Themed Photo Challenge #10 - Close Up

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Originally Posted by Camellia

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1089/...4b788cd0_z.jpg

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Beautifull!!!

Voting Ref: V35

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...chei/45bee.jpg

Voting Ref: V36

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...achmentid=7702

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Originally Posted by Rosebud

Beautifull!!!

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Thank you Anne and welcome!

Voting Ref: V37

Leave

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...achmentid=7703

Voting Ref: V38

Photo taken with a Tamron 70mm - 300mm lens on Macro setting at a distance of approx. 1.5m. I was busy photographing the dam wall of Loskopdam, Mpumalanga, South Africa when my I caught the bee entering the flower.

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...p;d=1289208016

Voting Ref: V39

Photo taken with a Canon 60mm Macro lens of a Bottle Brush Flower.

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...p;d=1289208016

Voting Ref: V40

http://i53.tinypic.com/28jc5t.jpg

Voting Ref: V41

http://dt13.nl/wordpress/wp-content/...11/koekie3.jpg

Voting Ref: V42

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...3d0b39ec-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by Dave Humphries

Less than 48 hours folks, get your pictures in please

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Stop encouraging people Dave the competition is too hard as it is. ;)

Voting Ref: V43

....just acting on Dave's encouragement :)
BC is home on holidays at the moment, so finally got them both where I wanted them at the same time..

http://i54.tinypic.com/i1kxow.jpg

Voting Ref: V44

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/...7c84610a_b.jpg



BTW Kay - you have a very co-operative family. How did you train them?

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Originally Posted by Camellia

BTW Kay - you have a very co-operative family. How did you train them?

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...these 2 were a lot less compliant than the one with the XX chromosomes!....suffice to say it was a very long evening! and the training process is in it's infancy :)

Voting Ref: V45

During a brief sunny spell this afternoon I saw this late Red Admiral feeding on an over ripe grape in my garden.

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...achmentid=7970

Voting Ref: V46

http://www.pbase.com/dhumphries/imag...9/original.jpg
Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s, f/11, iso400 (31084)

Voting Ref: V47

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1110/...d12741d4_o.jpg

Voting Ref: V48

http://backup.cambridgeincolour.com/...a5fe1680_o.jpg

VOTING now OPEN - until Friday evening UK time

Voting is open to any member.

Just send me (Dave Humphries) a Private Message (PM);
State your favourite three photographs in '1st, 2nd, 3rd' order by "V number" reference.

All entrants are encouraged to vote (but not for themselves ;) )

Last month 35, this month 47 :) all the more to choose from ....

Thanks to everyone that entered and good luck from me,

Well the votes have been counted and I hereby announce that the winners are:

in first place with 22 points Jens with Opalescent Nudibranchs (V26)
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...achmentid=7555

in second place with 18 points is Kori with Getting a little messy (V35)
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...chei/45bee.jpg

and in third place with 13 points was Tony with Lily (V29)
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...p;d=1288904258

Followed by 4 people tied fourth place on 10 points.

This was clearly a popular subject, for which I thank BigPix (for choosing). My thanks also to all that entered and/or voted and congratulations to new member Jens, Kori and (another new member) Tony,