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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
![Chris Spohn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/spohnsweatbeenov18.jpg)
Green sweat bee.
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleenshattuck7110seaotterball1172021.jpg)
Sea otter.
New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleenshattuck7237seaotterclam01172021.jpg)
Sea otter.
New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleenshattuck6420riverotter12202020.jpg)
River otter.
Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleenshattuck6496peacockqueen12202020.jpg)
Peafowl.
Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Cathleen Shattuck](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cathleenshattuck_6396_redpandasnow_12202020.jpg)
Red panda.
Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Sarah Edmunds](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/whitethroatedsparrow_centralpark_210101_2.jpg)
White-throated sparrow.
Central Park, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Rebecca Kashinski](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/rebecca_kashinski_pink_flamingoes_1_3_19.jpg)
Flamingoes.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Phil Marshall](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/6001.jpg)
Andean cock-of-the-rock.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Ana Paula Penunuri Gomez](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/untitled12.jpg)
Peacock.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Laura Twersky](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/77972644538d48db815c89a40f0164d3.jpeg.jpg)
Blue jay.
Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![John R. Thomas](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/john_r_thomas_mama_mandrill_and_her_baby.jpg)
Mandrill.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Sharon Cuartero](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/dhole_sharoncuartero_01.09.21.jpg)
Dhole.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_snow_leopard_and_pine_tree_02_11_17.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_red_panda_in_snow_02_11_17.jpg)
Red panda.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_amur_tiger_2_02_11_17.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Michelle Leppert](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/leppert_lions_in_snow__02_11_17.jpg)
African lions.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_dsc2927_2.jpg)
African lion.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Debbie Caponigro-Kahn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_4421.jpg)
Wood duck.
Maryland Zoo, Maryland, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Wilson Garcia-Moreno](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/wilson_garcia_moreno_inca_tern_bronx_zoo_12302020_1_.jpg)
Inca tern.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Wilson Garcia-Moreno](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/wilson_garcia_moreno_inca_tern_bronx_zoo_12302020.jpg)
Inca tern.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Wilson Garcia-Moreno](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/wilson_garcia_moreno_white_breasted_nuthatch_12172020.jpg)
White breasted nuthatch.
Barnegat, New Jersey, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Wilson Garcia-Moreno](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/wilson_garciamoreno_female_cardinal_12_20_2020.jpg)
Northern cardinal.
Barnegat, New Jersey, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Katherine Schwinn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20201218_104921.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Katherine Schwinn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20201218_110346.jpg)
Brown bear.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Katherine Schwinn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20201218_130242.jpg)
Peacock.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Katherine Schwinn](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20201218_105803.jpg)
Tragopan.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Janine Rao](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/inbound9206871402096812226.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx Zoo, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Amanda Socorro](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/2d78ee61b36940a295b6dabf704b68c8.jpeg.jpg)
White-naped crane.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Louis Candelaria](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/inbound5996972719121948328.jpg)
Ibex.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Louis Candelaria](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/inbound494502350205816715.jpg)
Brown bears.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_dsc2866_3.jpg)
Snow leopard.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Linda R. Heath](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_93502lrh.jpg)
Red fox.
Island Beach State Park, New Jersey, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Louis Candelaria](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/inbound7076007158454405938.jpg)
Amur tiger.
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/20192012_neil_demaster_purple_sandpiper_42.jpg)
Purple sandpiper.
Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Neil DeMaster](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/202012_neil_demaster_red_fox_22.jpg)
Red fox.
Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Pinkhas Abramov](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/77512b1f56d640aeb2decd7360c1e685.jpeg.jpg)
Mute swan.
Kissena Park, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Gail Rogers](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_dsc4728_3.jpg)
Blue jay.
Croton Point, Croton, New York, United States.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_8524_White-naped_Crane_BZ_03_10_17_hr.jpg)
White-naped Crane in Winter, Bronx Zoo, New York.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_8019_Brown_Bears_in_Snow_BB_BZ_12_09_17_hr.jpg)
Brown Bears In Snow, Bronx Zoo, New York.
Album | A Pop of Color |
![Julie Larsen Maher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/Julie_Larsen_Maher_5974_Red-bellied_Woodpecker_BXR_BZ_03_31_15_hr.jpg)
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Bronx Zoo, New York.
Album | A Pop of Color |