Now by no means do I expect to do well in the contest, but I do have one goal. To make the book. Each year, they create a book of all the best entries to the context. Last year the top 1700 made it into the book. Having reviewed the entries near the bottom, I think my tank has promise to make the cut. I submitted my entry about a month ago and should hear back what place I come in around August.
Here is the final shot I submitted.
Now the tank was by no means perfect, but I guess none ever are and that's kinda the point. To get this shot, I removed all the glass pipes and had Ryan hold a hair dryer near the top to create water ripples. Additionally she would wiggle her fingers in front of the tank to get the neon tetra to come over where I wanted them. I had our camera setup on a tripod and took tons of pictures. I liked how the fish were all facing in the same direction here and in the open part of the tank.
I'll update again when I get my results.
