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Dragonflies! neither dragons nor flies!

Challenge #29 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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This challenge is just for DRAGONFLIES, (Order Odonata, Suborder Anistera) possibly the fastest fliers in the insect kingdom. The dragonflies must be outside, on flowers, leaves, flying around, or just doing what dragonflies do; NOT under studio lights. Macro shots welcome. NO photos of Damselflies (Order Odonata, Suborder Zygoptera) please. They are usually smaller than dragonflies and will be DQ'd. They will have their own challenge later. http://bugguide.net/node/view/191/bgpage will provide more information about dragonflies. SIZE: 1,600px MAXIMUM ON LONGER SIDE.

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Announced:

Saturday, 5th January, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 12th January, 2013 – Friday, 18th January, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 19th January, 2013 – Friday, 25th 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 a 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.
Comments of encouragement 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, so please don't contemplate it!
Entrants or voters caught cheating will be unwelcome in my future challenges.

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Just restin'

by Leszek Kujawski

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Taken almst by accident with borrowed macro lens.

Camera:	Canon EOS 50D
Lens:	Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Submitted:	Sunday, 13th January, 2013 13:41 (GMT)
Taken:	Thursday, 22nd January, 2009
Focal length:	100 mm
Shutter speed:	1/200 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	100
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Galleries:	View this photo in Leszek Kujawski's gallery

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