PF PHOTO CONTEST - Creepy-crawlies

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The PF Photo Contest focuses on submissions of digital photos featuring insects, spiders, and other "creepy-crawlies." Contest rules specify that photos must be resized to dimensions of 650 x 490 or 490 x 650 pixels, with minimal editing allowed. Participants can submit only one photo per contest, and all entries must be original works taken by the participant. Voting will occur at the end of the contest period, and photos cannot be reused in future contests.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of digital photo formats and resizing techniques
  • Familiarity with photo hosting services like Imageshack or Photobucket
  • Basic knowledge of photo editing tools for brightness and contrast adjustments
  • Awareness of copyright and originality in photography
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  • Research techniques for resizing images in software like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP
  • Explore best practices for submitting photos to online contests
  • Learn about the ecological roles of insects and spiders in gardens
  • Investigate the impact of GM crops on pollinator populations
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Photographers, nature enthusiasts, and anyone interested in participating in online photo contests or learning about the ecological significance of insects and spiders.

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Insecty, spidery, bug-like things please.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 650 x 490 or 490 x 650 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. These pictures must be something that you took, not something taken off someone else's photo albums or taken by someone else. I have no way of checking if you did this, so we'll go by the honor system.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread.
 
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I hope that I have not previously shown my assassin bug.
 
turbo-1 said:
I hope that I have not previously shown my assassin bug.

I think you posted that a while back. Was it a close up?
 
~christina~ said:
I think you posted that a while back. Was it a close up?
Very!
 
The one on Photobucket was 800 pixels wide, so I think it only found its way onto the wildlife thread, not a contest.

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marzena_creepy.jpg

The European garden spider
 
Marzena said:
The European garden spider
Wow -- he/she's fat compared to the North American ones I knew! (They used to build webs across the trails we made in the blackberry zone of the vacant lot next door to us... and scare us to no end... especially if you picked a blackberry and one was hiding on it!)
 
Not necesarilly - it is a young specimen, they are more rounded. When they get older, they are slightly thinner. See for example

http://www.bpp.com.pl/IMG/krzyzak.jpg

Unles one lives in the place full of fat flies :wink:

I have an embarrass de richesse - not less than 10 pictures to select from. And I can't decide whether to look for creepiness or cuteness.

At least now I know I will not use the picture linked above - one garden spider from our garden is enough :smile:
 
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Does a lizard count as a creepy crawly?
 
  • #11
NeoDevin said:
Does a lizard count as a creepy crawly?

My wife thinks so. :smile:
 
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The body is about an inch long.
 
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That's pretty big for a Black Widow, isn't it? Ought to be a good load of venom in that baby.
 
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Sorry Edward, I wouldn't call a lizard a creepy-crawly. I'm thinking more of insects, spiders, millipedes etc...
 
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ants.jpg

A group effort for a Nacho Cheese chip
 
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hypatia said:
ants.jpg

A group effort for a Nacho Cheese chip


One small chip for man----------------------
 
  • #17
wolram said:
One small chip for man----------------------
:smile:
 
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hypatia said:
ants.jpg

A group effort for a Nacho Cheese chip
"All together! Heave!"
 
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matthyaouw said:
Sorry Edward, I wouldn't call a lizard a creepy-crawly. I'm thinking more of insects, spiders, millipedes etc...

If you would have ever had one crawl up the inside of your pants leg you might get the picture.

BTW

The word reptile comes from the Latin reptare: to creep and repere: to crawl, so really they are creepy crawlies!
 
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edward said:
If you would have ever had one crawl up the inside of your pants leg you might get the picture.

Do you mean this is inside of your pants?
 
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Borek said:
Do you mean this is inside of your pants?

Yes and it is a very unpleasnt sensation for people not familiar with it. They go for the first opening or dark place they see to seek a hiding place.

The horned liazard just freezes in place. If it feels threatened it sprays out a fluid from glands behide it's eyes. The thin fluid is colored red with red blood cells. It really messes up a clean shirt.:eek:
 
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hypatia said:
ants.jpg

That is excellent.
 
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A happy creepy crawling hunny bee

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She's not creepy, Andre. She's a sight for sore eyes. I would love to have thousands of them in my garden next summer, but they seem to have died off and left the job to tiny bees and bumble-bees.
 
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Whubbout a snake? Please please please?
 
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Sorry, I've only ever heard creepy-crawly used to describe insects, spiders, millipedes etc.
 
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A big ole moth.
 
  • #28
OK, let's try (creepy) cuteness :smile:

marcin_creepy.jpg


That was several years ago when I was breeding mantids. This is my hand and very young Sphodromantis gastrica.
 
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That is the very tiniest mantis that I have ever seen. Cute!
 
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This is already after one or two moults, so it is not the tiniest possible. Besides, Sphodromantis gastrica is rather huge specie (adults grow up to over 4 inches). Some species (before they get mature) are smaller than fruit flies.
 

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