May '08 Photo Contest

[Brad]

Hi Mary

The entry deadline for the May contest was May 15. You are welcome to enter the June contest when that begins.

Contest Dates - May
entry deadline: May 15
voting: May 16 - May 31
contest results will be announced on June 2 2008

i put in my photo but how do i know if i got entered in the contest or not? i worried maybe i didnt put the photo in right as it asked for which category to put it in i just dont get it so i tried under member galleries and thats where it went lol then i tried under food and it came back saying something about approval needed is that right?

 

[Brad]

The Results

The Results​

1st place: gesang
Species: Furcifer pardalis
Common: Panther Chameleon
Sex: male
Age: 2 years



2nd place: Trace
Species: Chamaeleo Chamaeleo dilepis
Common: Flapneck Chameleon
Sex: female
Age: 9 months



3rd place: ponders
Species: Kinyongia fischeri fischeri
Common: Giant Fischer's Chameleon
Sex: male
Age: 16 months


If you are not familiar with how the contest works, please review the [THREAD=102]contest rules[/THREAD].


open member vote
The top ranked photos from the open member voting received the following points:
photo 14 => 5 pts (gesang)
photo 12 => 3 pts (Trace)
photo 11 => 3 pts (chris)
photo 02 => 3 pts (westcoastchameleons)
photo 01 => 3 pts (ponders)
photo 05 => 1 pts (Eric Adrignola)

judge rankings
We had three judges this month: VerteX, Heika, and Brad
The judges, in no specific order, gave the following rankings:

judge1:
photo 08 => 3 pts (nightcrawler)
photo 05 => 2 pts (Eric Adrignola)
photo 14 => 1 pts (gesang)

judge2:
photo 14 => 3 pts (gesang)
photo 06 => 2 pts (royden)
photo 12 => 1 pts (Trace)

judge3:
photo 12 => 3 pts (Trace)
photo 01 => 2 pts (ponders)
photo 08 => 1 pts (nightcrawler)


point totals
photo 14 - gesang: 9 pts
photo 12 - Trace: 7 pts
photo 01 - ponders: 5 pts
photo 08 - nightcrawler: 4 pts
photo 02 - westcoastchameleons: 3pts
photo 11 - chris: 3 pts
photo 05 - Eric Adrignola: 3 pts
photo 06 - royden: 2pts


All photos were excellent. Thanks to everyone who participated. There is always room for improvement, so if anyone has a suggestion please create a new thread in the photo contest or feedback forums. If you prefer to remain anonymous you can send me an email.


Medals have been awarded.
Congratulations to the winners

 

[mika]

Wow gesang.. that tail kinda looks like a blue snail.. very beautiful!

 

[Trace]

Wow gesang... very beautiful!

Indeed. It is a truly wonderful picture and most deserving of the first place finish. Excellent work.

When it gets right down to it, all of the entries were really good this month.

Cheers,
t

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Thank you, Mika and Trace, for your kind comments. We came in tonight and looked and were so surprised to see the results. Pegasus was a very cooperative subject (he pretended to sleep through the whole ordeal ). We enjoyed everyone's photos, and are really excited about winning. Thank you for the votes. We always look forward to seeing the entries in each month's photo contest, and are looking forward to seeing which body part Brad picks next!

 

[Chamgirl]

Awww can I just say I think its a shame Eric's photo didn't do better. IMO you can't beat a frilly tail, I voted for you Eric!

 

[jannb]

gesang, Loved the pic!!!! What a beautiful blue tail! Congratulations!!!!!