Tozé Nunes

Rank 5 It has a lot of strengh to the eye, 3D impresion is perfect, foregorund presentation is ok, rocks work well with the wood , but elements are to forced in to the tank, there is very few space for a good planting , almost nothing at the back.- Bernardo Salas Perez

Rank 4 , it may seem to simple, but foreground presentation of the scap is very clean, elements are well balance in size , visual strengh, and harmony to the tank, very easy for a great planting. - Bernardo Salas Perez

Rank 3. Strong composition , elements have a good balance in bettwen them , it makes the rocks and wood come together naturally, the foreground presentation is very well made and the proportion of the elements to the size of the tank is just in point. I could not give it a higher rank to do the rack of definition of the main shape wich in this case it pointed to a triangle form that drops from left to right. The triangle invisible line at the end gets cut off and breaks the harmony patern. Once again as all top 7 of my choice space for aquatic flora to be added has been taken in consideration. - Bernardo Salas Perez

Good but complec rock and wood hardscape. I can see it planted with lots of ferns anubias and buce, - Jurijs

Slightly wild rock work, the branches seem to be all the way in the back, leaving no space for background planting - Jurijs Rank 2 is a bit more complex, at first it seems like all elements are pushed in to one visual plane at the back, but when you see it closely one can see how the background has been work to a height that gains a good depht of field effect, the elevation of susbtrate from the foregroud to background has been worked very well , and elements are also in a good proportion of the tank size, the space left for steam plants at the back is very little but still it can be arranged. What I liked the most is how the aquascper tried to send the interest of the eye to a focal point of the left, breaking and avoiding monotonus lines. - Bernardo Salas Perez

Rank 7 , Brilliant under water cayon , 3D effect is perfect, the placement of the elements work very well to achieve the intetion of the scaper, one can also see the slight place left at the back for plants to be added, wich is great,. A near to perfection work , size of the elements are very subtle to the size of the tank, love it. In my opinion easy to fight for Top 3 rankings, The issue with it is that the scaper limited all the foregorund , there is no presentation to the layout, again in my opinion if we are to make an scenery of nature in any form of art, it be painting, photography, sculpture or in this case aquascape, the presentation used with the foreground is always very important, yes there has been works that rank very high with this kind of foreground use in Big international contest, but in my experince it just takes out a good feeling of entering the "world" of the scaper. its like a limitation, like a half open door, to the great master piece. - Bernardo Salas Perez

Great composition made out of rocks and wood. Both are aranged in good flow and balance- Jurijs Ranking 1 is a basic composition, but the elements are well placed to give a 3D impression, the space left at the back of the hardscape will give a good area for plantig this will improve even more the 3D impression, elements have a good ratio size in relation to the tank. the presentation of the layout by the foreground is very clean.The balance of size in both sides have a slight diference , making it natural. - Bernardo Salas Perez

Very interesting ohko stone diorama landscape with 3 hills. Good use of rock shape and structure- Jurijs Perfect is the word, peace full and clean arrangedment, the use of invisible triangle lines has been work very well, the feeling of an underwater cayon is easy to see, foreground presentation is very clean, could give it a higher ranking many may think,. The issue I see is the continuous parallel lines from vertical to horizontal , they are to straight with each other, at the end on a concentration observation it makes it to monotonus, the 3D efect one can see the intetion but if the aquascaper had seen the way to make atleast one side stronger , this had been ranking one, I know that working with this kind of stone is difficut, the cuts the scaper did are great, but if the scaper truly wants to master the mountain scape or iwagumi he must learn to fine tune hes eye to the detail of strengh variation from the main element , to the second , to the third ...etc - Bernardo Salas Perez