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Moss

Challenge #84 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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In this challenge, show us interesting and beautiful mosses; the beauty and details found in their textures, and colours. These are some of the very earliest plant-life of the ancient world, and there are known to be at least 12,000 species. The mosses should be outside in their natural environment. Macro and close-up photos are welcome. (Lichens, which have different botanical structures have had their own challenge several weeks ago.) The plant called Spanish moss is NOT a species of moss, so would be DQ'd. Refer to Wikipedia for more information about mosses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss SIZE: 1,600px MAXIMUM.

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Announced:

Saturday, 25th January, 2014 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 1st February, 2014 – Friday, 7th February, 2014 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 8th February, 2014 – Friday, 14th February, 2014 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.
Full colour only.
No glaringly obvious HDR or post-processing. 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 or forms of identification, or personal website references.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

YES, Photos from previous DPR challenges can be entered in this challenge, but no photos which have won previous DPR challenges, please.
Two (2) entries per person allowed, but each entry should be of a different type of moss.
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.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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