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That Tree Is Not Green!

Challenge #22 in the Life in the Natural World series. Hosted by RuthC.

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This challenge is all about trees which are not green! They may have red, blue, yellow, orange, or purple leaves. They may be covered in flowers, or may be showing their wonderful autumn (fall) colours. Show us part of a tree, one or more trees but without green, or a very minimal amount of green. SIZE: 1,600px MAXIMUM ON LONGER SIDE.

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Announced:

Saturday, 17th November, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 24th November, 2012 – Friday, 30th November, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 1st December, 2012 – Friday, 7th December, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

SIZE: Longer side of entry, MAXIMUM 1600px.
Digital photos only, with full EXIF data.
Colour only.
No HDR or over-exaggerated colours. Keep it natural please.
No Infrared photography.
Don't remove the background.
TITLE: Give your entry a title, not just an photo number.
NO watermarks or 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.
Encouraging comments about entries are welcome.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! If you enter the challenge, take the time to vote on other entries! This will hopefully counteract the sandbaggers' votes which spoil the genuine results for everyone's entries.
Sandbagging, and vote solicitation will cause DQ'ing of entries, please don't even contemplate it!
Entrants or voters caught cheating will be unwelcome in my future challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Chinese Cedar Tree

by RuthC

Cedrela sinensis or Chinese Cedar looks spectacular for a few days in spring. Yes, this was the actual colour of the leaves.

Camera:	Canon IXUS 310 HS (ELPH 500 HS / IXUS 310 HS / IXY 31S)
Lens:
Submitted:	Tuesday, 9th October, 2012 11:32 (GMT)
Taken:	Wednesday, 3rd October, 2012
Focal length:	10.04 mm
Shutter speed:	1/800 sec
Aperture:	F4.5
ISO:	100
Notes:	Hand-held.
Views:	543
Galleries:	View this photo in RuthC's gallery

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