World Ranking No.20Aquascaper: Robert OeiCountry: SINGAPOREAquascape Title: LostSize: W90 x D45 x H45 (cm)Evaluation:This is a unique composition layout with nicely arranged stones and driftwood. Rock walls like a cut are designed in both sides of the foreground, and a space leads to the left side of the background. These arrangements emphasized the perspective. The expression of trees and rock are also nice, and look natural. But in such a natural look layout, the selection…
World Ranking No.21Aquascaper: Josh SimCountry: MALAYSIAAquascape Title: SeptemberSize: W100 x D45 x H45 (cm)Evaluation:This is a layout with an impression of being inside the dark green forest. Among all the green plants, driftwood and cosmetic sand became a good coloring accent. The position of fish is also nice, and it looks really sharp with the green color of aquatic plants. The composition is well organized, but it could be better if either left or right…
World Ranking No.22Aquascaper: Pasquale BuonpaneCountry: ITALYAquascape Title: The Pillars of the Earth (How to disappear completely)Size: W160 x D52 x H60 (cm)Evaluation:Red and yellow color stemmed plants, Cryptocoryne sp. and rocks are well arranged in this layout. Warm color rocks matches well with the color of stemmed plants and Cryptocoryne sp. Although this is a concave composition, the volume of left and right side is almost same. The layout could be better if there is…
World Ranking No.23Aquascaper: Wei Cheong ChungCountry: MALAYSIAAquascape Title: Frog MountainSize: W90 x D45 x H45 (cm)Evaluation:This layout reminds a terrestrial landscape with oddly-shaped rocks. This style of layout was found in the previous contests, but this layout is unique in the arrangement of mosses. But there was not much variation in arrangement of rocks, and one cannot feel much depth in the layout. The foreground part is flat, and monotonous. It requires a little ingenuity.
World Ranking No.24Aquascaper: Zhang Jian FengCountry: MACAUAquascape Title: Huangshan MountainSize: W90 x D45 x H45 (cm)Evaluation:Many varieties of plants are used in this Iwagumi layout. The main stone is placed on a high position by making a mound, and the layout has a distinctive power. But there are no unity in other stone shapes and arrangement, and the layout gives a disordered impression. Same is true in the selection of aquatic plants and fish, and…