Some Killies shots ...part II

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Here is my belated Killi Santa...and let me wish to All of You, Folks - HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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There is not enough good focus on those two snapshots, but interesting and funny poses though:

Callopanchax occidentalis Kabak GM 97-4

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[loach43]

oh very very good pics Hristo. I'm hoping to find anything in this genus for my own collection. Tough to find.

 

[greenterra]

WOW! Those last couple are just insane.

 

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Hello again, everybody!
Hope, some of you are interested about the results of our KAB 2010 International Killi Photo Competition…
It was really spectacular show of plentiful wonderful photos and pleasure for us(The Jury)!
Of course, it was very difficult to take the choice for only 3 winners photos of each Category…!?
And by the way…my special thanks to Jim(Loach43) and Roman for their participation!

First, the entire statistic:
77 photos submitted Photos for Category “Portrait”
39 photos submitted Photos for Category “Action”
26 Competitors from 11 Countries (random listing):

1. Frans Vermeulen
2. Tony Terceira (AKA)
3. Jose Ramon Tauste (EKC)
4. Jean Pol Vandersmissen (AKFB)
5. Peter Venstermans (AKFB)
6. Roman Rak
7. Marek Marszal
8. Matt Ford (www.seriouslyfish.com)
9. Roberto Arbolea (EKC)
10. Jesus Benitez (SEK ; KCA ; EKC ; RKA )
11. Rui Chocas (APK)
12. Luis Oliveira (APK)
13. Guillaume Dethu (KCF ; EKC)
14. Olivier Buisson (KCF)
15. Jean-Pierre JACQUET (KCF)
16. Laurent Blondet (EKC ; KCF)
17. Pascal Lakermi (KCF)
18. Samuel Blois (KCF)
19. Didier Pilet (KCF)
20. Jim Sizelove
21. Kenjiro Tanaka
22. Zahari Metchkov
23. Vasko Gogov
24. Tzveti Ivanova
25. Marina Dimitrova
26. Nikola Ivanov

So, here are the Winners:

Category “Portrait”:

1-st Place Olivier Buisson - Fundulopanchax sjoestedti

2-nd Place Frans Vermeulen - Neofundulus paraguayensis-Rio de Oro, Resistencia

3-rd Place Tony Terceira - Terc_A_loenbergi JVC 08 32km South of Kribi

Category “Action”:

1-st Place Frans Vermeulen - Rachovia maculipinnis

2-nd Place Roman Rak - Nothobranchius rachovii Quelimane MZCS 2009-249

3-rd Place Olivier Buisson - Nimbapanchax leucopterygius Lola GRC 90-174

Congratulation for the Winners!

The rest of TOP 30 Photos of the both Categories - coming soon…

 

[Roman]

Hristo,

thank for very positive information for me O
It is time to have one own tank (as minimum O) with killies !

 

[headbanger_jib]

some brilliant pics and congrats Roman

 

[nikole]

Bill, sorry, that name “Some Killies shots…(part I) ” was the threads name in some other forums…
here was “Rising Phoenix” : http://aquatic-photography.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5704

Hey, Bobby,
I’m very proud to hear such a compliment from you about my photos…
I just follow your advises and your shared experience about shooting with 2 external flashes...

Hi, Jeff! It’s always pleasure for me to look at your great professional designs work commented here!
My favorite lens since the last months is EF 50 mm/f2.5 Compact-Macro lens,
but frankly speaking it is not really fast at focusing…:-/
I made my shots with Canon Speedlite 580EX situated over the tank,
wires connected with the camera in “master” mod
and Speedlite 430EX like straight “fill” flash (slave mod)…
The both are with diffuser…almost like Bobby’s situation:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/phishphorphun/PhisPhorPhun Phish Pix/2bFlashSetup032006.jpg
My usual settings:
Shutter Speed: 1/200 seconds
Aperture Value: f/14-22(dependent on the fish specific and fishes posission)
ISO Speed Ratings: 100-200(dependent on the fish specific)
Of course, using STE-2 TTL transmitter is more comfortable than the wires connection,
Especially, for the hole tanks shots…
But I’m not sure is it the Canon 100mm macro is better than 50mm…:question:
Good luck, Jeff!

Hi, Jay
Yes, all the photos are a little cropped…
I’m not so good with the Photoshop like you,
and there is no much free time for me to do some special photo editing…
that because I send to you the original (RAW) of the photo #2(check your E-hotmail)
and be very curious to see your edition on its close up…
The details specific of these fishes is very unique, especially the orange/blue Nothobranchius…
The orange is very solid…the skin is like velvet… and the blue is very electric “shining”…
I had try to get some more details of it…even had to make some desaturation of the colors…
but as you will see –
The teeth are visible, but the skin could not be such a detailed…

That’s for now.
May be I’ll miss for a week, from tomorrow, because I’m going to visit the Chesh Aqua Festival’2006 (October 19 – 22) (Aqua Festival 2005)
I hope there will be much interesting things to see and photographing...

Thanks for sharing.It's great

 

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Because the rest best Photos of our KAB 2010 Killi Competition are too many...I'll not post them here.
You may take a look here: http://elkilliclub.org/foro/index.php?topic=3956.msg24773#new

 

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Here is one more beautiful Nothos specimen - Nothobranchius orthonotus MZCS Bala-Bala 08-122