Yellow, Brown, Grey: The Colour Of Early Spring Challenge #19 in the Colours & Shades: The World I Know series. Hosted by Stormcastle. Challenge has finished This challenge is for those of you who have taken photos of your local nature environments immediately after the winter snow has melted and before the plants and trees start to turn green for the summer sunshine. Please refrain from submitting pictures of plants in bloom since that would be a greening effect. Show full rules Announced: Saturday, 9th April, 2011 (GMT) Submissions: Saturday, 16th April, 2011 – Friday, 22nd April, 2011 (GMT) Voting: Saturday, 23rd April, 2011 – Friday, 29th April, 2011 (GMT) Processing rules: - Photos **MUST** be taken during early spring before plants turn green - HDR is allowed in this challenge - No scanned images - No digital composites - No children under age 16 - Do not frame photos or watermark them - Only photos that you, yourself, have taken Capture date rules: No restrictions. Additional rules: VOTING GUIDE: Please adhere to the following guide for voting in this challenge. 0.5 star: Does not meet challenge topic/rules 1 star: Poor quality 2 star: Adequate 3 star: Good 4 star: Excellent 5 star: Spectacular/Epic/Awesome The 0.5 star rule is the most important! If you do not like the photo, please rate it with a single star as it is much better for expressing constructive criticism. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are asked to only submit photos that are honest to the subject matter and are more spur of the moment if you can - pre-planned photographs add an artificial quality. Maximum number of entries per user: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 222

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