#rickysphotochallenge
It's that time again Steemians, time to announce our winners for week 9 - Macro photography. Thank you to all entries this week it's great to see the support for this competition!.

Announcements

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Winners!

This week saw a rise in entries, Macro photography it seems was very popular and the winners I picked were due to the level of detail in the shot and the artistic flair of the photo.

1st Place

In first place winning $13 sbd is...... Hive account@pentjosh

Winning this week were these photos of a caterpillar. I chose this over all the pictures this week because the level of detail in the pictures is stunning, right down to the tiny hair fibres and colour vibrance, that is why this was my winning entry.

https://steemit.com/rickysphotochallenge/@pentjosh/rickysphotochallenge-week-9-entry-macro-photography

2nd Place

In second place winning $4 sbd is....
Hive account@macrophotography

This photo caught my eye again for its stunning level of detail, every part of this wasp can be seen in a level of detail you won't see when they are buzzing around you annoying you.

https://steemit.com/rickysphotochallenge/@macrophotography/rickysphotochallenge-week-9-macro-photography-entry-1-the-wasp

3rd Place

In 3rd place this week winning $3 sbd is.... Hive account@gardenbsquared

When I looked through all the entries this photo caught my eye as something that is rarely seen and in amazing detail right down to the eyes of the insect and catching it mid flight as it landed showed some great photography, patience and skill.

https://steemit.com/rickysphotochallenge/@gardenbsquared/rickysphotochallenge-week-9-entry-macro-photography-dragonfly

Thank you

That concludes my winners for week 9 it took me a very long time to deliberate on which three entries I was going to pick and there were many more I could have just as easily picked and many many photos worthy of winning a contest in there!.

Week 10

I will be announcing the topic for week 10 tomorrow evening if you would like to take part in the next contest check my blog tommorow.

Donations

If you would like to support this contest and add to the prize pool please send your donation to Hive account@rickyjrx and note that it's a competition donation in the memo.

Thank you once again to Hive account@isacoin for the donation this week that has increase the prize pool to you all!.

Congratulations

A final congratulations to this weeks top 3!.
1st Hive account@pentjosh
2nd Hive account@macrophotography
3rd Hive account@gardenbsquared

Your prizes have been transferred to your accounts!.