Fish & Tank of the month photo contests

KWAS hosts two monthly contests for club and forum members to showcase their fish (includes aquatic invertebrates) and also aquariums. The first is a 'People's Choice' contest whereby forum members vote on a poll for their favourite fish based on their own criteria. After 7 days a winner is chosen based on the votes received. A second contest based on the same images and run simultaneously is judged and critiqued by a professional photographer based on specific criteria outlined below. Anyone interested in submitting a picture of their favourite fish and tank should e-mail the webmaster their images.

For fish submissions we will need to know the common and scientific name of the species and any particulars about this fish that you want to share should your fish be chosen. For aquarium submissions we would like to know tank size in gallons, type of filtration, lighting and substrate and any other particulars. Participants can submit up to 2 images each of fish and tank setups in any given month. The contest runs for the first 14 days of each month. The winners will receive a high quality printable colour PDF certificate suitable for framing. All monthly winners are automatically entered in the annual shoot-out held in December.

By submitting an image in the fish of the month or tank of the month contests you grant to the Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society a perpetual non exclusive license on the image to use and publish the image on the Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society website, forum, Fins and Tales newsletter, and any and all other publications produced by KWAS.

*Professional Judging Criteria*

Artistic (Maximum 5 Points)
Composition (how the shop is cropped/placement of the objects in the shot)
Pose of the fish (ie: mother releasing fry/flared fins/action pose)
Whole tank shown in picture/interesting angle of tank shot

Technical (Maximum 5 Points)
Focus/color quality/image density
Contrast of the tank or inhabitants
Clarity of tank/able to see contents ie: lighting/rock/plants etc/flash reflections/water spots/scratches

Difficulty (Maximum 5 Points)
Quality/rareness of the fish
Uniqueness of tank ie: size and shape of tank/type of stand ie: hand made oak stand

2010 Monthly Winners

Professional Judging   Peoples Choice (Forum)  
January 2010   January 2010  
Sean Glazier (tank) view Sean Glazier (tank) view
Tianna Bertolo (fish) view Terry Clements (fish) view
       
February 2010   February 2010  
Tianna Bertolo (tank) view Tianna Bertolo (tank) view
Jayne Glazier (fish) view Jayne Glazier (fish) view
       
March 2010   March 2010  
Phil Maznyk (fish) view Phil Maznyk (fish) view
Josh (tank) view Phil Maznyk (tank) view
       
April 2010   April 2010  
Brad Smith (fish) view Ken (fish) view
Tianna Bertolo (tank) view Tianna Bertolo (tank) view
       
May 2010   May 2010  
Melad K (tank) view Rob Vanderhaegahe (fish) view
Brennan Morris (fish) view Brennan Morris (tank) view

   

2009 Shoot-Out winners

Fish Of The Year Winner Phil Maznyk Electric Blue Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata 
Tank Of The Year Winner Tianna Bertolo 135 Gallon Planted Show Tank 

2008 Winners     2007 Winners     2006 Winners

      

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