Let Week 17 begin!

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So, @papa-pepper enjoys plants and animals from all around the world, so what better photography contest could I run than one where you get to photograph plants and animals together, in some combination photography?

EXAMPLES

Before I get into who won the contest last week, I’ll quickly share with you again what I am looking for by featuring some photos of mine. In the cover photo, I combined a Prairie Lizard with a tree branch, with the lizard being the animal and the branch being the plant. Both a plant and an animal were in the photo, hence the combination.

Please understand, by 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 to have it qualify. If your photo does not qualify, or if you do not provide the proof, you will not qualify. Here are two examples.

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Ringed Salamander with Iris and Moss

Northern Water Snake with Wild Mint and dried Oak Leaves

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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.

Based on the proof photos there should be no doubt in your mind that I actually took the photos I shared above.

WEEK 16 WINNERS!

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This was a big week! The post from Week 16 paid out at almost 28 SBD so I rounded up. SBD are still trading at over $8.50 USD each on Bittrex, so the prize pool is technically over $200 USD this week!

Choosing the winners is always tough for me, especially with some much money on the line, but I have finally made my decisions. The Winner gets 50% of the liquid post payout from the Week Sixteen Post and the two runner ups each get 12.5% of the same, which is pretty good considering the high SBD value right now.

THE WINNER

@riandi

14 SBD (just over $120 in USD right now!!!)

FIRST RUNNER UP

@barriault

7 SBD (just over $60 in USD right now!!!)

SECOND RUNNER UP

@davidad

7 SBD (just over $60 in USD right now!!!)

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There were so many excellent entries once again. I love that this contest allows me to catch a glimpse of your local flora and fauna. Also, though 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.

Even if you do not win the contest, you could still get something for your effort if you turn it into a post as well. @Matthewtiii once hit the jackpot on a post about his contest entry. His post paid out at over $200 total while he has trying to win 5 STEEM, LOL! Link here.

ON TO WEEK 17!

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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.

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.
• By entering you are giving me full permission to use your entries as I see fit.

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IMPORTANT: Please make sure to include both your entry photo and proof photo in your reply.

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 17TH WEEK OF THE CONTEST BEGIN!!!

As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:

proof-of-prairie-lizard-on-branch

Until next time…

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