RE: ponderings....

["Dave VanderWall" <dave@vanderwall.org>]

This does not sound like a bad idea to me, and it certainly would widen
the scope and therefor the possible interest in the contest.  I just
wonder how the judges would go about judging, and how comfortable they
would be with this.  

We would have separate categories?  Ponds of any size and then
illustrations and individual species photographs?  How would that all
break down?  As I recall, one of the things that we spent a fair amount
of time on before was figuring out the various categories, and then
leaving ourselves the flexibility of re-categorizing based on number of
entries.

So I'm not opposed to the idea at all, I'm just wondering about the
details.  Would we need to change the name of the contest? <grin>  Ponds
are usually more of a landscaping feature, rather than aquascaping.
I've never associated ponds with "aquascaping," but maybe that's just
me.


Dave VanderWall
Taking the day off today,
Because I have to work this weekend,
In Syracuse
D'oh!

> I'm wondering.....I suggested earlier that we widen the focus 
> of our Contest this year to include Botanical Illustration 
> and it appears that while it might not get much in the way of 
> entries, it won't cause us any extra work and might spark 
> interest in the subject. So, as far as I'm concerned, its a go...
> 
> What about setting up another category for photographs of 
> ponds/pond aquascaping? Many AGA members have garden ponds 
> and interest in them seems to be high. Getting a good 
> photograph of a waterlily might be a bit easier for some 
> folks than getting rid of the algae in their aquarium <g>. As 
> I think about it, we could allow a set of photos of either an 
> entire pond or just pictures of individual aquatic plants 
> (i.e. lotus or waterlily blossoms). We could always worry 
> about sorting the submitted entries into categories after the 
> closing date, based upon what gets submitted.
> 
> It would certainly provide material for Karen to use in TAG.
> 
> Thoughts anyone.......?
> 
> James Purchase
> Toronto

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