Nature's Colour Palette Challenge #219 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC. Challenge has finished In this nature challenge, show us your best images to illustrate the amazing colours found in nature. Your entries could be anything from vast landscapes, down to macro pictures of tiny creatures or plants. Minimal evidence of humans, pets, or man-made constructions. Maximum size of your entry: 1,600 pixels on the long side. Show full rules Announced: Saturday, 10th September, 2016 (GMT) Submissions: Saturday, 17th September, 2016 – Friday, 23rd September, 2016 (GMT) Voting: Saturday, 24th September, 2016 – Friday, 30th September, 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. Keep the colours natural. 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 for entries, in this or other challenges. Maximum number of entries per user: 2 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 70

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