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Dandelions

Challenge #64 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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Here's your chance to show off your best pictures of dandelions, (Taraxacum species), either the flowers or the puffballs, or both. For many folks, this is one of the first subjects they shoot when trying out Macro photography, so enjoy showing us your works of art. Macro and close-up shots welcome. The dandelions should be outside in their natural environment, not inside under artificial conditions. Small insects or spiders may be present in the photo, but should not dominate. Check Wikipedia for more information on dandelions. MAXIMUM SIZE: 1,600px.

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Announced:

Saturday, 7th September, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 14th September, 2013 – Friday, 20th September, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 21st September, 2013 – Friday, 27th September, 2013 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.
Full colour only.
No glaringly obvious HDR. If it hurts my eyes, it's out!
Don't remove the background.
TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just a photo number
NO watermarks, 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.
PLEASE vote on other entries, to counteract the sandbaggers.
ENTRANTS WHO HAVE ENTERED MANY CHALLENGES, AND HAVE NEVER VOTED, OR HAVE A VERY LOW VOTING SCORE RELATIVE TO THEIR ENTRIES MAY BE DQ'D.
Entrants who cheat by sandbagging, vote manipulation, or with multiple DPR accounts will be DQ'd from my challenges.
N.B. Because I expect this challenge will fill quickly, any entrant who is DQ'd because he/she doesn't follow the rules, such as size, title, watermarks, etc., will NOT be invited to re-submit another entry.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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