Selection from the national finalists in round 1.
Voted: 8 jurors out of 10
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California red-sided garter snake in its aquatic habitat in Northern California, USA.
4.00 , SD 4.57
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Fern sorus of Polypodium aureum. Luminescence at 365 nm excitation spectrum.
3.50 , SD 4.84
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Drone view of hexagonal basalt columns in Stuðlagil canyon in Iceland.
3.25 , SD 2.87
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A snowflake dangling on a spider web.
2.38 , SD 3.46
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Close-up image of a Salticidae spider.
2.38 , SD 4.14
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Sand balls made by sand bubbler crab on the beach of Koh Yao Noi island.
2.25 , SD 3.28
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Water droplets on insect wings.
2.25 , SD 4.17
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Gecko's foot from underneath.
2.13 , SD 2.59
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Common Coot (Fulica atra) in nest, with brood and egg.
2.13 , SD 3.48
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Mating dragon flies.
1.88 , SD 3.56
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Gecko on a glass.
1.75 , SD 3.62
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Variable oystercatcher (tōrea) with its chicks at Bark Bay, Abel Tasman National Park.
1.63 , SD 3.54
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The head of Ctenolepisma longicaudatum that is covered by scales and feathered setae.
1.50 , SD 2.62
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Ladybugs foraging on Chinese cap mushrooms.
1.50 , SD 2.82
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Black Kite at Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
1.50 , SD 3.51
- Files were rated manually, for top to last. The first position get 10 points, than 9 and so on. It's possible an ex aequo of a position splitting the points and shifting down
- Results are averaged, standard deviation is also taken into account in the final choice.
- Only files at the top 10-12 positions of the ranking are shown, in this case a very praised image by the community was at position 14 so it was enlarged a little bit
- Jurors evaluate the small set again