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Interesting Insects

Challenge #85 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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This challenge gives you the opportunity to showcase some interesting insects, or arthropods which you've captured on your camera. Let's think beyond honey bees, bumblebees, butterflies etc to some of the more unusual creatures you've found. If you don't know what they are, then another member might know. The insects should be outside in the natural world if possible, doing their natural thing. Macro and close-up photos welcome. Size of entry:1,600px MAXIMUM.

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Announced:

Saturday, 1st February, 2014 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 8th February, 2014 – Friday, 14th February, 2014 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 15th February, 2014 – Friday, 21st February, 2014 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.
Full colour only.
No glaringly obvious HDR or post-processing. If it hurts my eyes, it's out!
Don't remove the background.
TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just a photo number.
NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website reference

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

YES, Photos from previous DPR challenges can be entered in this challenge, but no photos which have won previous DPR challenges, please. If your entry has been in more than three challenges, I may request that you submit something else.
Two (2) entries per person allowed, but each entry should be of a different subject.
PLEASE vote on other entries, to counteract the sandbaggers.
ENTRANTS WHO HAVE ENTERED MANY CHALLENGES, AND HAVE NEVER VOTED, OR HAVE A VERY LOW VOTING SCORE RELATIVE TO THEIR ENTRIES MAY BE DQ'D.
Entrants who cheat by sandbagging, vote manipulation, or with multiple DPR accounts will be DQ'd from my challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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