Photo Of The Month Contest?
 

I was over on Nano-Reef.com and saw they have a Photo of the month contest.
http://www.nano-reef.com/gallery/sho...ry.php?cat=516
I was thinking maybe we should start one up and then make a sticky thread at the top of the photo forum to record the winners for prosperity

Ah, now i am going to have to upgrade my camera. :neutral:

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Thats a great idea. It could be catagorized, or even just pics of anything and everything.

Hehe. I have an entry in there. I'm tied for second. :( Only a few hours left to vote. :lol:

I'm buying a new camera to replace my old one. I'm getting the small compact Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 (10X Optical Zoom w/ Image Stabilization, fits in your pocket). Only around $300US.

That is a good idea! I think it should be in categories.. ie: SPS, LPS, Anemones, bla bla bla....

Sam, I'm going to vote for your picture right now :) One more vote for you.

I will have to order my Nikon D70s right away! :)

Then maybe in six months when I know how to use it, I can submit a picture!

If you are ordering from McBains you better do so asap as I believe today is the last day of "Nikon Month". :wink:

Too expensive at McBain, for the price of the camera & 18-70mm lense at McBain I can get the following through an e-bay store that ships to Canada:

D70s Camera
18-70mm lense
70-300mm lense
4gb microdrive
Full sized tripod
0.4x wide lense
3 lense filters
hard carrying case
soft carrying case

I did go to McBain to help me decide between the Rebel XT & D70s, the D70s felt better in my hands.

So that tells you even on sale, McBain is making a killing at $1300 for the camera & kit lense.

Thanks Scott. I can take the sole second place spot. Haha.

Best Buy is having an online sale that starts tonight at 9pm Eastern. Cameras are 15% off.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/marketing/canadaday_sale/en/default.asp?&logon=&langid=EN&CMP=EMC-email_special_promo


I think I'll buy mine here.

I was trying to vote Sam but couldn't figure out how. I guess you need to be logged in to vote I guess. :lol:

Hi Midknight. That's ok. Thanks for checking it out. Yes, you do need to be logged in. It makes the voting process much more legitimate.

With my vote you are back tied to second:wink:

There should be some prizes too.:biggrin:

Prizes would be nice maybe some of our retail sponser's wouldnt mind rotating a little prize every month for best over all or something. :wink:

Sounds like a great idea Tim. You should contact some of our sponsors and see if they will donate prizes. :biggrin:

tell them to donate some cameras too..
you all might need some when i get my new sony alpha next week

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Hey Sam. Just added my vote. Good luck!

Woohoo! Thanks Sebae and Midnight. Only 3 behind now.

ok sam i gave you a vote 2 but your still down by 2,im shure some fellow canadians will band together and rig a photo contest just for the heck of it

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One away!

Tied.. :mrgreen:

:bday: You guys are incredible. Thanks for the support! I hope I don't get disqualified! :biggrin:

Why would you Sam... I honestly thought your pic was the best anywayz.. :wink:

And with a vote from me Sam take's the lead!
Thats one nice looking Tube anemone

You need to show us your tank Rory. Big Store ownewr and a 50 gallon tank come on.
:smile:

The hair algae is about 95% gone, 5 more percent then I can show my tank again :)

Not a bad idea.

so did this idea just die? or is it gonna happen?

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:wink: Yup!

is that yep its dead or yep its gonna happen ?

i guess thats a yep its dead

We can discuss it with the other staff members. I,m not sure if it will lead anywhere though. Seems nobody discussed it on this thread, except voting for someone,s pic on another board.

have a contest every other forum has one.We deserve it.

Yes, lets try and get something going.

I think its a great idea. And its a great way to get new ideas for new tanks or current ones.

We would hope that also comes from the featured tanks & their articles.

Its currently being discussed by the staff. Ideas on the selection and so on. Should we have prizes? Fine, but we need to contact sponsers for that? Also should a thread have pics submitted and then voted on by members? And so on and so on. :smile:

Please feel free to add your ideas here. It needs to work so as not to add to much more staff work.

you should post all the entries and let us vote.Maybe have some themes .

Any ideas on how to gather pics from the members? Just have them post on a thread? How do the other boards accumulate the pics of this idea?

sending the photo or the link for it to a certian member or mod who takes care of the contest would work but so would uploading them to a certian thread.
i also think a theme would be a good idea so people cant just raid thier old photo's every month.