Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!

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Would you like to enter our Puffer of the Month photo competition?

Each month's winner is not only featured on our home page for the following month, but is automatically entered into our annual Puffer of the Year competition, with a grand prize of a $25 gift certificate to The Puffer Store!

Full rules and entry instructions can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3455

Which puffer do YOU think should be the January 2010 Puffer of the Month?

Poll ended at Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:44 pm

Entry #1
1
2%
Entry #2
34
57%
Entry #3
0
No votes
Entry #4
4
7%
Entry #5
0
No votes
Entry #6
0
No votes
Entry #7
1
2%
Entry #8
1
2%
Entry #9
3
5%
Entry #10
16
27%
 
Total votes: 60

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kilofey
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 683
Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:49 am
My Puffers: **PUFFERS
2 Dwarf puffers, but I had an 11" fahaka that I miss soo much!

**OTHER FISH
betta, black oscallaris clown, orange oscallaris clown, purple firefish, blue spotted goby, coral beauty angelfish

**NON-AQUATIC PETS
Chihuahua, springer spaniel/dachund mix, and a barn cat
Location (country): California

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by kilofey »

bauk wrote:It doesn't matter... i think every person thinks his own puffer is the cutest.. but stil than, Though is Faya's pic ( here her name is Precious i see.. :P ) very beautiful.. but nowhere near as beautiful as those of Sushi i think..

It must be the Photographer i think! :D
i thought that was faya! i was like precious? o well, must be a different one that looks like her... BTW bauk, did you see kukahs good morning eyes on your post yet? his are pretty too :)
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Pufferpunk
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My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by Pufferpunk »

Just some hints. Focus, focus, focus. Get a tripod or something to stand your camera on & wait for the puffer to swim by a nice part of the tank. Anticipate before he's going to swim into the pic--digital has a shutter lag. Don't take pics of a corner of your tank, unless you want a cute reflective pic (like him looking at himself). Get a close up or crop those pics!!! We don't want to see a big pic with a tiny puffer in it. And most importatly--take a ton of pics. I can't tell you now many pictures I take only to get one good one!
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julianchan
Fahaka Puffer
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Location: Los Angeles, CA

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by julianchan »

lots of lighting and clean glass helps a lot too....
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Myaj
Tech Team
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Gender: Female
My Puffers: Bubba, turgidus
Paris, lined burrfish
Location: SE Wisconsin
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Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by Myaj »

My apologies bauk, you sent in the entry with "my Precious" and since it was capitalized I assumed that was the name of the fish :)
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recombinantrider
Green Spotted Puffer
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My Puffers: Tetraodon nigroviridis (GSP)
Takifugu ocellatus (Fugu puffer)
Location: Los Angeles

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by recombinantrider »

:)

I have to say that Faya (#4) stole my heart. She's so cute with those anime, "love me" eyes!
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pufferpuggirl
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 3979
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Gender: Female
My Puffers: Puffs & Stuff:

1 x M Abei
1 x M Turgidus
1 x T Palembangensis
1 x M Baileyii
1 x T Schoutedeni
1 x T Leiurus
1 x T Miurus
Rainbow crab
crayfish
Location (country): Yorkshire, GB
Location: South Yorkshire, UK

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by pufferpuggirl »

Yeah I had to go for Faya, I just liked the way she was looking at the camera, although I did laugh at the caption for Sushi ("I hope the hand doesn't find me") -- that was funny. And I have to agree with PufferPunk on her point about taking loads of photos. I took 55 pictures last night, and I ended up deleting 20 of them immediately, mostly because they were too blurry, but that's not to say that the remainders were very good. I end up with only one or two really good photos in all those that I take, but still not as good as some of the people on this forum have done. :?
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Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by J-P »

I think it was David Letterman (who may have been quiting someone else), while shaking his head ..."pets and kids!" Referring as to how difficult and unpredictable they can be. :)
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julianchan
Fahaka Puffer
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Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by julianchan »

Congratulations Sushi!
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Myaj
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Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Vote Now!!

Post by Myaj »

Congrats again to Recombinantrider and Sushi, the winners of the Jan 2010 POTM!
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(sorry this took me so long to "announce", I'll try to get the home page updated asap!)



And start sending in your Feb entries, we already have two in the inbox!
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busybones
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(1)T. lineatus-Fahaka~Pookie 125 gal
(1)M. turgidus- Brown Puffer~Rowdy 30 gal
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Location (country): USA
Location: Kentucky

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!

Post by busybones »

Congratulations! that's a beautiful photo :)
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pufferpuggirl
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 3979
Joined: Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:04 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Puffs & Stuff:

1 x M Abei
1 x M Turgidus
1 x T Palembangensis
1 x M Baileyii
1 x T Schoutedeni
1 x T Leiurus
1 x T Miurus
Rainbow crab
crayfish
Location (country): Yorkshire, GB
Location: South Yorkshire, UK

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!

Post by pufferpuggirl »

I congratulate you also, it is a really good photo, and the caption did make me laugh! :D
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recombinantrider
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 386
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My Puffers: Tetraodon nigroviridis (GSP)
Takifugu ocellatus (Fugu puffer)
Location: Los Angeles

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!

Post by recombinantrider »

:o Thank you very much!
Sushi will get a whole shrimp to herself tonight.
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J-P
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Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!

Post by J-P »

Way to go SUSHI!!
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PolishPuff
Mbu Puffer
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Also cared for;

Fahaka------------------- Had to give it away
Auriglobus modestus-----Traded
Auriglobus silus ---------Died during transport.
Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded
Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded
Congo Puffer ------------Traded
South American Puffers -Traded
Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :(
Location (country): USA-Chicago, IL
Location: Chicago, IL

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!

Post by PolishPuff »

All right SUSHI Congrats
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kilofey
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 683
Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:49 am
My Puffers: **PUFFERS
2 Dwarf puffers, but I had an 11" fahaka that I miss soo much!

**OTHER FISH
betta, black oscallaris clown, orange oscallaris clown, purple firefish, blue spotted goby, coral beauty angelfish

**NON-AQUATIC PETS
Chihuahua, springer spaniel/dachund mix, and a barn cat
Location (country): California

Re: Jan 2010 POTM - Winner Announced!!

Post by kilofey »

recombinantrider wrote::o Thank you very much!
Sushi will get a whole shrimp to herself tonight.
lol sushi gets some sushi for her awesome pose :) congrats
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