by Yvette Depaepe
Published the 25th of October 2023

Close-up photography is a must to capture insects like, 'ladybugs, butterflies, dragonflies and more ...'. Never harm the insect you are photographing – always choose patience-based techniques, You will be rewarded for your patience by their beauty. And that is what we can see in the many submissions to this contest.

The winners with the most votes are: 
1st place :  Fernando Alves  
2nd place : Atul Saluja  
3rd place :  Ivan Lazarev  

Congratulations to the winners and honourable mentions and thanks to all the participants in the contest 'Ladybugs, butterflies, dragonflies...'

The currently running theme is 'On the road'.
Nothing captures the magic of open roads better than ... well, open roads! In the forest, city, mountains, deserts or at night, you can find everywhere interesting sinuous shapes of roads. As for the composition, sometimes it is a good idea to start the road from a corner up to the middle or the other corner. It will appear larger in the starting corner and thinner at the end. Submit your very best road shots !!!

This contest will end on Sunday the 5th of November at midnight.
The sooner you upload your submission the more chance you have to gather the most votes.
If you haven't uploaded your photo yet, click here. 

Good luck to all the participants.

AI. GENERATED IMAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED.

1st place - by Fernando Alves

2nd place - by Atul Saluja

 

 

 

3rd place - by Ivan Lazarev

 

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

by Stefan Zuser

by Alessandro Traverso

 

 

 

by DDiArte

 

 

 

by Kutub Uddin

 

 

 

by Derya Doni

 

 

 

by MJoão Ferreira

 

 

You can see the names of the TOP 50 here.  

 

The contests are open to everybody except to crew members.
Submitting images already published / awarded on 1x is allowed.
AI. GENERATED IMAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED.