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Blowing in the Wind (Nature)

Challenge #214 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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Show us in this challenge, examples of nature being blown about by the wind. Dandelion puff balls, birds feathers caught in a gust of wind, leaves blowing about on the ground, clouds scudding across the sky, waves whipped up by off-shored winds, etc etc. Macro and close-ups welcome. Please, no humans, no pets, no birds in captivity, minimal man-made constructions, and no man-made bubbles. Size of your entry: 1,600 pixels on the longer side.

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Announced:

Saturday, 6th August, 2016 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 13th August, 2016 – Friday, 19th August, 2016 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 20th August, 2016 – Friday, 26th August, 2016 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1,600 pixels. DPR does NOT resize your photos for you. You need to do this yourself BEFORE you enter a challenge. Entrants with oversize photos will not be invited to re-submit them. Ensure the correct size the first time.
FULL COLOUR only.
NO glaringly obvious HDR or extreme post-processing.
TITLE: Give your entry a title or name, not just a file number.
NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website reference.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No photos which have won previous DPR challenges, please.
Photos which have been entered in multiple challenges may be disqualified.
Two (2) entries per person allowed, but each entry should be a different subject.
PLEASE vote on other entries, to counteract the sandbaggers.
Entrants who cheat by sandbagging, vote manipulation, vote solicitation or with multiple DPR accounts will be banned from my challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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33 entries

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626 votes

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