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This is a monthy photo competition, with each month having a set category. During the final week of the month, a voting thread will be put up so you can vote for your favourite images.
Unfortunately the winner will not recieve any prizes, because it is just a bit of fun.

The winner will be mentioned and congratulated by Xeract on the homepage. On your thread, can you please give a name for your image, and if possible, include photogrpahy information, such as ISO, shutter speed etc. A new thread will be created for each month, so please be sure to enter in the right one!

If you have any further questions, then please contact me by personal message, and we will try our best to answer your question.

!!!!!THE COMPETITION DEADLINE FOR THIS MONTH IS 24/7/2008!!!!!!

The Categories for the year are:
January - Birds in Flight
February - Birds of Prey
March - Waterfowl
April - Insects
May - Landscape
June - Sunrise/Sunsets
July - Snakes and Reptiles
August - Mammals
September - Aquatic Wildlife
October - Sea Birds
November - Close Ups
December - Wildlife in Frosty Conditions

Good luck to anyone who enters!!

I will get us under way. Here is a holiday snap from Cyprus, taken on 2nd June 2008 at 2:05:45pm, according to Microsoft Office Picture Manager.



Any ideas on the species?

Nice early start Jamie and good photo. Could be laudakia stellio but not 100% sure.

Hmmm... I am not sure. Laudakia Stellio has a black dot on the cheek, but thanks anyway. I will put up a Q&A Thread on the Reptiles forum, becasue I have some more images for you all to decipher.

My brother's snake Tarzan snatching for a rat pup.

If we exclude amphibians I'm slightly short on photos, but I did see this grass snake a few weeks ago at Woods Mill in Sussex. (click image to enlarge)

Words, you dissapoint me. My picture is, of course, better than yours. I never thought I'd say that. Still, I've never seen a grass snake before. What was it like?

CC, seeing the snake was a strange moment. I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild before. It just slithered across the path a few feet in front of us. A nice moment.

Your brother's snake certainly has a mouthful there! What breed is it? A frind of mine used to have a boa.

I have no idea, only that his name is Tarzan and that he hisses a lot. I'd just love to have a tarantula, but my mama draws the line at me keeping ants. I'm hoping to get an Axolotl soon enough when I go to uni, though. Meanwhile, here's a pretty little newt I saw at London Zoo last week..

Hi all
This is my first post so I thought i would send in a pic for the competition....
It was taken in Kenya in 2005 with a Canon 20D and Sigma 28-135mm (with macro feature).
Some great shots on here!! keep up the good work!
Cheers
Ian

Oh, god, Ian's is bloody breathtaking. Well done! I'm afraid we can't be friends, though.

Hello,
here's my entry - a common lizard which was basking in the sun on a rock at Priddy Mineries in Somerset a couple of weekends ago

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Here's one I took on Arnside Knott in Cumbria last month.

Slow Worm

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