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The UK Butterflies 2024 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 competition is supported by Greenwings (https://greenwings.co), the UK Butterflies sponsor. The winner will receive a copy of the excellent 'Close-Up - The Complete Guide to Macro Photography' by Matt Doogue (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Close-Up-Compl ... 1781579245).


Good luck!

Cheers,

- Pete

Have attached two photos for competition

3 files for this years photo competition.

1/3: Northern brown argus, Perthshire

One decidedly 'offbeat'.

Jack

Here are my three.

Small Blue butterfly at Glamis on 25th May.

Common blue female butterfly at Fallin 10th June.

Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown on 15th June.

Here are my three.

Small Blue butterfly at Glamis on 25th May.

Common blue female butterfly at Fallin 10th June.

Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown on 15th June.

2/3: Peacock, Perthshire

3/3: Small blue, Angus

Three efforts from me . . . .

My 3 photos

Green Hairstreak. Incombe Hole. 12.05.24

Black Hairstreak. Monks Wood, Cambs, 2nd June

One from me............."It,s behind you ! " Allan.W.

A strange season/year for 2024! Some winners...but mostly losers. Lets hope next year is better all round.
Three pics from me, as usual, single images, basic editing of Jpegs, Handheld. Taken in/around Kent. cheers Paul.

Silver Spotted Skipper nectaring (male). 11/8/24 at 4.40pm. Queendown Warren, Kent.
Panasonic G9, f/9, 1/400sec. ISO 250. Image is not cropped.
Common Blue (female) basking in the late afternoon sunshine. 4/8/24 at 6.00pm. Queendown Warren, Kent.
Panasonic G9, f/9, 1/400sec. ISO 250. Image is cropped some.
Brimstone nectaring (male) Back lit (shooting into the sun/light). 28/7/24 at 5.00pm. Burham Down, Kent.
Panasonic G9, f/9, 1/640sec. ISO 400. Image is not cropped.

Here's three personal favourites from my European travels this year:

Bavius Blue - Northern Greece
Yellow-banded Skipper - Northern Greece
Furry Blue - Provence