Trev Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) 2014 Largest Dionaea Trap Competition. It's time again for the Biggest Trap Competition. There's a slight change in the rules again this year so please read them carefully before posting. 1st Prize for the winner is a Dionaea of your choice from www.vftshop.com 2nd Prize is a Dionaea of your choice from www.cpbe.be The competition is open to anyone worldwide but the prizes can only be sent within Europe. The rules are: A picture must be taken of the trap you are entering, without a ruler and immediately posted to this thread. A second picture must be taken with the ruler, this picture must be saved and posted on this thread in the last week of the competition: Tuesday 23rd to Tuesday 30th September. The picture with the ruler must be photographed with the trap parallel to the camera, with a clear plastic ruler (in millimeters) in front of the trap, the trap is to be measured across the side just below the teeth, the teeth are NOT included in the measurement. (No fingers in front of the trap please) Like this: Maximum image size of no larger than 850 x 850 pixels. Pictures must be taken this year. You can enter as many times as you like. Competition ends September 30th at midnight. The picture with the largest trap (that complies with all the above rules) wins. Trev P.S. If anyone wishes to offer a 3rd prize contact me. Edited July 15, 2014 by Trev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) A couple of people have asked how do they post images to the thread so here's an example: Save your trap picture to your desktop, then open your browser and go to: http://www.postmage.org/ 'Browse' to your image on your desktop and click 'Open'. Resize to 800X600, click 'Family Safe' and then click 'Upload it'. Scroll down the page to where it says ' Hotlink for Forums (1)' and click 'copy to clipboard'. Now you can post your image by simply pasting the code into the 'Reply to this topic' box at the bottom of this thread like this: Edited July 3, 2014 by Trev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano82 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) Ok i will start the ball rolling.... My B52, largest trap so far is the one at the top left...this is also my first VFT :) image hosting above 5 mb Edited July 12, 2014 by Deano82 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Belvedere Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Here's my largest trap this year, for the moment. A Darwin. upload a gif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 this is my largest at the moment,sorry people but i can not say for sure what the plant is as i lost the label 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werds Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 My biggest so far from a typical one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Abadei, I'm sorry, you have not complied with the rules of the competition and so your entry is disqualified. A picture must be taken of the trap you are entering, without a ruler and immediately posted to this thread.A second picture must be taken with the ruler, this picture must be saved and posted on this thread in the last week of the competition: Tuesday 23rd to Tuesday 30th September. The picture with the largest trap (that complies with all the above rules) wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 here's my entry, normally too cold up north to get decent traps but not bad this year: Dionaea muscipula 'South West Giant' by gardenofeden67, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel09 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Here's my largest trap this year. A Bimbo windows print screen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olive84 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Too more difficult to find one big trap on my big dionaea M. B52 : Dionaea Muscipula B52 by olive&co, on Flickr Dionaea M. B52 by olive&co, on Flickr Oliv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted September 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 OK folks, time to post your measured pictures. Closing time for the competition is 12:00 midnight GMT on Tuesday 30ith September. Anyone who fails to post their measured picture before then will be disqualified. May the biggest trap win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werds Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 IMG_4120 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano82 Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 uploading images 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Belvedere Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 _DSC0856_01 by CDNAIM, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel09 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 image upload no limit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted September 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Corky is this years winner with a huge 5cm trap. Congratulations Corky! It looks to me like Nigel's just has the edge on Dino's for 2nd place,,, or is that a draw, what do you think guys? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Congrats Corky. It's close between the other two but it looks like Dino's is 4.4cm and Nigel's is 4.6. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thanks guys. It was a whopper.thanks for organising Trev its a good bit of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Corky, 1st prize is a Dionaea of your choice from www.vftshop.com , PM me and let me know which you'd like and your details and I'll get that sent out to you. Nigel, 2nd prize is a Dionaea of your choice from www.cpbe.be you'll need to contact him and claim your prize. Thanks to everyone who took part in the competition. Trev. Edited October 1, 2014 by Trev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Congratulations Corky! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Belvedere Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Congratulations on the two winners. Mine is actually 45mm spot on and if I'd squashed it further it could have gone further, but I doubt it would have reached 46mm. Good contest, I look forward to next years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Sorry I misread your measurement Dino. I just zoomed in a lot and can see the 45mm. It was difficult with the blue ruler though. Best of luck for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tish Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Congrats Corky and Nigel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel09 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) Congratulations Corky. Thanks Trevor for organising, good competition & a nice bit of fun! Another thanks for Trevor & Killian for donating the prizes. Edited October 2, 2014 by nigel09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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