| Lam's Judging Comments
First of all, please allow me to be the first to apologize for any tension/argument that I may have caused among the KB family. My whole intention for suggesting such an online judging event in the first place is several folds: (1) to give those who are new to the hobby or those who do not have the opportunity to attend live shows a chance to learn about conformation, pattern, depth/thickness pigmentation, and other criteria that judges use; (2) for fellow KBers to showcase their koi and see what fellow KBers have to say about them; (3) to give us something to do during the winter months; (4) to suggest possibly adding another media type to online judging by the use of video clips. While I understand that judging from pictures is nowhere close to live judging, it sure as heck beats not judging at all.
With all this said, I believe that it's not important who the judge is or what the prizes are. I wanted to have this online event be as close to a live show as possible, and in a live show, an entrant does not choose who the judges are. Rather, it's up to the show chairperson (in this case, Jim) and the show committee. Also, similar to a live show, all koi will be judged based on today rather than the potential future development. I just simply wanted all of us to have a chance to comment on each others koi and to see how close we get to the judge's selection and to learn. I do admit that I am verrrrrryyyy weak at judging conformation and good shiroji. Therefore, I was hoping that this event will give me an opportunity to continue to learn and to hear from not just the head judge himself, but also from those such as James Reilly, Larry Gill, Jim North, Dick Benbow, Bob Winkler, Steve Childers, Tonio, and others who frequently post in this forum who I have not had a chance to meet or know. While these individuals do not have the final saying in the placement of the entree, I strongly believe that they can contribute to this event by giving us their input and I strongly encourage them to do so.
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Edited 2/5/08 @ 1630
So far, these are the koi that really stood out:
Steve Height's shiro - post #3
Jim North's tancho kohaku - post #5
Khung's kohaku - post #10
BNKoi kohaku - post #11
Bob Winkler's sandan maruten kohaku - post #18
Minhla's Sanke #19
Jan T's Marudo sandan maruten kohaku - post #20
Mike M's kohaku #22 |