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Thank you very much for all the votes in the previous contest

For this contest, the theme will be spring. I keep hearing about lovely spring weather, and cute little flowers. It's not that far along where I'm at, unfortunately, but the other day I did get a definite feeling of springtime, when the icicles started dripping in the sunshine. Have you seen similar signs of spring, or do you have a shot from a previous year? Show it to us! ^^


The Rules:
- One entry per person
- Picture has to be made by yourself and can't be just a reproduction of someone's work. If someone else's work is in the picture, there needs to be something extra.
- No manipulation besides basic photo adjustments (contrast, exposure, cropping, color balance, lighting, etc.)
- No text or framing in the photo. A signature/watermark is just fine, but it's preferable if you don't have "O Hai Eye Hav3 T3XT" (or something similar) present in the photo.
- When voting, please don't select your own image. This will ensure fairness.
- You are free to submit an old photo; you don't need to take a new one just for this competition.


Closing date: Monday, April 9


Previous themes:
1: Beginning anew
2: Simplicity
3: Summer
4: Wildlife
5: Black & White
6: Food
7: Macro
8: Farewell
9: Light and Shadow
10: Urban
11: In the home
12: Travel Photography
13: Pets
14: Red
15: Coupled Animals
16: Clouds
17: Green
18: Water
19: Scenic views
20: Invertebrates
21: Sunrise/Sunset
22: Purple
23: Out of Context
24: Snow
25: Flowers
26: Mountains
27: Old
28: Birds
29: Inanimate Objects
30: New Life
31: Play
32: Road
33: Leaves
34: People
35. Books
36. Statues
37. Nighttime
38. Candy
39: Fruits
40: Reflection
41: Transportation
42: Trees
43: Happiness
44: Communication
45: Youth
46: Colors
47: New Year
48: Music
49: Contrast
50: Pink

OK here is mine - could have cone well in the last one too 'pink' - but here where I live we don't get ice and snow and the recognized signs of spring, but spring is when the hover-flies star to appear, so this says spring to me.

http://stormryda.deviantart.com/art/Hoverflies-200031228

The first leaves:
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/042...ina-d39a3pi.jpg

Unless I find something better soon, I'll go for new flowers

Hummm, I have 3 possibillities. What do you guys think?

Clouds
Bluebells
Blossoms

I like the second one ^-^

Spring Flower

These pretties bloom in our backyard in spring. I keep watch for the first bloom all year! :3 <3

Nice shots, guys ^^

Chiaki: Bluebells or blossoms, I think ^^

blossoms

Why does it have to be autumn here?Why??
Here are a couple of photos I found on the computer:

Daffodil
Butterfly

Thoughts?

I like butterfly

Humm, I shall go for Bluebells then ^^

I like butterfly the best, Arabian Sparkle.

I can't decide for my own, though.
sprouting
or bee and cherry blossoms?

I agree with these others, Sparkle, butterfly ^^

Hawktalon: I have a weak spot for droplets, so I'd say sprouting ^^ In addition, that seems sharper than the other

I think this will be my entry.

Butterfly it is,then.

Alright! My entry is sprouting!

Last day, people! I'm closing this later today, so now is the time to get in your entry if you want to participate ^^

Blossom

My entry, cutting it close

My entry;
This moment

... and I come around kind of in the last minute, lol... Sorry about that. ^^'

Alright, it is getting late for me, so now this is closed! Voting thread will be up very soon

This post has been edited by Nimrodel on Apr 9 2012, 03:26 PM