Mini Challenge #51 - Butterflies, Birds and Beasts

Jeanne Lee · November 09, 2010, 05:14:42 PM

WE'RE VOTING

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Here's our
51st Challenge for you all.

"Butterflies, Birds & Beasts"

Details:

This topic was chosen by bhall07, who won our last Challenge.

What a wonderful variety of subjects this offers! Thank you Bob (bhall07) for suggesting this new topic!

Let's encourage folks by letting them know we're enjoying their entries.

Use the attachment feature to show your photos (see directions above in the link to "How to Use This Board") in your post or link to them from your gallery or an offsite location that allows linking using the image codes. If you have trouble, please contact a moderator (name in blue) or an administrator (name in red) and we'll help you post your photo. If you have your photo in your gallery, please don't use the attachment feature as that puts the photo on our server twice but rather link to it. It's best if your photos are at least 500 to 600 pixels wide so that they are easily seen. Please keep your photos under 175 KB in size.

Please upload up to 4 entries per member for this challenge.

The challenge is open now and will be closed to uploads on November 24, 2010 and then we'll vote on them.

Please tell us the camera you used to take your photo and when you took it. Please only enter photos taken by you.

Please put a short title above your photo. We need the title for the poll listing. If you want to tell us a bit about your photos, please put it below your picture.

Please post only one entry per post/message.

Of course, we're going to see who is posting the photos so this is not an anonymous challenge. So start posting. Click on the "Reply" button below and start this challenge!

Let's ALSO NOT put any photos in this challenge labelled "NOT AN ENTRY" or anything that is not to be voted on.

Remember, this is a fun project!

jdfonline · November 10, 2010, 12:59:44 AM

These were taken in June on a trip to the Dominican Republic. I used a Sony A550 with a Sony 70-300mm lens.

mossphoto · November 10, 2010, 03:39:18 PM

Breckenridge Fox

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This gal came and watch us for about 15 minutes while we were on a shoot a couple of weeks ago.

gjtoth · November 10, 2010, 07:35:21 PM

Hovering Hummer

gjtoth · November 10, 2010, 07:37:20 PM

Fall Finch

gjtoth · November 10, 2010, 07:43:50 PM

Catbird

gjtoth · November 10, 2010, 07:45:51 PM

Red-winged Blackbird

Fotobirder · November 11, 2010, 01:49:24 PM

Too Close For Comfort

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Nikon 6006

Fotobirder · November 11, 2010, 07:15:21 PM

Gallium Sphinx Moth

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I THINK THIS IS MORE BUTTERFLY THAN HUMMINGBIRD
Nikon D80

bhall07 · November 12, 2010, 09:57:24 AM

Mocker On An Orchid

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This Mocker Swallowtail Butterfly was shot at the Butterfly Palace in Branson, MO.
Nikon 300, Nikon 16-85mm lens

bhall07 · November 12, 2010, 10:02:35 AM

2 For Lunch

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Hummingbirds at a feeder at a rest stop in Cloudcroft, NM
Nikon D200 Tamron 28-300mm lens

bhall07 · November 12, 2010, 10:06:52 AM

Bear Lick

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Grizzly Bear cleaning his paw in the zoo in San Antonio, TX
Nikon D300 Tamron 28-300mm lens.

bhall07 · November 12, 2010, 10:09:59 AM

Balancing Act

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Hummingbird at a park in my home town Texas city, TX
Nikon D200 Tamron 28-300mm lens

LaughingPeppers · November 12, 2010, 11:10:05 PM

Killer Instinct

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An urban cat in Jerusalem.

LaughingPeppers · November 12, 2010, 11:27:53 PM

Gentle Beast

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This beast would rather hunt for a tennis ball than kill a prey.

LaughingPeppers · November 12, 2010, 11:52:50 PM

Bad Feather Day

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A seagull grooming at the beach of Lake Ontario.

LaughingPeppers · November 13, 2010, 12:07:05 AM

Flying Reflection

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Fotobirder · November 13, 2010, 01:25:06 PM

Please Mommy

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Nikon D80

jimiam · November 14, 2010, 08:37:57 AM

Affection

Fotobirder · November 14, 2010, 02:07:49 PM

Ouch

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Nikon 6006

jimiam · November 15, 2010, 08:57:12 AM

Spider !!!!!!!

Not sure if this qualifies or not.

deadeyedoc · November 15, 2010, 09:17:30 PM

Wood Duck on Norris Lake

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SmokeytheDog · November 16, 2010, 03:43:44 AM

Our Beast "Bear"

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The closest thing to a beast I'm likely to be able to photograph is out dog BEAR

InspiredGal · November 16, 2010, 04:28:12 AM

Galah

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InspiredGal · November 16, 2010, 04:34:32 AM

Brown Ducks

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InspiredGal · November 16, 2010, 04:35:52 AM

Kookaburra

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jimiam · November 16, 2010, 12:13:28 PM

Nobility

InspiredGal · November 16, 2010, 02:49:02 PM

Playful Bears

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Mark · November 16, 2010, 04:45:43 PM

Evil Looking Cat

Mark · November 16, 2010, 04:48:33 PM

In The Morning Mist

You can see the Canadian Geese just taking off. Ducks in the water swimming past.

Mark · November 16, 2010, 04:49:59 PM

Pensive White Lion

Mark · November 16, 2010, 04:53:24 PM

Snow Leopard

JimT*1954 · November 17, 2010, 11:30:10 PM

Tiger Cub

I took this at the Omaha Zoo last Friday while visiting my grand kids.

JimT*1954 · November 17, 2010, 11:38:38 PM

Intensity

Again at the Omaha Zoo. This regal guy was watching a mountain lion in a cage behind me.

JimT*1954 · November 19, 2010, 08:40:53 PM

Dall Ram

I took this photo of this Dall Ram this morning on Turnagain Arm. The light was pretty low so it may appear grainy as the ISO was set at 3200. All 3 photos submitted were taken with a Canon 5D mkII.

JimT*1954 · November 20, 2010, 05:30:35 PM

Watching Over His Harem

Had a better look at the Dall Sheep on the Arm again today. I was able to get closer while this guy was busy chasing after his ewes.

crpoppy7 · November 21, 2010, 08:10:41 PM

Muscovy Duck

crpoppy7 · November 21, 2010, 08:12:58 PM

Waiting

crpoppy7 · November 21, 2010, 08:14:13 PM

Working Together

crpoppy7 · November 21, 2010, 08:15:12 PM

Florida Butterfly

Barbarian · November 23, 2010, 10:35:52 PM

White and Black

Barbarian · November 23, 2010, 10:40:47 PM

Willard

Barbarian · November 23, 2010, 10:42:52 PM

Harpy Eagle

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Barbarian · November 24, 2010, 10:45:44 AM

PELICAN

Jeanne Lee · November 24, 2010, 06:50:55 PM

WE'RE VOTING!

OK, no more entries, folks. It's time to vote.

Choose your TEN favorite photos and then be sure to click on "Submit Vote" to make sure your votes count.

Fotobirder · December 07, 2010, 07:01:46 PM

Did I miss the announcement of the winners. My email is messed up and is throwing a lot of messages into the Spam Box.

Steve

Jeanne Lee · December 07, 2010, 09:16:12 PM

Steve, I'm sorry. I had the winners ready and thought I had posted them. My bad!

Jeanne Lee · December 07, 2010, 09:20:48 PM

HELP US CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS
OF
Christian Photographer's
Mini Challenge #51
~Butterflies, Birds and Beasts~

Thank you to everyone who entered the
50th Christian Photographers Mini Challenge
and thank you to everyone who voted.

Here are the results of our photo challenge entitled:

"Butterflies, Birds and Beasts"

FIRST PLACE

"Affection"
by jimiam

SECOND PLACE

"Mocker On An Orchid"
by bhall07

TIED FOR THIRD PLACE

"Breckenridge Fox"
by mossphoto

"Pelican"
by Barbarian

* * *HONORABLE MENTION* * *

"Harpy Eagle"
by Barbarian

"Nobility"
by jimiam

"Watching Over His Harem"
by JimT*1954

"Dominican Butterflies #1"
by jdfonline

"Kookaburra"
by InspiredGal

"Hovering Hummer"
by gjtoth

"Flying Reflection"
by LaughingPeppers/b]

Congratulations Everyone!

Now, we wait for jimiam to tell us what the next challenge topic is!

Fotobirder · December 07, 2010, 09:42:15 PM

Congratulations to all the Winners.

especially Jimiam. There were a lot of great photos but his "Affection" was my favorite.

:yes:It was a great Challenge and I'm looking forward to another one just as great. Again congratulations to all the Winners.

Steve
Fotobirder

bhall07 · December 07, 2010, 09:44:57 PM

Great big congrats to jimiam!!! Wonderful photo!!
Great field of photos from all!!

jimiam · December 07, 2010, 10:36:01 PM

Wow, thanks everyone! All the entries were wonderful so one could have just closed their eyes, selected any one of them, and had a winner. This was a good challenge and everybody deserves a big applause and thank you for the entries. Looking forward to the next challenge.

Jeanne Lee · December 08, 2010, 10:12:46 AM

Jim, the subject of the next challenge will be your choice. Let me know, please, what you'd like to see illustrated by photos.

jimiam · December 08, 2010, 11:11:31 AM

Considering the season, how about "A personal expression of Christmas" ? Not necessarily what it should be, but also what it has become, or the way others see it, etc. It could be anything from just another day, to lights, someone opening a gift, trees, etc. This way if someone who doesn't celebrate it here, they can still participate. Sound ok?

mybcjazz · December 08, 2010, 04:02:12 PM

Congratulations, Jim!

jimiam · December 08, 2010, 04:41:03 PM

Quote from: mybcjazz on December 08, 2010, 04:02:12 PM
Congratulations, Jim!

Thanks Kevin.

Fotobirder · December 08, 2010, 05:17:02 PM

Hey Jim. That sounds good. To make it official. Go to Jeane Lee's name above her photo. Click on that and go all the way to the bottom. You'll see a place where it says "send this member a personal message." That's where you send her what you want the next challenge to be. Hope this helps. Sounds like a great idea.
May the Lord bless & keep you.

Steve
Fotobirder

mybcjazz · December 08, 2010, 07:55:14 PM

Here's a thought...

'twas the challenge about Christmas
and all through the post
not one word, not a boast,
only images were seen.

the pictures were posted
in line with the theme
hoping much fun would come
from this digital scene.

My apologies to Clement Clark Moore, or Henry Livingston

Fotobirder · December 08, 2010, 09:50:10 PM

You mean like "Let the Pictures do the Talking" Kevin. I sure wish I could get a picture that could truly capture what happen that night. Well, maybe we should just do our best.

Great thoughts you put down in that post.
Sure there not yours

Steve
Fotobirder

mybcjazz · December 08, 2010, 11:07:00 PM

Quote from: Fotobirder on December 08, 2010, 05:17:02 PM
Hey Jim. That sounds good. To make it official. Go to Jeane Lee's name above her photo. Click on that and go all the way to the bottom. You'll see a place where it says "send this member a personal message." That's where you send her what you want the next challenge to be. Hope this helps. Sounds like a great idea.
May the Lord bless & keep you.

Steve
Fotobirder

Steve,

I could never blame anyone for that corruption of rhyme above. I'm the guilty one.

I think a Challenge without even a title or other word one would be glorious fun. I penned the little ditty above after hearing the original read this morning.

JimT*1954 · December 08, 2010, 11:55:12 PM

Yes a hearty congratulations to you Jim.

JudyB · December 09, 2010, 10:53:12 AM

You should join Colin in the poetry business!

Pat · December 09, 2010, 11:49:15 AM

Re commenting, have you ever seen any comments posted on specific photos that didn't end up in the top 10? For me that's not really nice so I like to see the comments as the photos are uploaded.

But that's just me. It seems that the only comments (if we didn't comment during the uploading period) are for the top winner and many the 2nd and 3rd.

So, I like to see the comments.

JudyB · December 09, 2010, 12:40:32 PM

I like to encourage the new members to post, I hope our comments does just that, encourage the new members.. In a competition there would be no comments allowed...but we have challenges, which are different. I enjoy reading the comments, being on dial up it takes time for the photos to load, so the comments create anticipation.

mybcjazz · December 09, 2010, 03:56:08 PM

Judy, Colin writes REAL verse!

JudyB · December 09, 2010, 07:14:24 PM

I know. He's good isn't he.

Barbarian · December 10, 2010, 09:33:22 PM

Congratulations, Jim. It's a real gift to catch animals in an expressive moment.

gardnerlakegirl · December 10, 2010, 10:32:23 PM

enjoyed watching this challenge proceed (from afar this time - probably not next!) Congratulations to all the winners - great shot of the tigers, Jim!

mammacella · December 13, 2010, 07:35:49 PM

Congrats to all you winners!!! Some VERY awesome shots!!! Looking for ;)ward to seeing what comes from the next challenge! Merry Christmas to you all!

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