Annual 2020 Competition

This is a forum for, primarily, monthly (or so!) photographic competitions that complement the annual competition.
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Pete Eeles
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Annual 2020 Competition

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The UK Butterflies 2020 Annual Photography Competition is now open for entries! In keeping with the online nature of the UK Butterflies website, the competition itself will be conducted entirely over the web. The competition closes on November 30th and the winning photos will be announced in early December.

Entering Your Photos

You must be a member of the UK Butterflies forums to submit your photos. To register, access the forums (index.php), click on the Register button in the top right of the menu bar, and then fill in your details. Your membership will be activated once it has been checked by an administrator, after which you can login.

Once you have logged in, you may contribute up to 3 photos in total, each of which should be placed in THIS THREAD (just 'Post Reply' and add your photos using the ''Add Files' button in the 'Attachments' tab below the text field). All photos must have been taken in the wild (and may have been taken outside of the UK, despite the name of this website!).

Judging

Judging will be conducted by an independent panel, and their decision is final. Please refrain from commenting on images that are posted until after the competition has closed.

Prize

The winner will receive a copy of the new edition of 'Britain's Butterflies' (https://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=167).

Good luck!

Cheers,

- Pete
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Bryan Haylett
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Nigel Kiteley
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Large Blues photographed at Daneway Banks.
Large Blues photographed at Daneway Banks.
Grizzled Skipper photographed at Fenny Compton Tunnels in Warwickshire.
Grizzled Skipper photographed at Fenny Compton Tunnels in Warwickshire.
Small Blues photographed at Bishop's Hill in Warwickshire.
Small Blues photographed at Bishop's Hill in Warwickshire.
Burnetmothgeek
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A couple of my favourite photos I took earlier this year. The chalk hill blue was seen Wiltshire. The white admiral was seen at Webb's wood Wiltshire
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Nedgarz
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Swallowtail. Photo taken at Hickling Broads in May.
Marbled White. Photo taken in my garden in July.
Skipper. Photo taken in my garden in July.
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Marbled White.
Marbled White.
Swallowtail.
Swallowtail.
Willowlass
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Post by Willowlass »

Dear UK butterflies

Here’s my two entries for 2020 competition.

Regards
jackie clark
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Common Blue, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Common Blue, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Chequered skipper, Glasdrum, Scotland
Chequered skipper, Glasdrum, Scotland
steveseal
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Wood White Monkwood Worcestershire
Wood White Monkwood Worcestershire
Green Hairstreak photographed on North Staffordshire Moors.
Green Hairstreak photographed on North Staffordshire Moors.
Dark Green Fritillary Staffordshire
Dark Green Fritillary Staffordshire
Alexc
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For the 2020 comp, my efforts.
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The Essex stare
The Essex stare
Duke on the lookout
Duke on the lookout
Purple hairstreak courtship
Purple hairstreak courtship
martindove
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Purple Hairstreak ab flavimaculatus 3.JPG
Purple Hairstreak ab.flavimaculatus. Lincolnshire Limewoods. 6th July 2020.
Green-veined White 2.JPG
Green-veined White. Lincolnshire Limewoods. 26th August 2020.
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Plain Tiger. Pelopponese. 16th September 2020.
MayaZg
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Photos taken by myself (Maja Ilic) in September in Belfast, Botanic Gardens
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Green-vained White (Pieris napi), Belfast, 26.09.2020
Green-vained White (Pieris napi), Belfast, 26.09.2020
Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Belfast, 19.09.2020
Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Belfast, 19.09.2020
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), Belfast, 19.09.2020
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), Belfast, 19.09.2020
Jenny Cross
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Jenny Cross pics
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Black Hairstreak 11/06/20 Ditchling Common Sussex
Black Hairstreak 11/06/20 Ditchling Common Sussex
Brown Hairstreak 23/7/20 Ditchling Common Sussex
Brown Hairstreak 23/7/20 Ditchling Common Sussex
Small Tortoiseshell 3/6/20 Batchelors Farm Sussex
Small Tortoiseshell 3/6/20 Batchelors Farm Sussex
Ben Freeman
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I have only just joined the forum, I honestly never knew it existed. Hope to learn loads from everyone. Here's some offerings for the comp meantime.



Ben
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Small Blue female roosting on a Northern Marsh Orchid - Glamis near Dundee
Small Blue female roosting on a Northern Marsh Orchid - Glamis near Dundee
Northern Brown Argus from St Cyrus NNR, NE Scotland
Northern Brown Argus from St Cyrus NNR, NE Scotland
Orange-tip male and female holding hands near Montrose, NE Scotland
Orange-tip male and female holding hands near Montrose, NE Scotland
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Azure Sapphire (Heliophorus moorei -no relation... Bhutan.
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Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia. Northern Greece.
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Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae. Tobago.
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae).jpg
Tony Moore.
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Orange Tip taken during Lockdown...in a local lane ..
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Orange Tip during lockdown...
Orange Tip during lockdown...
Testudo Man
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Just an observation...but wow! :shock: ............11 of the entries so far, have just joined recently, with a single post :roll:
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Green Veined White on Stitchwort
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Testudo Man wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:57 am Just an observation...but wow! :shock: ............11 of the entries so far, have just joined recently, with a single post :roll:
I only just discovered the forum, I've been enjoying exploring it, and look forward to participating, sorry if posting here caused offence, I will delete my entry.
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Ben Freeman wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:35 pm
Testudo Man wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:57 am Just an observation...but wow! :shock: ............11 of the entries so far, have just joined recently, with a single post :roll:
I only just discovered the forum, I've been enjoying exploring it, and look forward to participating, sorry if posting here caused offence, I will delete my entry.
Hi Ben, at the start of my post that you quoted, i wrote - "just an observation".
Im certainly not offended in the slightest, an you really shouldnt take it that way.

"The more the merrier" i say...this forum can only thrive/grow with more new UK Butterflies members.
If you were to delete your entry, because of my post(which was just an observation, an nothing more) then by deleting your entry...well...that could offend not only me, but probably others too.

Enjoy what UK butterflies has to offer, stick around, this forum is a great place for "one an all" :wink:
Cheers Paul.
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