July 2008 Competition Entries

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July 2008 Competition Entries

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This is the July 2008 competition. Please read the competition introduction at:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=991

To enter the competition, please post a single reply to this message (1 post per member). You'll be able to edit your entry until 5th August.

Please refrain from making comments about the entries until the competition has been voted on. Comments and constructive critique are very welcome thereafter.

Look forward to seeing the entries roll in , good luck !

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I know some people don't like the depth of field obtainable with compacts, but this picture shows why some think of it as an advantage.

The flowers of this Hebe are a great attractant, perhaps even superior to buddleia.

Canon A650IS in macro, 22 mm (true) focal length, F/8. No supplementary lens.

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Green Veined White Taken on 19th: Female feeding on thistle

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My entry is "Willo the Wisp" on the end of this fern leaf. The Comma is incidental :)

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Scottish Small Skip...4th July... Canon450d Sigma 105mm.
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Can this facility be changed so that it will accept bigger photographic files? I have been unable to post any photos due to mine all having a file size of more than 250 wotsits.

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Then resize them first :)

I suggest 800 x 800 pixels max otherwise they won't fit on most screens without scrollbars being shown which, believe me, won't get them any votes. There are a couple in the June comp. that I predict will get zero votes because they're just too darn large :lol:

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Can this facility be changed so that it will accept bigger photographic files? I have been unable to post any photos due to mine all having a file size of more than 250 wotsits.
Software such as Paint Shop Pro PhotoShop enable compression to acceptable sizes. It is very simple and a normal requirement for most websites to keep file sizes to reasonable limits. I am sure other (free) programs enable suitable compression (reduction of size) but the ones I mentioned suit me and many others just fine.

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It had to change!... lots of choice now, but this one was, I think, my most photogenic find...

Purple Shot Copper

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Thank you to everyone for file size advice; I'm very much a computer novice and have trouble with this stuff. Hope this photo makes it.

Iris spazzed out on canine doo-doo.

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ImageI'll try again!

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Brimstone.

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Nilsia - Finland, 26th_July_2008
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Small Copper taken with a Kodak Easy share P712
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Dark Green (I assume) Fritillary taken at Arnside Knott

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One from Friday evening on my way home from work.

Marbled White and Essex Skipper settle down together for the night on the same grass head. Aww how sweet :)

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