July Photo of the Month Entry Thread

[soccerbag]

Fire up your cameras for the July POTM competition.
This month's subject is: Encrusting Corals

Any coral that encrusts (most corals fall into this category) is acceptable!

Enter your images in this thread. Here are the rules:
--The dominant element in your image must be an encrusting coral.
--The photo must be your photo, shot by you.
--One entry per person
--The longest dimension cannot exceed 800 pixels. Images exceeding 800 pixels will not be entered. (sorry)
--If you put a "frame" around your image (not recommended), your overall image and frame may not exceed 800 pixels.
--Images will be judged by a chosen panel, i.e., the winner will NOT be determined by a popular vote. The panel's decision is final
--Among the factors that will be considered are focus, white balance, composition, creativity, and overall image quality.
--Submission deadline is midnight Central time, July 22nd.



The winner will receive POTM Logo under their name and a years free premium membership.

 

[ritter6788]

Encrusting War Coral

 

[revhtree]

 

[BarbH]

Beautiful looking war coral ritter

Beautiful looking picture Rev

 

[wysiwyg]

very nice coral photos rev and ritter lets see them peeps theres gotta be more

 

[Saltwatertaylor]

Awesome looking pictures guys!

 

[revsgirl]

Ooooh!! Nice pics!!

 

[mfdrookie516]

Any coral that encrusts (most corals fall into this category) is acceptable!

Enter your images in this thread. Here are the rules:
--The dominant element in your image must be an LPS coral

Need some help here. I'm a coral dummy, and a noob at that. Would a millepora not be considered an encrusting coral? It's an SPS, and the rules say LPS, but don't they encrust the plug, rock, etc? Trying to figure out what I'm going to take a pic of.

 

[Waynel333]

yes, a milli counts as an encrusting coral since the base encrusts on the rock or plug.

 

[ritter6788]

Thanks everyone! I've got to get a macro lens and learn how to use it!

 

[ritter6788]

Need some help here. I'm a coral dummy, and a noob at that. Would a millepora not be considered an encrusting coral? It's an SPS, and the rules say LPS, but don't they encrust the plug, rock, etc? Trying to figure out what I'm going to take a pic of.

I think maybe that just wasn't changed from a previous contest?

 

[mfdrookie516]

I decided to use this one instead. I googled it, and everything says favia encrusts.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mfdrookie516/7474723504/

 

[skyhigh]

 

[BarbH]

Beautiful looking corals and pictures, looking foward to seeing more.

 

[revsgirl]

:jaw: Amazing pics!!

 

[Saltwatertaylor]

This is going to be hard to pic a winner out of all these amazing pics!

 

[revhtree]

BUMP for the pics!

 

[SteveT]

Miami Hurricane chalice

 

[soccerbag]

I have been out of town so didn't see some of the earlier questions mentioned above. The coral can be ANY encrusting corals, not just LPS. I forgot to change that when posting it before I left town. ANY coral that encrusts will be considered!

GREAT pics this far! Keep them coming!

 

[mainereefer]