Spring Blossom in the Orchard

Challenge #14 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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Let us see the beauty of spring blossom in your fruit trees, such as peach, almond, cherry, apricot, plum, nectarine, trees; pear, apple or citrus trees. Macro shots welcome. Show us these flowers outside in their natural environment, not under studio lights. No roses, hibiscus, daisies, etc. No, you don't have to be in an orchard, just show us the blossoms from the fruit trees. Small creatures may be present, but should not dominate the picture. SIZE DOES MATTER: See Below.

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Announced:

Saturday, 22nd September, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 29th September, 2012 – Friday, 5th October, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 6th October, 2012 – Friday, 12th October, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.
Digital photos only, with full EXIF data.
Colour only.
No HDR.
Don't remove the background.
TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just an photo number.
NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website references.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No photos from previous DPR challenges can be entered in this challenge.
Encouraging comments about entries are welcome.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! If you enter the challenge, take the time to vote on other entries! This will hopefully counteract the sandbaggers' votes which spoil the genuine results for everyone's entries.
Sandbagging, and vote solicitation will cause DQ'ing of entries, please don't even contemplate it!
Entrants or voters caught cheating will be unwelcome in my future challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Ruth,
I am not able to vote. System just do not registers or records my voting. Usually after voting, one can see on the main page of the challenge and under each I thumbnail the number of votes (stars) colored one casted. I send messages Feedback, but it seems that no one is running this site., no one seem to be listening. My vote counting remained the same for the last 4 days that I have not been able to vote. A real downer, so disappointed how thing are left unmanaged. I tried again today, still does not work, I am missing to vote in so many great challenges.

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