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'How Green Was My Valley'

Challenge #122 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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This is the title of Richard Llewellyn's book, which was subsequently made into a film, then later a television series. Here, I'd like to see examples of (would you believe?) green valleys. Tell us the location of your valley, if you know it. SIZE: 1,600px MAXIMUM on the entry's longer side.

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Announced:

Saturday, 18th October, 2014 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 25th October, 2014 – Friday, 31st October, 2014 (GMT)

Voting:

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

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.
Full colour only.
No glaringly obvious HDR or extreme post-processing. If it hurts my eyes, it's out! Please let the greenness of the valley appear natural, so don't over-saturate it.
TITLE: Give your entry a title or name, not just a file number.
NO watermarks or forms of identification, or personal website references.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Photos from previous DPR challenges can be entered in this challenge, but no photos which have won previous DPR challenges, please.
Two entries per person, but they should be a different subject.
PLEASE vote on other entries, to counteract the sandbaggers.
Entrants who cheat by sandbagging, vote manipulation, or with multiple DPR accounts will be banned from my challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Auntie Ginzy

Sorry, have to ask.......what is a sandbagger?

Nov 7, 2014permalink

RuthC

A sandbagger is someone who selects the best entries in a challenge and deliberately gives them votes of #.5 or #1 in order to reduce their chances of doing well in the challenge.
DPR is aware of the problem, but won't do anything about it. I as a host don't know the identities of any of the voters, so I'm unable to remove these votes.
The best solution is for more members to vote, and thus dilute these low-life sandbaggers.

Nov 8, 2014permalink

Auntie Ginzy

Ahh... thanks

Nov 9, 2014permalink

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