The Cover of your Novel

Challenge #13 in the Life is like a box of chocolates series. Hosted by LeeStar.

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Here's one to really exercise your creativity and hopefully be a lot of fun. Pretend you've just written that great novel you've always wanted to write. Now you need a photo for the cover. Take one and enter it here. Title the photo with the book title.

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Announced:

Friday, 6th April, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Friday, 13th April, 2012 – Thursday, 19th April, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Friday, 20th April, 2012 – Thursday, 26th April, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

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Capture date rules:

Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge.

Additional rules:

Entry must have a title.
Note the capture date rule. That's to prevent people from just going ahead and posting any old high quality image from their archives just to win. I would like entrants to put a bit of thought into this.
No nudity or inappropriate use of minors

Maximum number of entries per user:

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460 votes

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P1070917

by Don Simons

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Taken on Nihonbashi Tokyo, the central point of all distances measured in Japan. It is also the height of the cherry blossom season and even in such a central point there is a cherry tree blooming.Showa was the previous Emperor and the story is set in that time.

Camera:	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50
Lens:
Submitted:	Saturday, 14th April, 2012 01:52 (GMT)
Taken:	Wednesday, 11th April, 2012
Focal length:	18 mm
Shutter speed:	1/320 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	100
Notes:	Vignette used in Picasa
Views:	152
Galleries:	View this photo in Don Simons's gallery

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