Photo Competition - August 2013

[+MikeyG.]

Many thanks to The Blorenges for choosing my photo among the many great photos posted.

 

This month's theme is: Creepy Crawlers, Critters, and things that Flutter. It might just be me but with the amount of good weather, with rain here and there, I've noticed more butterflies, and insects in general, during our walks. We even had to tiptoe around a rather large knot of toads up a bridle path once. Not an easy task with 2 large dogs and kids along for the walk. But I won't limit it to insects and amphibians only. Any critter will do.

 

The rest of the rules are:

1) The photo must be cache related and to do with a specific UK cache (any type including events), caching series or caching trip - please include a link to the cache or the GC.... code so we can see where the picture relates to.

2) Maximum of two photos per caching team or cacher.

3) A new thread is started each month, with the OP stating these rules.

4) The winner each month is decided by the winner from the previous month - the new winner starting the thread for the subsequent month. They may set a theme if they wish.

5) Follow the theme

[I!]

A couple (look closely!) of six-spot Burnet moths near Telepathy (GC21HYR):

 

Edited August 3, 2013 by I!

[+Gackt]

Here's a photo of one critter, but looks like there will soon be many more little critters, taken near Birdlip Walk (GCRCZH) a few weeks ago:

 

 

And here is a photo taken today at Wroughton Alps (GC2YHF1). The cache container had been placed in a bag, and it had gathered some water and a family of earwigs. Felt a bit like a bushtucker trial to retrieve the container from the bag:

 

[+Clue-72]

Spotted this damselfly (or is it a dragonfly?) on the way to a DNF at Chess Cress (GC2W9J7) a few weeks ago.

 

 

And then today I managed to snap this butterfly on the way to a find at Connect 4c (GC2N28Y)

 

 

 

Sorry the photos are so large... not sure how to make them smaller!

[+Original A1]

Game over - stunning pics!

[dodgydaved]

Here's a photo of one critter, but looks like there will soon be many more little critters, taken near Birdlip Walk (GCRCZH) a few weeks ago:

 

 

And here is a photo taken today at Wroughton Alps (GC2YHF1). The cache container had been placed in a bag, and it had gathered some water and a family of earwigs. Felt a bit like a bushtucker trial to retrieve the container from the bag:

 

 

 

What a great advert for cachers NOT to use plaggy bags as cache holders!

[I!]

Game over - stunning pics!

Wait ... going by the EXIF, those were taken with a mobile phone?! Wow.

[+Clue-72]

It's true, the pictures where taken with my Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 using the ProCapture camera app on macro setting. I've been snapping away madly since I got it!

Edited August 8, 2013 by Clue-72

[+Team RoKeT]

Never tried to post a picture before and am not really sure if Im doing it right, but here goes...

 

I met this chap near High Tor GC186G0 on 4/8/13.

Im not sure the quality has reproduced well but if you zoom in you can see the zigzags on the abdomen in the funnel entrance.

 

 

And this beauty was along the Macclesfield canal around about KT Power #52 GC3RH8G

 

[+hobgoblinkiteflier]

Some great pictures so far, but I'll add mine anyway. The first is some rather bigger critters that we saw at the recent Black Isle camping event:

 

 

The closest cache is What's the Point?

 

On a smaller scale, I managed to sneak up on this butterfly near the cache Buena Vista - na Penyal

 

[+CaveBadgerMan]

Took and thought I would try my luck here just started taking photos like this, Hope you like these photos, they were Taken in Holt, Wiltshire While I was looking for GC45BYR & GCQBPB

 

 

 

Hope you all like And there are worthy to enter here

Edited August 18, 2013 by Ian2013

[+ashreigney]

Taken at GC4EYV9Meeth quarry in North Devon Common Darter in a beautiful nature reserve

 

[I!]

Ah ... game over?

[+MikeyG.]

Thanks to everyone for posting your photos. It was a tough choice, so I called on the assistance of my family. We loved all the many close ups and angles taken, particularly those posted by Ian2013 (nicely done). However, it was Clue-72 picture of the damselfly (I'm guessing) with it's bright colours and close up shot that showed it's wing design and the hairs on the body that got the kids favorite vote. Congrats!

 

 

On to you, Clue-72.

[+CaveBadgerMan]

Thank you kind Sir, I do have to agree The winning shot is stunning and the detail is amazing when I sore it I was not going to enter at all but then thought well you got to be in it to win it, All in fun, will try my luck next Month.

 

Congrats to Clue-72.