My apologies for being late folks!!
It's been amazing to see so many incredible entries, and to see how much fun some of you are having! It is great to be able to see all of different animals and plants in your areas, in some combination photography!
EXAMPLES
Before I get into who won the contest last week, I’ll once again review what I am looking for by featuring some combination photos of mine.
When I say “combination photography” I mean that you should combine two elements; plants and animals. At least one plant and at least one animal should be featured in your photo. Here are a few recent examples.
Besides simply providing the images, I also require that those entering this contest provide a proof photo as well. Two main versions of proof photos exist. One kind features the same combination of plants & animals with a written paper in the photo with your username, the date, contest name, etc. to prove that you took the photo for the contest.
The other type of proof is just a selfie with the animal and plant. Here are my examples for the photos featured above.
Once you see the proof photos there should not be any doubt in your mind that I actually took the photos I shared above, because you can see me right there! The written proof works in the same way.
THE WINNERS!
There were so many excellent entries once again that I struggled to make the decisions, but in the end I had to, didn’t I? The Winner gets 50% of the liquid post payout from the Week Four Post and the two runner ups each get 12.5% of the same. I'll get them paid out within the next 24 hours.
THE WINNER
@ellicia
FIRST RUNNER UP
SECOND RUNNER UP
This has been a lot of fun on my end, and I can see that many of you are enjoying it too! Thanks for all the amazing entries. Although the official way to enter this contest is by including your entry photo and the proof photo in a reply to my post, I strongly encourage others to make an actual post featuring their entry as well. Sometimes people who don’t win get paid more for their post than if they had actually won!
ON TO WEEK 5!
By now you should have a clue about what this contest is and how to enter, but here are the official rules just to make sure. Enjoy, and I am looking forward to seeing what you can come up with. You can see how creative I got with my cover photo, which I call "clones."
HERE ARE THE OFFICIAL RULES:
- Photo entries must be placed in the reply/comment section of this post.
- Submissions may also be made into posts, but it is not necessary.
- A proof photo will also be required. This can be in the form of a selfie with the subjects from the photos or in the form of your username written on a piece of paper in a photo, etc. Basically, you must prove the originality of your work. Therefore, your entry comment should include two photos.
- Users have between now and the time of the post payout to enter this contest.
- I will personally select one winner to award half of the liquid SBD payout from this post to and two runner ups who will each get 25% of the same.
- Enter as many times as you like!
- Depending on the interest in this contest, I may have it be ongoing.
TL;DR
If you reply to this post with a photo of a plant and animal together and include a proof photo before the post payout from this post, you may win a portion of the post payout.
LET THE 5TH WEEK OF THE CONTEST BEGIN!!!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-papa-pepper-actually-taking-that-cover-image-photo
Until next time…
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This is my new FAVORITE CONTEST!
I love photography and I love nature!
Also the rules are the best of any contest I have seen. Showcasing yet again your high standards of freedom and quality content. I go into a lot more detail about that in this entry.
Here is my entry post with MANY pictures for this weeks contest!
"@papa-pepper Combination Photo Contest Week 5 Entry 1: ~~A Wasperfull Paradise of Purple Mint Blossoms~~"
https://steemit.com/quinneaker/@quinneaker/papa-pepper-combination-photo-contest-week-5-entry-1-a-wasperfull-paradise-of-purple-mint-blossoms
OK @papa-pepper
I started taking some new ones, with proof
Here's a hickory horned devil on a fern
And here's the same "devil" on an aspiring steemite (yours truly)
Hello @papa-pepper , I want to participate with the pack contest.
I take these all the time! Musca domestica , hope you like it. . .
Musca domestica
hey @papa-pepper here is my submission for this week
this time no cow, ( I will make a separate submission with one) but this one is of something that was unknown to me before I saw it but looks like the cross between a moth and a bumblebee so I named it the Bumblemoth (very original right)
anyway here is the original link and then the 2 pics, one with the soon to be famous Bumblemoth and the proof I was there...
https://steemit.com/photography/@felander/combination-photography-contest-from-papa-pepper-week-5-my-submission-is-the-bumblemoth
as you can see behind me there is a blurry blob and that is the Bumblemoth
Cool, a type of Sphinx Moth or hummimgbird moth!
hehe, so bumble moth was not far off I guess...
but I had in my mind that moths were nocturnal so I kinda ruled them out but I guess there are exceptions to every rule
Here is my entry for the combination photo. Right now, she's sitting in the open window behind me watching me type. LOL
Proof photo and other info in the post linked below. :-)
https://steemit.com/nature/@rhondak/entry-for-papa-pepper-contest-5-combination-photo-of-raccoon-and-daisy-fleabane
Let it never be said that I wasn't committed to getting that proof photo. LOLOL!
Hello @papa-pepper ,I want to participate, too.
https://steemit.com/photography/@ir3k/my-entry-for-the-papa-pepper-combination-photography-contest
Cudos @papa-pepper .... who thinks to take a selfie when there's a huge bug on your face... I'd have 2 black eyes and a fat lip smacking myself trying to get it off lol
LOL! I've had worse!
😱. There is no way.
My mouth tastes like stinging!
Also, congratulations!
Oh, man! How badly did that hurt, on a scale of 1-10? 😬
And thank you!!! I am pumped.
Never stung. No pain.
There's definately something wrong with your medulla oblongata 😂
No, the scorpion was on my tongue!
Oh! Total grossness. And I like bugs.
It is not a bug but rather it's a scorpion mate :) nvm it's okay everyone can make mistake sometimes :)
I know it's a scorpion. And I am not a mate. My name is Denise. (still a bug to me) :)
Oh boy! I take these all the time!
Hyalophora Cecropia on Reishi mushrooms
Antheraea Polyphemus caterpillar on Chicken of the Woods mushrooms
Very cool! If you get some with a proof photo you can enter!
OK, will give it a shot! This means I'll have to make some new ones (for proof)
Really awesome photos, good luck snagging one that meets the requirements; I think you'd have a very strong chance to take the prize.
Thanks for the confidence! I'll give it a try, the ones I posted were taken previously so no proof photos were taken
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I wanna join this contest next time, please inform me, thanks! @papa-pepper
It is going on now, you just put your photos in the comments in this post
Thanks for being helpful!
This post is to inform you, now you know that you have one week to enter!
Yes there is no way that you can reach out to everyone with all your posts and contests LMAO!
However I REALLY like that sign up you have for your contest and it seems you could have a sign up for all your contests that sent out auto notifications for anyone who OPPED in. Seems like a good move and efficient use of time.
You are progressing every day. Great job.
Ahhh man, this is great! I wish that I would have known about this when I took pictures of the snake and grasshopper the other day! Oh well, caught me sleeping at the wheel, I guess lol. Those are some great photos posted here, now I must go hunting for that snake and grasshopper again! I wonder if they're in the same place that I left them? 😕
Go check, go check! (Otherwise I can mail you a few!)
Lol!
Impresionantes fotos amigos, de verdad eres muy bueno fotografiando animales, deber se un fotografo profesional jejeje felicidades @papa-pepper
It will be my first time entering and it doesn't really say if there needs to be two clones in this. Can there be one defining statement spelling it out for those who just joined in?
No need for any clones - that was just one of my examples where I was a little more creative. As long as you combine at least one animal and at least one plant, plus get your proof photo, you can enter.
Thank you.
nice picture, dear this animal many died of pesticide and i like this page.
https://steemit.com/rosesopenweekend/@davedickeyyall/2d7cu6-rosesopenweekend
My entry
great photography,more interesting
thanks
thanks for the information. what your news is useful for us all ..
This is great !!
check out my article on how any devices can easily be hacked using wifi
https://steemit.com/life/@hemanth23/do-you-know-wifi-can-easily-be-hacked-through-wi-fi-connection
Nice 👍👌
Congratulation for all the winners.
that little thing are part of our world too, they care about them
Good post
Great to see all of the hard work,and only have little internet windows, so missing you guys ,but have ton of new photos to share in a few weeks from trip to alaska
Can't wait for your return! Enjoy the trip!
I want to participate with your contest sir as a contribution to the goodness of the community.
https://steemit.com/photography/@jaderpogi/grasshopper-photography
Thanks, nice entry!
Thank you, @papa-pepper! I love this contest!
Pretty fun stuff! Just discovered your blog today and enjoyed browsing through all the cool things you've posted in the past. I'll have to keep this in mind this week and enter when I get outdoors with the kids this week... might be hard finding bugs though with the wet, cold weather making its strong stride into Alaska now, hailing the inevitable winter, much to my dismay. I'm a big photo buff, as I've posted in my blog, so I've been looking forward to a photo contest on Steemit for fun inspiration.
Let the hunt begin!
What a great contest! The winning entries are superb!
Thanks Old Dog!
very very beautifull photography ❤️🌸
When I saw that picture of that butterfly from @ellicia I knew that it would win and rightfully so. Congratulations to the winners and a big thanks @papa-pepper!
Wow PapaPepper! This is an awesome start to my morning! I'm very happy. I do these for fun and didn't expect to place with the competition here. My congratulations to the well-deserved winner and first runner up!
Wow! Great photos @papa-pepper. This kind of posts really inspire me to do photography. I'm not as good as you but I hope you can visit some of my photography blogs too @tiffanyrej
I love to join to! Oh no! We have many centipedes here, just hiding under stones 😂. But how can i take pictures? They are very fast crawlers, and im afraid if they start crawling towards me 😂. Maybe, i'll just find other animals/creatures here.
Here's my entry: CHICKS AND BASIL!
https://steemit.com/contest/@cryptofarmer/chicks-and-basil-cryptofarmer-s-entry-for-combination-photography-contest-from-papa-pepper-week-5
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Hey, my name is Nadine and I am new on steemit. I would be happy if you could check out my post and maybe follow back. Thank you
https://steemit.com/travel/@leo-tmp/explore-the-beauty-of-northern-thailand-pai-my-travel-diary
I really like your post. Very nice :-)
My Entry
https://steemit.com/photography/@davor27/combination-photography-contest-from-papa-pepper-week-5-my-entry-butterfly-in-my-hand
Aww, I missed it. Got tons of plant and animal shots, very few people shots..lol
Good day Mr. Amazing @papa-pepper
Here is my entry to your combination photography contest. Hope you like it!
My link to my post https://steemit.com/contest/@dwightjaden/combination-photography-contest-by-papa-pepper
I like the proof element. Many people have old shots I'm sure. But this makes you get back out there. Very cool. Resteemed and upped of course.
Thanks papa
Congratulations to the winners!
My entry for this weeks combination photography contest:
And here is the proof :)
A Luna Moth
Proof:
Close-up of a walking stick
Proof:
Here is my first entry for this round
Green Devil Caterpillar on Coconut Leaves
Here is my second entry for this round
The Katydid on The Crown Flowers
My entry: https://steemit.com/macrophotography/@norwegiansteem/flowers-and-insects-in-perfect-harmony-2017924t143834507z
More photos in the post ☝️🏻
Since I placed last week, I don't know if I'm eligible to compete. I want to play anyway, but feel free to disregard these as entries. I'm afraid I went overboard on the number.... I got a new camera and couldn't control myself. I went on 2 shoots in different areas. https://steemit.com/photography/@bex-dk/entries-for-papa-pepper-combo-contest-week-5
This is probably one of my "best" from sheer scale. It's a tiny beetle on a blueberry bush leaf.
(my post also contains a less cropped version with more caterpillars, but I have a thing for the closeups)
(there is a bonus--ineligible--pill bug shot in my post also... and an unrelated bonus)
and here is my second entry, the weekly cow... and the proof it was me taking the pictures...
and if you look closely in the first pic you can see the mandatory plant disappearing
here is also the original post:
https://steemit.com/animals/@felander/animalsunday-the-amazing-swiss-cows-not-the-milka-one
My Entry 2
https://steemit.com/photography/@davor27/combination-photography-contest-from-papa-pepper-week-5-entry-2-bees-in-flower
A nice bog bush cricket from the heathland today.
Two stage verification - first the cricket on my daugher's hand (she's chief cricket tamer and put it on the bracken for me and asked it to sit still).
...and then my verification with the bracken after going back to the car to get a pen and the cricket having leapt off to new adventures.
I've made a post featuring other crickets and grasshoppers here https://steemit.com/nature/@monkeygentle/happy-snappy-ecologist-crickets-and-grasshoppers
Thanks @papa-pepper!