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Journal Entry: Mon Dec 6, 2010, 5:23 AM



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Insect-Lovers Reports / News

:star: :star: :star: Sorry for the month hiatus. We say sorry for any inconvenience, but we were both very busy with some real life issues that had to be resolved first.
Now the good news... None of your submissions have gone lost, and are all added now to the correct month folders. All is running smooth again and we promise to keep it that way again from now.
Sorry again, and thanks for your patience :hug: :hug: :hug:

:star: :star: :star: Submissions for the "2010 - December" gallery folder can be sent now!!

REMEMBER:

:bulletgreen: First make sure you're a MEMBER of the group. If not, then just click the "Join our Group" button on top, and you'll be automatically accepted.
:bulletgreen: Then go the the correct month gallery folder (easiest via the box at the left or go to the Gallery on top first), click the "+" button top right, choose your deviation to submit, and that's it.

Wim & Rosanna :hug: :kiss:


A Word From the Admin

Well... First I want to mention my friend Leandro leocbrito who founded this as an old-style club. He got busy with uni and work, so he had to let it go, and asked me to take it over.
So I'll try to be your "father" here. And there's a lovely "mother" too for you, Roji-Hachi (Rosanna)! So it will be a "perfect family".
Go give her a big :kiss: & :hug:
I'm not a skilled Phd. Philosopher, but call me a "life philosopher". In love with nature, all aspects, and always thinking about ways to show its beauty, and so hopefully aware some more people about what our world today is destroying, and keeping from our children and next generations to witness.
One of these are INSECTS/INVERTEBRATES. I'm from Antwerp, Belgium, the (industrial) north of the country, so we don't have them much here. But with every chance I get, I go hiking. Mostly in France & Italy. Hiking for myself, sometimes organizing there walks in the mountains with others, encouraging people to photograph them, so they will always keep in memory these fantastic places, and share them with others.
For the club... I want this to be a cozy place first, friends, sharing art, but also tips/tricks, travel plans, whatever. As long as it's supporting each other.
I'm a quite nice old bummer skinny hairy hippie-punk teddybear gorilla most of time, and I hate rules and laws. I'm not a police officer. I'll try to be a guide. Just try to follow some basic rules here to make things run smooth. That's all. Mistakes are no crimes as some think. And you can always ask for help regarding anything. Together we will always find a way to make this club a nice place for everyone. Regardless background, race, colour of your eyes, size of your right big toe, religion, politics,... Everyone is welcome here as long as you show respect for all others too! So, let that be my first and maybe only rule/law...
Some more activities are setup now (contests,...) and more will come. Suggestions are always most welcome!

So... that's it for now. Spread the word about this wonderful club, and have all a great second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, life!

HAVE FUN!

Wim Wimley


Founder/Admins

Original Founder: :iconleocbrito:
Admins: :iconwimley: :iconroji-hachi:


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Group Rules and Guidelines

Journal Entry: Sun Jan 24, 2010, 4:14 PM



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How to Join

:bulletgreen: This is the real easiest part... just click the "Join this Group" button at the top, and you will be automatically accepted. From then you can participate in all activities here (submit, contests,...).
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!

How to Submit

:bulletgreen: Members can send us 2 submissions per week. This to not spam our members/watchers with too many deviations. We won't really check it, but please keep that restriction in mind!!
:bulletgreen: Submissions have to be done in the correct month folder or they will be declined! Easiest is to go to the box of the month at the left of the main page, there click the "browse" button to see all. Then there click the "+" button at the top right and select your deviation to contribute.
:bulletgreen: Only submit your best work!! Quality counts here, not quantity!!

How to Enter a Contest

:bulletgreen: ONLY MEMBERS of the group can participate in a contest. See how to join this group in instructions above.
:bulletgreen: Contribute your entries to the contest entries folder in the gallery. You can do so via the button at the top, or via the box at the left of the main page with the entries so far.
:bulletgreen: After the entry deadline, we will make a blog/news with all the entries and give them a number for the voting.

How to Vote for a Contest

Coming soon...



Affiliates / Projects

Journal Entry: Tue Jan 12, 2010, 5:24 AM



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The Affiliates/Projects Programm

Our affiliated clubs are listed in this journal, and can announce their activities/contests here. The winners of their contests will be featured here too.
Also individuals (members) can announce their projects and contests here.
Just send us a note, with a description, link to the journal/news, and the end date.
To our members... please visit these clubs, join them, as they will support and expose your work!


Affiliated Clubs/Groups

We are always looking for more affiliates. If you are interested, please send us a request.
For an up-to-date list of our affiliated groups, please see the box at the right...


Affiliates/Members Contests/Activities

:bulletgreen: "Black & White" Contest by :iconphoto-group: Photo-Group
(entries until September 5th)
All info here

:bulletgreen: "Mask" Contest by :iconthedeviantartgallery: TheDeviantARTGallery
(entries until September 10th)
All info here

:bulletgreen: "Macro Photography of Insects-Flowers-Water Droplets" Contest by :iconphotography-frenzy: Photography-Frenzy
(entries until September 10th)
All info here

:bulletgreen: "Birth" Contest by :iconiloveanimals: ILoveAnimals
(entries until September 23rd)
All info here

:bulletgreen: "Rocks in Unusual Places" Contest by :iconrockhounds: Rockhounds
(entries until September 25th)
All info here

:bulletgreen: "Purple Dreams" Contest by :iconamazing-arts-club: Amazing-Arts-Club
(entries until November 1st)
All info here


Affiliates/Members Contest Winners

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Sunrise & Sunset Dyptich" Contest by :iconsunriseandsunsetclub: SunriseAndSunsetClub

1st Place
Traveling sky by DianaES by :icondianaes: DianaES and :iconlcutter: Lcutter

2nd Place
The Keeper of the Keys by asyenka by :iconasyenka: asyenka and :iconquarterbacker: quarterbacker

3rd Place
the summer sky by mrjairo by :iconmrjairo: mrjairo and :iconrolandorolando: rolandorolando

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Macro" Contest by :iconashkamoo: ashkamoo

1st Place
Up close by MrMeik by :iconmrmeik: MrMeik

2nd Place
Hoverfly 2 by Black-Dragon-High by :iconblack-dragon-high: Black-Dragon-High

3rd Place
Just Dropping By... by AFantasticIdea by :iconafantasticidea: AFantasticIdea

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Adorable Animals" Contest by :iconadorable-animals: Adorable-Animals

1st Place
Little blue bird by Dr-F0x by :icondr-f0x: Dr-F0x

2nd Place
Remember me by Karisca by :iconkarisca: Karisca

3rd Place
Harmony by ArdenEllenNixon by :iconardenellennixon: ArdenEllenNixon

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Group's Icon" Contest by :iconfeaturing-nature: featuring-nature

1st Place
Avatar - Featuring Nature by cgaratl by :iconcgaratl: cgaratl

2nd Place
:thumb173640195: by :iconkikariz: Kikariz

3rd Place
Featuring Nature icon by AdmiralSnow by :iconadmiralsnow: AdmiralSnow

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Funny Face" Contest by :iconanimalarts: AnimalArts

1st Place
:thumb158419102: by :iconwildbydesign: WildByDesign

2nd Place
What a joke. by Evey-Eyes by :iconevey-eyes: Evey-Eyes

3rd Place
Funny face from a frog by AngiWallace by :iconangiwallace: AngiWallace

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Addiction" Contest by :iconthedeviantartgallery: TheDeviantARTGallery

1st Place
Better Days Will Come by AndieMakkawaru by :iconandiemakkawaru: AndieMakkawaru

2nd Place
:thumb169088710: by :iconapril113: April113

3rd Place
Choco Lips by daisukekuroneko by :icondaisukekuroneko: daisukekuroneko

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Illustrated Secrets" Contest by :iconxpose-it: Xpose-it

1st Place
:thumb165938786: by :icondaaniella: DaAniellA

2nd Place
Unfinished titl... by Dreamcatcher88 by :iconx8-atomicabi-8x: x8-AtomicAbi-8x

3rd Place
by :iconscripturiency: scripturiency

:clap: :clap: :clap: "Simply the BEST" Contest by :iconmountainshots: MountainShots

1st Place
Under the open sky by edelweiss26 by :iconedelweiss26: edelweiss26

2nd Place
Kiss by zeenon by :iconzeenon: zeenon

3rd Place
Glass Wings by Caelitha by :iconcaelitha: Caelitha


Projects

Coming soon...



'Just WINGS' - Final Voting Round!

Journal Entry: Fri Jan 8, 2010, 2:24 AM



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:star: :star: :star: The 10 finalists out of 118 entries are known now after a first voting round.
The final voting round has started by poll. See at the right here, on the main page or by following this link

For each vote, they will receive 5 extra points, so GO GO GO!

:star: :star: :star: ENTRIES ARE CLOSED NOW!!, but you can still donate prizes (feature, subscription, a kiss,...)! Please let us know, so we can add it to the list.

Thanks to all for your cooperation! :love:

:peace:
Rosanna & Wim


How to Vote for the Contest


General Voting Rules

:bulletgreen: There will be two voting rounds. After the first round, we will start a final second voting round with the TOP 10 from the first round.
:bulletgreen: This voting round is open until AUGUST 21st (Midnight, GMT Timezone)
:bulletgreen: All members/watchers can vote. For the watchers only... please join the group as a member, so you can participate in all other activities too!

Final Round Rules/Guidelines

:bulletgreen: Very simple... go to the POLL and vote for your favourite!
:bulletgreen: They will get 5 additional points per vote.

GO GO GO!!



Entries

All entries can be found in the "Just WINGS" gallery folder.

Go visit, add to favourites/collections, comment, critique, give a hug,...
Support our participants!!



Prizes

1st place:

:bulletyellow: 100 points offered by Nefarious069
:bulletyellow: Animated support stamp by Jenna-Rose

:bulletpurple: Feature in a collection box for Contest Winners
:bulletpurple: Feature in the club's contest blog
:bulletpurple: Journal feauture by 35+ clubs/groups from the "Cycle"
:bulletpurple: Winners sent to all affiliated groups/clubs

:bulletgreen: Feature in Wimley's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Roji-Hachi's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in MountainShots's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in theskyclub's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Jenna-Rose's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AroundTheEarth's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in alone-maggie's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Magic-photography's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Studio-28's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Crazy-4-Animals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in NationalPark-Photos's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ForTheAnimals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AnimalArts's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Trees-With-character's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Abstract--Reality's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in SkyAndNatureClub's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ObscuredPhotos's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Photo--Assignment's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in PhotographersPlace's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AfricanValley's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Birds-Club's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ManipArtist's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in All-Media's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Feature-Swap's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in OurGardenEarth's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in TheDeviantARTGallery's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in CloseToNature's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Louvargent's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in roseminuet's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ILoveAnimals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in steppeland's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in SterlingDragon78's journal

2nd place:

:bulletyellow: 75 points offered by Nefarious069
:bulletyellow: Animated support stamp by Jenna-Rose

:bulletpurple: Feature in a collection box for Contest Winners
:bulletpurple: Feature in the club's contest blog
:bulletpurple: Journal feauture by 35+ clubs/groups from the "Cycle"
:bulletpurple: Winners sent to all affiliated groups/clubs

:bulletgreen: Feature in Wimley's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Roji-Hachi's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in MountainShots's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in theskyclub's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Jenna-Rose's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AroundTheEarth's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in alone-maggie's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Magic-photography's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Studio-28's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Crazy-4-Animals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in NationalPark-Photos's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ForTheAnimals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AnimalArts's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Trees-With-character's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Abstract--Reality's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in SkyAndNatureClub's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ObscuredPhotos's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Photo--Assignment's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in PhotographersPlace's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AfricanValley's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Birds-Club's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ManipArtist's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in All-Media's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Feature-Swap's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in OurGardenEarth's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in TheDeviantARTGallery's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in CloseToNature's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Louvargent's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in roseminuet's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ILoveAnimals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in steppeland's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in SterlingDragon78's journal

3rd place:

:bulletyellow: 50 points offered by Nefarious069
:bulletyellow: Animated support stamp by Jenna-Rose

:bulletpurple: Feature in a collection box for Contest Winners
:bulletpurple: Feature in the club's contest blog
:bulletpurple: Journal feauture by 35+ clubs/groups from the "Cycle"
:bulletpurple: Winners sent to all affiliated groups/clubs

:bulletgreen: Feature in Wimley's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Roji-Hachi's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in MountainShots's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in theskyclub's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Jenna-Rose's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AroundTheEarth's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in alone-maggie's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Magic-photography's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Studio-28's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Crazy-4-Animals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in NationalPark-Photos's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ForTheAnimals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AnimalArts's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Trees-With-character's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Abstract--Reality's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in SkyAndNatureClub's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ObscuredPhotos's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Photo--Assignment's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in PhotographersPlace's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in AfricanValley's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Birds-Club's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ManipArtist's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in All-Media's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Feature-Swap's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in OurGardenEarth's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in TheDeviantARTGallery's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in CloseToNature's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in Louvargent's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in roseminuet's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in ILoveAnimals's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in steppeland's journal
:bulletgreen: Feature in SterlingDragon78's journal

4th - 10th place:

:bulletyellow: 10 points offered by Nefarious069

:bulletpurple: Feature in the club's contest blog
:bulletpurple: Winners sent to all affiliated groups/clubs

Last 5 places:

:bulletgreen: Feature in divby0's journal



The Winners of "Simply The Best"

:winner: :winner: :winner: First Place
Dancing the Dragon by ernieleo by :iconernieleo: ernieleo
(188 points)

:winner: :winner: Second Place
Kiss by zeenon by :iconzeenon: zeenon
(172 points)

:winner: Third Place
Glass Wings by Caelitha by :iconcaelitha: Caelitha
(130 points)

:clap: 4th - 10th Place
.hiding. by fauteku by fauteku
(123 points)

Very Happy Caterpillar by Wysseri by Wysseri
(121 points)

Sleeping in morning dew... II by Baepfelchen by Baepfelchen
(118 points)

The Beatles by psyfre by psyfre
(115 points)

Pale Tussock caterpillar by AngiWallace by AngiWallace
(101 points)

Dragonfly-Bokeh by Katja-Spectraliquid by Katja-Spectraliquid
(85 points)

Butterfly Blue by kayaksailor by kayaksailor
(76 points)

All entries can still be seen in the "Simply The BEST - Insects" gallery folder.



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