Photo Contest: show me your best insect photo and win SBI
Hi there my Steemian friends and followers!
Just a couple of days ago, while on a trip to a beautiful lake hidden in the Yucatan jungle here in Mexico, I took this cool close-up of an amazingly colored tropical grasshopper.
My first thought was to host another "identify this creature" contest for you but then, I got a better idea :) I love taking macro shots of insects but as far as I remember I haven´t hosted a photo contest on this theme yet so there we go - this is my first official insect photo contest! :)
If you want to join this fun, submit your insect photo in the comment section below. You can do so from now until the payout of this post next Thursday. Then, I will pick and announce 5 winners who will receive 1 SBI share each from me.
Rules are simple:
1) Only 1 entry per person.
2) Only your own photos.
3) Add a short description to the photo.
I am looking forward to checking your submissions :) Have a wonderful day and keep on steeming!
Kokorunka! Moja oblubena z Malty..
(nemusis mna vybrat.. ja len tak "na pamatku":)
Beautiful ladybird!!
Pamatuju... krásná :*
I took this photo today, when I was cutting the grass! I don't know what kind of bug this is!
btw..nice grasshopper! :D...and I also resteemd this post as promised!
Nice one! It looks like some kind of the burying beetle.
Nice photo, I have not seen one of those here in South Africa yet!!
Hey, here's the dung beetle I spotted in the Sahara, a little amazing creature,
that unfortunately has to eat shit:
Nice photo, and the saying is also nice!!
Thanks! :) I’m glad you like both!
Now this is cool! :D Thanks for this great entry Donica :)
Most welcome. :) Thank YOU for always hosting contests for the community!
It caught my attention, you do not see many of these here, plus the luck that it was quiet for a while. I did not have to go far to find it, I found it right in the garden of my house.
Awesome macro, thank you! :)
Owlesome macro, thank you! :)
I am a bot. I detect owl related puns.
Great photo!!
It is not easy to find these insects sitting still!!
True! It requires time and super slow movement haha :D
Superb shot! Thanks for joining this contest Chris :)
Thanks for hosting this great contest buddy! :))
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Looks like a mosquito. I don't like them!! (It looks a bit different than the ones we have here in South Africa)
Yes it is mosquito blood shocker.
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Interestingly colored mosquito. Thanks for sharing this shot with us.
This is my entry.
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Interesting insect, what type of insect is this?
Hi @rynow @phortun
This is lice
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Interesting. I also wonder what insect it is...
She has a very tame "fly". I have no idea what the insects were.
Má velice krotká "moucha". Netuším ,o jaký hmyz se jednalo.
Beautiful photo!!
Thank you!
You are welcome.
Tak ta se povedla :) Díky za účast!
Děkuji :)
Greetings, I share the photo of a large butterfly and colorful colors that visited the home garden. It has a yellow "eye" in each tail of the wings.
This surely is a beauty!!
That's right, the butterfly is a beauty!
Beautiful butterfly, thanks for sharing this photo with us :)
Thank you!
I used a yellow apple (which gave a good contrast background), an ordinary fly (any will do, all of them love sweetie stuff); Canon 350d camera + Tamron 60-mm macro lens. No additional lighting, just daylight. And a bit of photoshop. This fly wasnt in a hurry, more than a minute she posed me motionless, I've did a dozen shots, most of them I am quite happy. After it got enough sugar, the fly did cleaning maintenance and disappeared. This, actually, was my 1st experience with taking macro of insects - I obtained a dedicated lens just last september!
ps. your grasshopper is simply amazing find.
Great photo!!
Very impressive for your first insect macro :) I love it.