Hello all photo challengers and welcome to week 9 of #rickysphotochallenge. We had some amazing entries once more and I'm really looking forward to what you all have to offer this week!.

How can it help you?

Everyday I post a highlight reel of the days entries which gives Steemians another chance to see your work and upvote and check out your blog!.

$20 reward pool

Thanks to a donation by @isacoin this weeks prize pool is $20!

Prizes

1st place - $13 SBD
2nd place - $4 SBD
3rd place - $3 SBD

Week 9 Judge

Once again I shall be judging this weeks competition.

Donations

As always if anyone would like to donate to the prize pool next week please send your donation to me with a note that it is a competition donation in the memo.

This weeks donations

This weeks prize pool was increased by a donation from @isacoin please take some time to check out his blog.

All donators

@eroche @alexrickard86 @pcste @travelnurse @isacoin

Upvotes and Resteems

This competition is 100% free, I don't require anything from you in order for you to enter, but if you enjoy the competition and would like to support it, upvotes and resteems are always welcome and they do help me refill the prize pool for next week.

Week 9 Challenge - Macro photography

This week it's all in the fine details, it's macro photography, it can be of anything, flowers, insects, whatever you like. What I'm looking for is a close up taken with great detail and an artistice flair.

My addition

As an example of what type of photo im looking for I took this close up photo of a feather that has fallen perfectly of this leaf on a riverwalk near Kilkenny city in Ireland, although macro photography generally uses a macro lense I want to show that even without you can still take a beautiful photo, this photo was taken on a Samsung Galaxy S6 smart phone.

How to enter

Get out there and taken some detailed macro shots and use #rickysphotochallenge as the main tag and title the post Rickysphotochallenge Week 9 entry - Macro photography.

Rules

• Photographs must be your own!.
• Entries found to be false or plagiariased or from google or any other website will be flagged and reported to @steemcleaners.
• Entries must be in by 3pm GMT next saturday.
  (Dublin local time.)
• The main tag must be rickysphotochallenge but can have 4 other tags after it.
• Editing is ok but please mention it when you enter.
• Tell us all a little about the photo like where it was taken etc.

Good luck

Good luck once again to all participants and I hope to see some beautiful entries this week!.

Congratulations again to last weeks winners!

1st place - @lozt
2nd place - @pixelfan
3rd place - @lighteye