Quote Originally Posted by jakedoza View Post
but the winning photo for the year is not that great as far as a photographer is concerned. I think a more appropriate contest for the forum would be judging on how the aquarium looks and the health of the corals and fish, not the photo. I mean this IS an aquarium forum.
We vote on it. Who knows what everybody's criteria is and why they vote for a picture. This month's topic was schooling fish and the winner was a pair of clownfish (not exactly schooling fish ). So what. It's for fun.
(I voted for it because I really liked how the anemone looked. LOL)

I think it's great because it's not so rigid in regards to what can and can not be posted or what the criteria should be. How would we know who has the healthiest fish from a photo anyway?

It is an aquarium forum - with a photography section!

I hope we will continue to reserve the right to post our less than perfect pics and pretend it's a real photography contest.
For a lot of us our photography skills as well as our aquariums are a work in progress. I don't want to wait for everything to be perfect until I can particpiate...