawman]

Name: Ben Herrera
Title: Baby Huey (you can't see the rest of him 8O )
Equipment: Canon EOS 10D with sigma 28-80mm MACRO
Specs: 1/30th at F5.6 ISO 400
Location: 90g mixed reef

 

[UnderGrad]

Name: Arlan Martin (UnderGrad)
Photo Title: Feeding Frenzy
Photography equipment: Canon Powershot A40 w/ Tiffen macro lens attachments
Location/Tank: My Apt. in Davis, CA

 

[mooner]

Name: Mooner
Photo Title: None
Yellow Lobophytum

 

[Anonymous]

name: alan lavitsky(vitz on #reefs)
photo title: rock around the tree
photography equipment:hp photosmart 320
location/tank:my 20 long nano

 

[Anonymous]

name: alan lavitsky(vitz on #reefs)
photo title: pulsing tips
photography equipment:hp photosmart 320
location/tank:my 20 long nano

 

[Anonymous]

Name: Bingo
Photo Title: Curl
Photography equipment: Canon Powershot s400
Macro mode Flash Off, Center weighted metering, Auto White Balance, ISO 50
Location/Tank: My 15 gallon reef, NYC

 

[samw]

Name: Sam W
Photo Title: Red Gorgonian
Photography equipment: Canon Powershot S40
Location/Tank: My Tank

 

[TS]

Name: Travis Staut
Title: Luscious Leather
Camera: Canon 10D
Location: Steve Miller's awesome reef

 

[TS]

Name: Travis Staut
Title: Macro Zo
Camera: Canon 10D
Location: My prop tank

 

[Rainman]

Name: Rainman
Photo Title: watermarks are lame
Photography equipment: Nikon Coolpix 5000, remote flash
Location/Tank: Sydney, Australia
Comments (optional): Shot this while wandering around some dingy little pet shop.
URL: see my signature

 

[Cabreradavid]

Name: David Cabrera
Photo Title: Me Lucky Charms
Photography equipment: Sony DSC-75; no flash
Location/Tank: Rockville, MD/ 29 gallon reef tank
Comments (optional): Close up of live rock containing Ricordia