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Challenge #1 in the The Natural World Around Us series. Hosted by Entropius.

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If you had to describe the natural environment around your home in one picture, what would it be? What natural scene (wildlife, landscape, plant, etc.) is iconic of your home? This can either be something your home region is famous for (cactus in my home of southern Arizona), or something that's less known but still defines the natural environment around where you live (hummingbirds, say, in Arizona). Send the world a postcard describing your home.

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Announced:

Thursday, 14th May, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 21st May, 2009 – Wednesday, 27th May, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 28th May, 2009 – Wednesday, 3rd June, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No post-processing that fundamentally changes the character of the scene.
Anything that makes a picture better is welcome; anything that makes it different is not.
Note that most HDR falls into the latter category.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Include with your entry a description of the significance of the thing pictured, and tell where the photograph was shot. Why does this thing, above all else, remind you of your home?
The shot should be of the natural world. Manmade artifacts (buildings, etc.) should not intrude upon the scene. Animals or plants should be native to the area.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

500

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My life is in Sand

by Sameen Mazhar

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I live in a Desert .... Red sand desert Al Ain, UAE.

Camera:	Nikon D80
Lens:	Nikkor 18-135
Submitted:	Saturday, 23rd May, 2009 10:43 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 23rd May, 2009
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