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Spider Webs

Challenge #229 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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Here is your opportunity to showcase the beauty and intricacy of these remarkable insect-catchers. Your entry might be a complete web, with spider, or just part of one. The spider may be present, but the web MUST be the main subject: more web, less spider. Macro and close-up shots welcome. The photos should be taken outside in their natural environment, (unless you too have spider webs inside your home...) MAXIMUM SIZE 1,600px. on the longer side.

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Announced:

Saturday, 19th November, 2016 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 26th November, 2016 – Friday, 2nd December, 2016 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 3rd December, 2016 – Friday, 9th December, 2016 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1,600 pixels. DPR does NOT resize your photos for you. You need to do this yourself BEFORE you enter a challenge. Entrants with oversize photos will not be invited to re-submit them. Ensure the size is correct the first time!
FULL COLOUR only.
NO glaringly obvious HDR or extreme post-processing.
TITLE: Give your entry a title or name, not just a file number.
NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website reference.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No photos which have won previous DPR challenges, please.
Photos which have been entered in multiple challenges may be disqualified.
Two (2) entries per person allowed, but each entry should be a different subject.
PLEASE vote for entries, in this or other challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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47 entries

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776 votes

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