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Spots and Stripes
![Spots and Stripes](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1-Julie-Larsen-0095-Snow-leopard-BZ-09-24-04-813x650.jpg)
Assignment Open From
Jun 12 - Sep 15, 2024
“There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature.” – Antoni Gaudi, Architect
Nature is filled with patterns, spots and stripes among them.
Whether to blend in with habitat, attract mates, or as a warning sign, zebras, tigers, giraffes, snow leopards, skunks, chipmunks, clownfish, peafowl, poison frogs, raccoons, loons, butterflies, and bullfrogs are just some of the species that have distinctive spots and stripes.
For this assignment, find and photograph spots and/or stripes in nature (right, snow leopard) and share your shots with us.
Our editorial team will choose the best submissions based on appeal, composition, originality, and technical quality. A group of chosen shots for this assignment will be posted on this page, and one will be featured.
We can consider a maximum of six submissions per contributor.
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!
For this assignment, we are offering an incentive. The author of the featured photo chosen by our editorial team will receive a Patagonia Pack 25L , perfect for transporting your gear to the office, the trail, or a weekend at the beach. See the official Contest Rules for more information.
Enter Now71 Days Left!
Selected Entries
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_1106_3.jpg)
Mute swan.
Westchester, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_1846_2.jpg)
Mute swan.
Westchester, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kylie Hearle](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kylie_hearle_bald_eagle_08_29_2020.jpeg.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kylie Hearle](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kylie_hearle_great_blue_heron_09_19_2019.jpeg.jpg)
Great blue heron.
Becket, Massachusetts, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kylie Hearle](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kylie_hearle_bald_eagle_11_10_2020.jpeg.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kylie Hearle](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kylie_hearle_burrowing_owl_08_14_2019.jpeg.jpg)
Burrowing owl.
Marco Island, Florida, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kylie Hearle](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kylie_hearle_peacock_04_27_2021_2.jpeg.jpg)
Peacock.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Sharon Cuartero](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/housesparrow_sharoncuartero.jpg)
House sparrow.
Connecticut, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kylie Hearle](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kylie_hearle_barred_owl_02_06_21.jpeg.jpg)
Barred owl.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/red_wing_blackbird.jpg)
Red-winged blackbird.
Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/sparrow_1.jpg)
Sparrow.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/mating_dance.jpg)
Peafowl.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/gracle_2.jpg)
Grackle.
Queens, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kathleen Donovan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/grackle.jpg)
Grackle.
Queens, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_0555_2.jpg)
Night crown heron.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Amanda Socorro](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/0ca06e4dd2e34f66be924d946e74bccd.jpeg.jpg)
Pileated woodpecker.
Tarrytown, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Louis Candelaria](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/polish_20210523_142542213.jpg)
Goslings.
Westchester, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Louis Candelaria](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_158801.jpeg.jpg)
Geese.
Westchester, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![John Eng](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/peacock.jpg)
Peacock.
Central Park Zoo, Manhatten, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Byron Towles](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/byron_towles_hummingbird_09_24_19.jpg)
Ruby-throated hummingbird.
Bronx New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/202181_purple_sandpiper_1.jpg)
Purple sandpiper.
New Jersey, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/202181_sanderling_1.jpg)
Sanderling.
New Jersey, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/2021293_osprey_2.jpg)
Osprey.
Delaware, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20202711_red_shouldered_hawk_13.jpg)
Red-shouldered hawk.
Stirling, New Jersey, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/2021303_great_egret_32.jpg)
Great egret.
Assateague Island, Virginia, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/2020173_anhinga_32_1.jpg)
Anhinga.
Everglades National Park, Florida, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Amanda Socorro](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/a04043c0b023430085ec1c8f9090c231.jpeg.jpg)
Great blue heron.
Tarrytown, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kathy Brady](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/blue_jay_1.jpg)
Blue jay.
Catskill Mountains, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_7544_3.jpg)
Robin.
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Amanda Socorro](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/7ad3e20c865d4befab4c139c9781c9d1.jpeg.jpg)
American bald eagle.
Westchester County, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Amanda Socorro](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/1c769d8a45ce4a94b2d3281690d0fe1b.jpeg.jpg)
Wood duck.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Amy Daday](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/amy_daday._bald_eagle._march_25_2021.jpeg.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Matt Berlin](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_20.jpg)
Norman J. Levy Park amd Preserve, Merrick, NY.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gabrielle Ajami](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/gabrielle_ajami_cardinal_3_17_2021.jpg)
Northern cardinal.
New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gabrielle Ajami](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/gabrielle_ajami_bald_eagle_2_17_21.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Queens Zoo, Queens, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gabrielle Ajami](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/gabrielle_ajami_peacock_3_14_21.jpg)
Peacock.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gary Howard](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/gh_2.jpg)
Vermilion flycatcher.
Coons Bluff, Arizona, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gary Howard](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/gh_1.jpg)
Short-eared owl.
Wallkill, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gary Howard](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/gh.jpg)
Burrowing owl.
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Kieran John Clifford](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/kc.jpg)
Golden eagle.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Leslie Wainger](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/flamingos_2000_pxedit_2.jpg)
Flamingo.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Allison Hegan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/eagle_eye.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Nooksack River, Washington, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Lindsay Silverman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_las4695sharpenaisoftness.jpg)
Bald eagle.
Long Island, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Lindsay Silverman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_las3420denoiseaidenoise.jpeg.jpg)
Northern shoveler.
Long Island, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Lindsay Silverman](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_5370_sky.jpeg.jpg)
Green heron.
South Shore, Long Island, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Elizabeth Dunn-Ruiz](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/accf5e0b0d294d08afcdb585f7a9d4ac_1_201_a.jpeg_1_.jpg)
Crow.
Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Bryan Kao](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/bryan_kao_emperor_adelie_gentoo_penguins_01_08_20.jpeg.jpg)
Emperor, adelie, and gentoo penguins.
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, Nagoya, Japan.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Abby Boyd](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/46c0763036a44fc6b23e9ce95679fbe6.jpeg.jpg)
Northern flicker.
Henrico, Virginia, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Grace Devine](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/813b7d85fd0041568f73dbb0a19c7aa8.jpeg.jpg)
Double-crested cormorant.
Sheldrake, Larchmont, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Mary Greagan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dsc_0187__copy_2.jpg)
Mourning dove.
Bethlehem, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Amanda Socorro](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/273ea193dc67444ea12b7c9ecd33bf4f.jpeg.jpg)
Rufous-tailed hummingbird.
Arenal, Costa Rica.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Julia Gallop](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/IMG_7489.jpg)
Mallard.
Newton, Massachusetts, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Julia Gallop](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/IMG_8861.jpg)
Canada goose.
Woburn, Massachusetts, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_dsc7881_2.jpg)
Pelican.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | Let Your Creativity Fly |