Insects, in Their Natural Environment. Challenge #1 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC. Challenge has finished Insects only; one or more. (They should have 6 legs; 8 legs are 2 too many). NO spiders, frogs, snails, cats etc. The insect must be shown to be in its natural world, not under studio lights. If you have interesting information about your entry please include it. Show full rules Announced: Saturday, 23rd June, 2012 (GMT) Submissions: Saturday, 30th June, 2012 – Friday, 6th July, 2012 (GMT) Voting: Saturday, 7th July, 2012 – Friday, 13th July, 2012 (GMT) Processing rules: Digital photos only, with full EXIF data. Longest side of entry, Max. 1600px. Colour only. No HDR; no focus stacking. Don't remove the background. Give your entry a title, not just an IMG number. Capture date rules: No restrictions. Additional rules: Encouraging comments about entries are welcome. Photos entered in previous dpreview.com challenges are not eligible to enter this challenge. Sandbagging, and vote solicitation will cause DQ'ing of entries, so don't even contemplate it! Entrants or voters caught cheating will be unwelcome in my future challenges. Maximum number of entries per user: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 100

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