DC Photography Contest #151

[Lovecats]

Welcome to the Photography Contest!

Here you submit photos you've taken and users vote on which photo they like the best!

 

Submission deadline: 10th Sept

This time, the theme is: Insects!

 

Got an interesting photo of a butterfly or perhaps a local hornets nest? Now's your chance to share them - this contest is all about bugs!

 

Submissions:

Lagie's Spider with dinner

jostensminyard's Bumblebee

Ghostmouse's Black Swallowtail w/ Bee

sh20000sh's Dragonflies

Alectrona's Caterpillars

 

Rules

- One entry per person.

- Picture has to be made by yourself and can't be just a reproduction of someone's work. If someone else's work is in the picture, there needs to be something extra.

- No manipulation besides basic photo adjustments (contrast, exposure, cropping, color balance, lighting, etc.).

- No text or framing in the photo. A signature/watermark is just fine, but it's preferable if you don't have "O Hai Eye Hav3 T3XT" (or something similar) present in the photo.

- When voting, please don't select your own image. This will ensure fairness.

- You are free to submit an old photo; you don't need to take a new one just for this competition.

- Winner hosts the next contest.

 

Previous themes:

1: Beginning anew / 2: Simplicity / 3: Summer / 4: Wildlife / 5: Black & White / 6: Food / 7: Macro / 8: Farewell / 9: Light and Shadow / 10: Urban

11: In the home / 12: Travel Photography / 13: Pets / 14: Red / 15: Coupled Animals / 16: Clouds / 17: Green / 18: Water / 19: Scenic views / 20: Invertebrates

21: Sunrise/Sunset / 22: Purple / 23: Out of Context / 24: Snow / 25: Flowers / 26: Mountains / 27: Old / 28: Birds / 29: Inanimate Objects / 30: New Life

31: Play / 32: Road / 33: Leaves / 34: People / 35. Books / 36. Statues / 37. Nighttime / 38. Candy / 39: Fruits / 40: Reflection

41: Transportation / 42: Trees / 43: Happiness / 44: Communication / 45: Youth / 46: Colors / 47: New Year / 48: Music / 49: Contrast / 50: Pink

51: Spring / 52: The first letter of your username / 53: Party! / 54. White / 55. Weather / 56: Buildings / 57: Union / 58: Doors, gates and windows / 59: Texture / 60: Pairs

61: Your Favorite / 62: Mushrooms / 63: Happy holidays / 64: Treasure / 65: Bells / 66: Warmth / 67: Blue / 68: Center / 69: Zoo / 70: Memories

71: Chitin / 72: Garden / 73: Silhouette / 74: Darkness / 75: W / 76: Small / 77: Silly / 78: Toys / 79: Three / 80: Autumn

81: Yellow / 82: Macro / 83. Horizon / 84. Winter/Christmas / 85: Skies / 86: Baked Goods / 87: Your Home town / 88: Abandoned places / 89: F / 90: Fears

 91: Adventure / 92: Detail / 93: Illumination / 94: Color Orange / 95: Black and white / 96: Abstract / 97: Unnoticed / 98: Fire / 99: History / 100: Bridges

101: Wild animal close ups / 102: Street Lights / 103: Hobby / 104: Three / 105: Eyes / 106: Unappreciated / 107: Desk / 108: Opposites / 109: Mechanical Parts / 110: Monuments

 111: The bond / 112: Action / 113: Up / 114: Spooky / 115: Self / 116: Extreme Weather / 117: Patterns / 118: Down / 119: Ground / 120: Brown

121: Softness / 122: C / 123: Summer / 124: Flowers / 125: Gathering / 126. Living Room / 127. v1 Crystal/Gemstone / 127. v2 Nostalgia / 128: Mammals / 129: Sea and Lake / 130: Birthday Cake

 131: Aquatic Creatures / 132: Sunshine and Summertime / 133: Close-up Photography / 134: Rainbows / 135: Circles / 136: Coffee / 137: Storm / 138: Halloween / 139: Something You See in Everyday Things / 140: Celebrate!
141: Signs of Affection / 142: Most recent photo / 143: Easter / 144: Pastels / 145: Wings / 146: Hope / 147: Text / 148: Home / 149: Winter / 150: Vacation

Edited September 10, 2018 by lovecats99

[Lagie]

Spoiler

Arachnid with its insect dinner!

[jostensminyard]

[GhostMouse]

Two for the price of one!
Female Black Swallowtail on Purple Coneflower with bee in flight.

 

Spoiler

 

[purplehaze]

Darn! The last thing I thought of when I found a huge cicada in my kitchen tonight was taking a picture of it! I just wanted it gone!  

[sh20000sh]

Dragonflies

Spoiler

 

[Alectrona]

Some processionary caterpillars (and a van)

Spoiler

 

[Lovecats]

Thanks for submitting, the poll is open!

[StormBirdRising]

Excellent pictures . They were all fabulous.

[Ruby Eyes]

Tough choice. This is one of those polls where I wish multiple choice was possible!

[Lagie]

Voted!

[GhostMouse]

Voted! I love the variety of subjects everyone submitted.

[sh20000sh]

Voted!

[Natayah]

All these pics are pretty awesome and would be great to add a caption to and send to someone as an e-card. I can see funny and meaningful themes in the real world with all of them, great collection, will make sure we get some peeps over to vote represent you all right!

[Lovecats]

Congrats, @GhostMouse, you are the winner!

[Lagie]

Congrats!

[GhostMouse]

Thank you! I'll have a new thread up soon!

[sh20000sh]

Congrats! It was quite obvious, actually

Edited September 17, 2018 by sh20000sh
I mean, all pic were good, but GhostMouse's one was outstanding

[GhostMouse]

New thread is up!

And thank you, @sh20000sh!