Animal colours : Blue predominant Birds [ rules below, dont make me DQ you for the sake of a few moments to read the rules ] Challenge #41 in the The Company Of Animals series. Hosted by Patchandcrew. Challenge has finished Next in the animal colours set, lets see your best shots of any species of bird whose feathers are predominantly blue [ other colours/markings are fine but there must be clearly more blue than other colours *within shot*, , if the balance is too far from blue predominant I will DQ ;) ]. If unsure please ask ;) Show full rules Announced: Sunday, 17th July, 2011 (GMT) Submissions: Sunday, 24th July, 2011 – Saturday, 30th July, 2011 (GMT) Voting: Sunday, 31st July, 2011 – Saturday, 6th August, 2011 (GMT) Processing rules: FULL COLOUR ONLY No special effects. Borders/frames are ok for this challenge. HDR IS allowed in this challenge Basic processing, and cloning out of distractions, is allowed. No watermarks or any other identifying marks/text No reference to the entrant`s ID in title or any other text option Capture date rules: No restrictions. Additional rules: No images depicting animal abuse, suffering or death [ nor potential injury or death ], of any animal including fish. People or other animals can be in view but the predominantly blue bird must be the primary subject. Entries which do not adhere to the rules as written will be DQ`d VOTERS : 0.5s should only be given on images of poor quality or for being outside the rules [ if I miss DQing any ]. If giving any 0.5s, reasons should be given, if you give it stand by it. Voting on thumbnail is lazy and disrespectful, entrants deserve to have their images viewed properly. Sandbagging / vote manipulation / spite voting - don`t even think of doing it ! Maximum number of entries per user: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 100

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