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New Year, New Life

Challenge #27 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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For this New Year, show us photos of new life in the world of very small creatures (arthropods) or plantlife. This might be baby insects or spiders, eggs, or tiny new plants rising from the earth. Photos taken outside in the natural environment, not under studio lights. Macro shots and close-ups only. SIZE: 1,600px MAXIMUM ON LONGER SIDE.

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Announced:

Saturday, 22nd December, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 29th December, 2012 – Friday, 4th January, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 5th January, 2013 – Friday, 11th January, 2013 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.
Digital photos only, with full EXIF data.
Colour only.
No HDR.
Don't remove the background.
TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just an photo number.
NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website references.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No photos from previous DPR challenges can be entered in this challenge.
Encouraging comments about entries are welcome.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! If you enter the challenge, take the time to vote on other entries! This will hopefully counteract the sandbaggers' votes which spoil the genuine results for everyone's entries.
Sandbagging, and vote solicitation will cause DQ'ing of entries, please don't even contemplate it!
Entrants or voters caught cheating will be unwelcome in my future challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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563 votes

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150	How long will it take other manufacturers to follow Olympus?
111	ISO as applied to digital is made-up and meaningless.
80	The last Canon bug-a-boo - dynamic range?
62	RIP Olympus PEN-F. best small M43 camera with articulating LCD
61	Tony & Chelsea - ISO is totally fake.....
61	I'have change my mind after I try the EM1X
48	E-M1x and 150-400 demo
46	Leave Canon for Sony
41	Long Zoom: effective vs. real focal length
39	The first "serious" digital camera was..........
38	Sony A7R3 Low Light Banding - Any Ideas?
37	Any Z users coming from Sony?
32	Disappointed in images from Sony A7
31	Macos failed boot
31	If you bought a new system today
30	Considering Getting Out Of The EOS M's While They Have Value Due To The RP - Thoughts?
27	Is there a camera company that's not a decade behind tech?
27	16 mp vs 24 mp is it really worth it?
27	Experienced too many dog attacks, monopod and fighting stick?
27	Need help deciding to ditch MFT for Z6...


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