Winners of the 2009 Calendar Competition

[John Clare]

Here are the winners of the 2009 Caudata.org Calendar Competition. They are listed in order of most votes received. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered. The winners have received 1 year donor status on the forum and our collective thanks. This was the highest quality year by far. Thank you all.

1- David Tobler - Taricha sierrae
2 - Kaysie Cox - Eastern newt, Eft. Notopthalmus viridescens viridescens
3 - Daniel Weiner - Ambystoma mexicanum
4 - John Clare - Ambystoma mavortium mavortium
5 - Wouter Beukema - Salamandra salamandra gigliolii
6 - Juraj Lezovic - Neurergus kaiseri
7 - Mike Benard - Plethodon cinereus
8 - Andy Avram - Pseudotriton ruber
9 - Travis Dimler - Ensatina eschscholtzii picta
10 - Mark Aartse-Tuyn - Cynops pyrrhogaster
11 - Henk Wallays - Ranodon sibiricus
12 - John Schwarzkopf- Salamandra salamandra bernardezi
13 - Tim Herman - Bolitoglossa schizodactyla

Update Sunday October 12th 2008: You can now purchase the calendar here. Please be aware that the profits from the calendar do not give "donor status".

[John Clare]

The winning photos are here:

http://www.caudata.org/photoplog/index.php?c=210

They have been colour corrected and cleaned up somewhat compared to their original entry form. This is how they will appear on the calendar.

[John Clare]

Slight revision on availability - it'll probably be Saturday because I've got to readjust some of the species name/copyright locations.

[Jan]

Beautiful photography! Many congrats to the winners.

[Kaysie]

This was, by far, the hardest calender competition to judge! There were SO many great photographs by so many people. My first round of "I really like this picture" was almost 30! To narrow that down to 13 was very difficult. So everyone who entered the competition should be proud of themselves; you all did a fabulous job!

[Mark]

Well done to the winners!

Over 80 photos received votes this year which gives you some idea of the quality of submissions.

The winning 13 are listed above. Below, in descending order are the photos which also received votes from the judging panel.

David Tobler - Cynops orientalis
Juraj Lezovic - Paramesotriton deloustali larva bred by Yago Alonso
Mark Bakkers - Salamandra salamandra gigliolii (photo 1)
Andy Avram - Eurycea bislineata
Tim Herman - Aneides aeneus
Jef Janessens- Tylotriton shanjing
Mark Aartse-Tuyn - Mesotriton a. alpestris
Pat Migliozzi - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis
Henk Wallays - Lissotriton vulgaris
Audrey Fogle - Triturus dobrogicus larva
Tim Herman - Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis
Mark Aartse-Tuyn - Neurergus strauchii
Jorge Góis - Triturus marmoratus
Arnaud Jamin - Pseudoeurycea cephalica
Dane Zutavern - Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis
Audrey Fogle - Taricha granulosa juveniles
Jef Janssens - Paramesotriton sp
Juraj Lezovic - Triturus dobrogicus
Mark Bakkers - Salamandra salamandra gigliolii(photo 2)
Vide Ohlin - Neurergus kaiseri
David Tobler - Ambystoma maculatum
Pat Migliozzi - Aneides aeneus
Sam Henry - Paramesotriton species (photo 1)
Travis Dimler - Aneides lugubris (photo 2)
Mark Bakkers- Salamandrina terdigitata (photo 1)
John Clare - Taricha granulosa
Audrey Fogle - Pachytriton labiatus
Vide Ohlin -Triturus (Mesotriton) alpestris
John Clare - Cynops ensicauda popei
Ralf Reinartz -Cynops orientalis
Daniel Weiner - Ambystoma mavortium (Photo 2)
Andy Avram- Plethedon cinereus
Jorge Góis - Tylototriton shanjing (photo 2)
Vide Ohlin - Triturus vittatus
Travis Dimler - Aneides lugubris (photo 1)
Mark Bakkers - Salamandrina terdigitata (photo 3)
Travis Dimler - Plethodon elongatus
Tim Herman - Hemidactylium scutatum
Rodrigo Palacios - Plethodon glutinosus
Dane Zutavern - Ambystoma laterale
Henk Wallays - Hydromantes brunus
Ricardo Perez - Ambystoma mexicanum and A. mavortium mavortium
Tristan Hatton-Ellis - Triturus pygmaeus
Juraj Lezovic- Paramesotriton doloustali
Marie-Eve DeVeau - Juvenile Axolotls, Ambystoma mexicanum
Arnaud Jamin - Plethodon welleri
Audrey Fogle - Pleurodeles waltl
Daniel Weiner - Neurergus kaiseri
Connor Paschke - Pachytriton labiatus(photo 3)
Vide Ohlin - Plethodon cinereus (photo 1)
Tim Herman - Desmognathus quadramaculatus
David Tobler - Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum
Jorge Góis - Tylototriton shanjing (photo 1)
Robin Knox - Lissotriton vulgaris (photo 1)
Robin Knox - Cynops orientalis
Pat Migliozzi - Plethodon glutinosus
Jennifer Chater & Nathan Toohey - Pleurodeles waltl
Petro - Tylototriton shanjing (photo 2)
Sam Henry - Lissitriton vulgaris
Conner Paschke - Pachytriton labiatus (photo 2)
Audrey Fogle - Paramesotriton chinensis
Juraj Lezovic - Salamandra larva
Henk Wallays -Hemidactylium scutatum
Arnaud jamin - Bolitoglossa rufescens
Robin Knox - Lissotriton vulgaris photo 2
Andy Avram - Hemidactylium scutatum
Sam Henry - Lissotriton larvae (photo 1)

[Rodrigo]

I just wanted to say, congratulations!!! I love each and every of the final photos, great elections indeed :)

[sonic]

Congratulations to all.

Fantastic photography all round, i dont envy the judges.

With this high stardard and another year of photography under our belts, next year will be even more awe inspiring.

Well Done



Ben

[tritonfin]

Congratulations, pictures are great!

[Nathan]

Wow, I'm impressed, some of my top picks made it! Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to every single one of the entrants- This was a very competitive calendar and there were literally tons of fantastic photos!

[John Clare]

I'm waiting for one of the winners to send me a corrected version of his photo (he wasn't happy with the correction I made). Until he sends me his photo I can't put the calendar on sale.

[Alex Shepack]

Congratulations to everyone. The photos are fantastic.

[Mike Benard]

Thanks to all the judges - I'm honored and pleased to have my photo selected. I'm glad you liked it.

Congrats to all that entered. There were a lot of fantastic photos!

It is also interesting to see the disproportionate representation of Salamandridae among the contest winners. Perhaps they are the most aesthetically pleasing of all salamanders?

Mike

[dane_zu]

Congratulations everyone, there were some amazing pictures and Im surprised I got in 15th, to bad there aren't 2 more months in a year...

[Otterwoman]

Judging by the quality of so many of this year's entrants, too bad there aren't 30 months in a year!

And think of how young I'd still be!

[John Clare]

Update Sunday October 12th 2008: You can now purchase the calendar here. Please be aware that the profits from the calendar do not give "donor status".

[Andy Avram]

Nice calender competition and some great photos made it in. I am glad to see my picture that made it is displayed in June, the month of my borthday! It is like an extra bonus!

Andy

[John Clare]

Well done Andy and thanks for letting us use your photo. If you think timing is good, look at Kaysie's - it's in December and has a "holiday season" colour scheme.

[Kaysie]

John, I noticed that today at work. Very festive.

[Otterwoman]

Hey, I forgot to hang up my calendar until today. Did anyone else notice their calendar has the holes in the wrong place, to open in up and hang from the top of the monthly picture?

Edit: later: I took a picture

But I fixed it with a hole puncher...