Disqualified in the photo contest

In summary, someone else took the photo you wanted to enter in the You're So Cold contest, you've already submitted one but have others that fit the theme you want to share, or you've previously touched up the photos with some editing software.
  • #211
Here is one that I almost entered in the Animal Instinct contest. It's an assassin bug - capable of killing big beetles, bees, etc. I've seen a bigger one in the garden (slightly different appearance) but didn't have a camera at the time.
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Edit: this guy is about 2 to 2-1/2" long and I've seen these guys lugging off bumblebees, so they have some incredible lift capacity. I don't know much about them, but the little pale "flapper" you see on this side may be a vestigial wing, and the big hump on its back may be the real motor-power required to lug off its prey.
 
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  • #212
I've never seen a dragonfly that upclose before.
 
  • #213
It's not a dragonfly. It's an assassin bug with a (retracted in the image) piercing mouth that can penetrate its victim and suck out the juices. The fact that this rascal can fly out of my garden with a bee in its clutches is pretty good testimony to its stealth and power.
 
  • #214
Oh ya. I guess dragonflies don't usually have a large (to the bugs) spike.

I had to look up some pictures for that one :biggrin:.
 
  • #216


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Missed the halloween contest deadline by about an hour. I didn't have any pumpkins to hand so I improvised.
 
  • #217


matthyaouw said:
Missed the halloween contest deadline by about an hour. I didn't have any pumpkins to hand so I improvised.

What is it? At first I thought you'd carved up an apple, which would be really impressive, but then it looks like there's a thicker stem, so maybe it's some sort of squash? I like that idea of doing jack-o-lanterns out of things other than pumpkins! Maybe too small to light the inside, but could still make a nifty day-time display!
 
  • #218


It is an apple, it's just got a bit of a funny stem. I tried lighting a candle in it, but with the top on there's not enough airflow and it goes out pretty promptly, right after it's done nearly setting fire to the apple.
 
  • #219


matthyaouw said:
It is an apple, it's just got a bit of a funny stem. I tried lighting a candle in it, but with the top on there's not enough airflow and it goes out pretty promptly, right after it's done nearly setting fire to the apple.

:smile: Maybe a little stump of birthday candle would work in it. That's pretty clever to carve it out of an apple. *thinks about the bushels of apples in the fridge and garage*
 
  • #220


You should make one! I supect it won't be long til it will go brown and sag into a mushy heap, but it was fun for a short while.
 
  • #221


These were prepared for the "well beaten path" contest.

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  • #222


I would have loved to have submitted this for the "Autumn/Fall thread, but my friend Twisting_Edge took it. It's the view from his kitchen window.

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/3674/windowjh9.jpg
 
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  • #223


For the threesome thread I totally forgot about this picture made last year:

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  • #224


What sweet faces these birdies have. Nice shot.
 
  • #225


The birdies are adorable Andre.
 
  • #226


Here's a baby phoebe on its very first outing. A short trip from the nest under my deck to the deck itself. Its parents were freaking out, and it moved to a nearby branch to get fed.
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  • #227


Churches and the like:

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  • #228


And here is a view of the north side of the church I entered in the contest, showing the cylindrical annex with its semi-conical roof.

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  • #229


IMHO Moody Chapel looks much more interesting from the other side (no wonder you have used the other picture for the contest). It is just boring here.
 
  • #230


For the farmyard animals:

marcin_fanimals2.jpg


No kids, but cute :wink: But that would be third horse picture, as if the horses were the only animals. What about pigs?

marcin_fanimals1.jpg


And swallows? (no idea if this is european, or african one):

marcin_fanimals4.jpg
 
  • #231


I can't even enter the farmyard animals thread, even though I have plenty of photos...because I can't remember which ones I've already used, and others I've already edited and didn't save originals.
 
  • #232


I wanted to enter this, but haven't a clue if I have done already.

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  • #233


I wasn't sure if geese would count as farm animals:

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Sorry Gus, it looks as if that contact lens of yours is a goner.
 
  • #234


Here is the vase that I entered in the photo contest today. It has wonderful colors, with an acid-etched surface, and an unpolished pontil. It is less than 4" tall, so it's pretty tiny.

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  • #235


Borek said:
And swallows? (no idea if this is european, or african one):

African swallows are non-migratory. :biggrin:
 
  • #236


This is the gadget that I took a smaller part of on the left side for the unusual picture.

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I realize that this Christmas ball sized piece of glass is rather unusual too but I thought it better to use a fragment of it for aesthetical reasons
 
  • #237


Right decision IMHO, I find this fragment more interesting than the whole thing.
 
  • #238


Actually, considering the physical limitations of glass-blowing, it's amazing how to get such an ornament into a glass bulb.

Anyway, these were disqualified for this weeks fog contest, all made on the same location:

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  • #239


Browsing my trees...

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marcin_tree3.jpg


marcin_tree4.jpg


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I like first for its treelikeness, but it has ugly colors. Second one was taken in the same fog that helped me won an earlier fog contest. Third and fourth are much better in color.
 
  • #240


Borek said:
Browsing my trees...
I especially like the one in the fog.
Was the 4th picture taken with a polarizer? It's such a nice shade of blue.
 
  • #241


Redbelly98 said:
Was the 4th picture taken with a polarizer? It's such a nice shade of blue.

Quite possible, but I don't remember.

This is scanned negative, no idea how the color was corrected.
 
  • #242


Yes, absolutely I love the fog tree.
 
  • #243


Borek--your photos reminded me of this Pairpoint (reverse painted) lamp:


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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260545037246&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016
 
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  • #244


GeorginaS said:
Yes, absolutely I love the fog tree.

:redface: I must be extra tired...I scrolled back, looking for the frog...
 
  • #245


Too late for the contest, so I'll put them here - a small sampling from my collection of tree pictures. Besides, I wouldn't have been able to decide which one to use.


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