NEWS: Call for Submissions
When I started insectpod back in August, my plan was to take lots of photographs of bugs and build up a buffer of 90 days or so to see the site through the Winter. Utah’s climate being what it is–that is, random–a cold snap came through about a week ago that actually dropped snow. More importantly, this weather snap has deprived me of most of my photographic subjects a great deal earlier than expected, even though temperatures are now happily back up in the high teens (°C; low sixties °F). I have a buffer of about 20 insects, maybe 30 counting duplicates of the same bug.
It’s time for YOU to submit images to insectpod.com! Do you have insects (or spiders–if it’s an arthropod, we’ll take it) around that need photographing? Send them in!
Detailly stuff:
- Photos should be as high-resolution as possible and in focus.
- I strongly prefer images taken in natural settings, but I understand that sometimes you have to catch ‘em to get good closeups.
- PLEASE, live bugs only. If you have an astonishing picture of a dead bug, you may try to submit it but it would have to be very astonishing. ABSOLUTELY no pictures of mutilated bugs.
- My e-mail address is insectDEADBUGpod@shinybitDEADBUG.com. (Take the dead bugs out of that email address. They are sprinkled in for spam avoidance.)
- A brief writeup about the bug would be most welcome. At a minimum, tell me the approximate size of the bug and where and when you took the picture. But if you know what kind of bug it is, what its behaviors are, or have an amusing anecdote to relate about it (such as the hassles you went through to get the picture), by all means include that as well. If you caught the bug or moved it, please note this so I don’t miscredit the image.
- Include your name as you would like it credited. I will gratefully link to your blog or other site as well if I select your photos.
- Submitting photos constitutes granting me unlimited nonexclusive copyright to the picture. This means you keep the copyright to the image, but I have permission to use the picture as well. PLEASE do not submit images to which you do not own the copyright!
What do you get in return? Well, besides very limited fame and no fortune, it’s good for your karma. And of course, you’ll be helping insectpod through the winter ahead, for which I will be grateful.
So, is there a bug around? Grab your camera and send in those pics!
Slowly getting the site back onto an even keel. It's nice to get back into the old posting rhythm.
b13 said,
October 15, 2007 @ 9:32 pm
If you find any on my blog (I’ve posted a bunch) let me know if you would like to use them. I usually post 5″x7″ at 72dpi and sometimes 1024×768pixels. I can supply larger sizes if needed. Just link back to me for some cross traffic
jerith said,
October 16, 2007 @ 2:03 am
I assume the prohibition on mutilated bugs does not apply to food?
David Brady said,
October 16, 2007 @ 7:21 am
jerith: True. And it also does not apply to living bugs–there are plenty of disabled veteran gr’oppers on the site, for example. Mainly I was just saying “if you squashed it, I don’t really want a picture of it”.
David Brady said,
October 16, 2007 @ 7:29 am
b13: WOW! I just had a look at your blog. WOW! You’ll be hearing from me soon, count on it! Wow.
tceisele said,
October 16, 2007 @ 7:49 am
Actually, you might not be as short on subjects as you think. I started photographing small arthropods back in mid-February (in northern Michigan, which is at least as cold as Utah), and just the things that were living under stuff in the basement *in February* were good for better than a dozen pictures. Granted, the things you find are stuff like house spiders, woodlice, centipedes, pseudoscorpions, silverfish, and such ilk, but hey, they need love too.
Thor said,
October 17, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
Aw geez, I just saw a brown beetle the other day that looked slightly unusual. Perhaps it’s still lurking around here somewhere…..*peeks under desk*
marit fp said,
October 20, 2007 @ 11:41 pm
how about other arthropods? crabs and things? or cast-off exoskeletons?
…because I have a ton of those.
ryan said,
November 10, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
Hey– I’ve got a bunch of insects here, in my flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenotyp/sets/72157594352911975/
Let me know if you like any of them– you’re welcome to use any of them, and I can send you larger copies if you need ‘em.
cheers,
ryan
Insect Picture of the Day » NEWS: Call For Submissions II said,
November 29, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
[...] If you have bug pictures you would like to submit to the site, please send them to insectpod@shinybit.com. So far I have only rejected images if they are too blurry or too low-resolution. Other rules and details for submitting images can be found in my earlier call for submissions. [...]