February 2015 POTM - LOVELY Corals !!
 

Contest Rules are as follows:

1) You must follow the guidelines given for each contest.

2) ALL members including vendors can enter.

3) Photos should be submitted no larger than 1024 x 768 and a max ppi of 300.

4) The photo must be taken by you, and as long as it fits the subject you're in!

5) Each member can post as many pictures as they want, but only ONE can be entered. Please specify which one when posting multiple pictures or it will be chosen for you.

6) Photos that have previously won Photo of the Month can not be resubmitted for contest consideration.

7) Have Fun!

Only one? Hard to pick...

It's grown a lot since this pic, maybe I will try to get a newer one.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...July312011.jpg

You can post as many as you'd like! But only one can be submitted for official voting consideration :-)

One Duncan head.. its like they smile..
 

I'll play.
Pointing at the one in the center :)

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...077ceb2a8e.jpg

White/Green Tube Anemone

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/att...1&d=1423459229

nice pic right there!!

True.

Ouch that's hot!

Gotta love that aussy gold torch

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/a...pspa576rjb.jpg

Sweet photo Nick!

Thanks Thomas!

Feb POTM
 

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Hope this works... newbie at this picture posting thing :der:

That is a sweet Brain!

Me and my best buddy
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/...ps50051763.jpg

Can't get enough of gold torch coral.

http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...psukxhtl2c.jpg

some really nice pics/corals Im just gonna leave this here


http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...pstlvgt6sc.jpg

i know where you live...

Lots of non-coral pics! :lol: That tube anemone is a fantastic photo though!!!

Man, those other two rainbow brains would look really good next to mine! ;)

Haha, I mentioned that to Brad and I think he'll let it slide as long as the organism is in the Anthozoa class. :)

Haha thanks for all the compliments on my pic. I know it's not a true coral, but hey when am I ever going to get to show it off! :biggrin:
BTW, the full high res pic looks way better, can see all the little neon strips in each of it's tentacles, tough to see in a low res pic :)

Holy... Crap...

Mindy brings up a very good point. We can have a very lengthy discussion (no, not here) about what a coral is exactly. The long and short of it is, a coral is a very general term that describes pretty much anything in the class anthozoans. This includes anemones.

Seriously though, let's not have that discussion here. We want pictures ! Feel free to discuss what a "coral" is/means in (coral) discussion thread. For the purposes of looking at pretty pictures, the general definition is good enough :biggrin:

That is all, carry on.

Love almost all of them but-------
 

Green Dragon

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps5af75adc.jpg

Blowpop Zoas

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...31&oe=55927DF6

Rainbow hammer
 

An underwater rose

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7357/9...fe24a4fd_b.jpg

Here's a Bonsai that turned out nice. It might look like I post-processed my photos like crazy. But nope, the Kessils put out so much blue and white light, I only have to apply automatic white balance to all of my photos. But I do have to dial down the camera's exposure. Otherwise, the raw photo is way too bright.

To see the raw image straight from my camera, here's the link: https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...3e&oe=5548507E

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...4a&oe=554A35A0

Sam, which one is your official entry?

I was thinking of letting the staff choose. See if my luck turns. :)

you've met the staff, right??

Yes, and I have nothing but good things to say about them all. :biggrin:

A couple of more photos. I think red is the color for Valentine's Day coral and I do love this coral so I'll pick this photo for the official entry. It's an encrusting Goniopora.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...ad8180aa0cf90b

This photo was taken only 17 days after I installed the Kessils. This pink Bird's Nest coral was more tan than pink before installing the Kessils.

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...dc&oe=5594731F

Even though I'm pretty sure already that I'm going to vote for brandpauley's tube anemone because the photo is SO good; as promised, here's an updated photo of my rainbow brain. I guess I should use this as my entry. It's hard to choose between this one and the yellow Plate in my avatar.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4.../Feb152015.jpg

I'd go with this one. :biggrin:

Yeah, I've seen lots of rainbow Brains just as nice as mine, but I've never seen a yellow Plate as nice as mine. I think you have to be a Plate enthusiast to appreciate it though, and it seems most everyone likes a rainbow Brain. The Plate is irreplaceable. http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/ima...neric/lust.gif

I would vote for the rainbow brain as well! LOVE that brain! :-D