Photo Challenge #14 – Scary
The theme for this week is scary, and like many things, what is scary is very subjective!
There are downsides to being tall – perhaps the biggest being that my head often manages to snare spider webs that others pass beneath. On a trail in the Florida Everglades, this very large, fist-sized Golden Orb Spider pictured above nearly found itself on my face, a place I’m sure we both would prefer that it stay away from! To some, this giant arachnid might not be very scary, but I’ve always found myself frightened by these creatures that seem to love spinning their webs at just the right height to keep me ducking constantly along trails. Maybe it’s the big fangs or perhaps those eight unblinking eyes that seem scary to me, but whatever it is…I like to view them from a distance! – Nick, LetsBeWild.com Editor in Chief
Maybe you don’t find spiders even a little scary. Maybe it’s thunderstorms that leave you shaking, or perhaps lizards, strangely shaped trees, or towering vertigo-inducing cliffs. Whatever it is in the great outdoors that you find scary, we’re asking you to confront your fears (from a distance) and get a shot of it!
On Wednesday, January 16th (at 2pm EST, so be sure to submit your entries before that time!) we’ll choose 1 judge’s choice winner, 5 runner ups, and 1 audience choice winner & share their entries here on LetsBeWild.com! Send your friends to this page to leave a comment-vote for your entry to win the audience choice award!
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Here are the quick & easy Challenge rules – please read them carefully so that you can be entered in the running to win!
- To enter the challenge, create a new blog entry titled “Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scary” and Copy and Paste the html code in the box below into your blog entry to let your followers know that you’re participating in the Photo Challenge so that they can join in the fun too.
- Take one or more photos of anything outdoors that you feel represents the Challenge theme best! The photos just have to be taken outside!
- The Audience Choice Winner will be decided based upon which entry below receives the most comments on this page – tell your friends and family to come and reply with a comment below your entry here on LetsBeWild.com! Everyone can vote for as many entries as they like.
- Comment on this page with the URL to your blog entry! After 7 days, we will announce the 1st Place Winner, Audience Choice Winner, and 5 Honorable Mention Winners, all of whom will have their winning shots with a link to their blog featured here on LetsBeWild.com
- Be sure to visit the blogs of other people entering the Weekly Challenge & leave them some comment love too!
- Both professionals and amateur photographers are welcome to participate, and both stand an equally good chance of winning!
great shot!
my entry: http://tinaspicstory.blogspot.de/2013/01/wild-weekly-photo-challange-scary.html
Good job on hitting the challenge title on the head. Your spider is scary but also pretty cool *shiver*
Scared of heights?
http://dewetswild.com/2013/01/10/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-scary/
that bridge is incredible!
I can’t think of anything scarier.
Scary indeed!
Thank you to everyone having a look at our entry!
http://maboe.blogspot.no/2013/01/mose.html
Scary sights indeed! Check these out!
http://salmonfishingqueen.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/scary-a-wild-weekly-photo-challenge/
Thanks for visiting!
thanks for showing samples of creatures from your environment that’s a big spider,more like one i’d see in tropical america – do you think it species hijacked a banana boat?
i think the wolf is my favorite,though i loved the bear and its curled lips!
z
Good photos of scary things. Wouldn’t want to meet any of the creatures you photographed while enjoying the outdoors.
All of your pics are beautiful and not scary when one is merely looking at a photo. It would be scary to come across any one of them in person!!! Great shots ~
wonderful images
this was an easy one for me! enjoy the creepier creatures that cross my path in latin america!
http://playamart.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/scary-creepy-crawling-critters
thanks again for selecting the olive ridley tortugitas as this past week’s winner. i’m greatly honored.
lisa/z
I definitely am not fond of snakes, and found some of your snake photos a bit alarming! The close up shots you took of some of the other animals were amazing!
excellent representations – all
The black beauty “Coming at you!” is beautifully scary. Almost eyeball to eyeball. Dangerously close up.
Here is my entry for the SCARY challenge!
http://lyndamichele.wordpress.com/
This shot was taken last summer at a county fair, when a dangerous thunder and lightning storm rolled thru, I got it as we were running for cover!
http://the-serenity-space.com/2013/01/11/wild-weekly-challenge-scarey/
The beautiful Golden Orb Weaving spider and her very complex and large web …not something I would like to come across accidentally
Back after long..Good going.
Here is my entry
http://wp.me/s2JSKL-scary
I’m back to blogging after the Christmas break so here’s my scary entry: http://juliedawnfoxphotography.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-14-scary/
Spiders aren’t my favourite things in the world, but I’ve learnt to deal with them – after evicting a few 6 inch huntsman spiders from your apartment, you do learn how to manage your fear more effectively!
Here’s my contribution to this week’s challenge – a drop off from a great height, into the Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, Australia.
http://takingtotheopenroad.com/2013/01/11/wild-weekly-challenge-scary/
This is my entry into the Scary contest, by the way, I’ve updated my blog to be “The Zion Photographer”.
http://kgphotostudios.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/wild-weeklys-photo-contest-scary/
No, I wouldn’t want to turn around and come to face to face with that 1st guy coming my way! Sound advice you gave.
Scary? Naah, it’s harmless: http://wp.me/p16tta-mE
Ciao
Thought I’d throw some practical hiking advice on my blog with my photos this week: http://humantriumphant.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/revolting-reptile-or-beastly-biped-which-is-the-scariest/
wonderful catch of the tongue flicking!
http://wp.me/p1hCI2-1RW
Spiders were already “taken”…
I had a hard time coming up with something for this topic.
Here is my entry:
http://wp.me/p2VJ0h-4n
Take a look at my entry:
http://hananan.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-scary/
Yey! I found photos that speak of my fears – although what may be terrifying for me may be considered great entertainment by some.
http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-scary/
G’day This is my first entry in this interesting challenge. Australia has so many scary things I just had to put in an entry. I hope I have done every thing ok as I did not know where to put the html code
this is my entry..
http://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-scary
OOPS I put my wrong website in the first comment, hope this is getting to you ok.
http://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-scary
they are all great, but i really love that croc! they’re fast too!
They are scarily fast, and you don’t see them coming under the murky water
Pretty scary looking croc!
Untamed Beauty or Feared Ferocity?
http://projectmagellan.net/2013/01/14/beauty-ferocity/
Fun challenge! I posted my entry here: http://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-scary-weekly-photo-challenge-illumination/
My scary bit: http://cobbledtoolbox.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/wild-weekly-photo-challenge-scary/