Wow! This night I crossed 50,000 pageviews and 2,000 Deviants watching barriers. This is all so overwhelming to me that I really can't describe it in words! I love all of you people!

I decided to hold my first competition here on deviantART. As I love colours in a photo, I decided that the theme would be "Colourful Nature". This includes everything from macros, sunsets to scenery, as long as it's a nature photo.

Rules:
* The competition deadline is 30th June 2006 at 24:00 hours (Finnish time).
* Submissions after deadline will be disqualified.
* Send me a note with "Colourful Nature submission" in the subject line and the link to your deviation in the note.
* The photo must be yours! (must be available on deviantART).
* You are allowed to submit older artwork which are still online.
* You can submit only one photo to the competition.
* You may not manipulate the photo further than what could be done in a darkroom. (Temperature, Tint, Exposure, Brightness, Contrast and Saturation)
* After the competition's deadline the jury will decide on the top three.
* Jury members may not participate in the competition.
* Disallowed photo types: Photo manipulations, Infrared photos and black&white photos.
* The holder of the competition (me) is allowed to change the rules at any time.

Hint: The jury looks for originality, details and colours.

Prizes:
1st Place: 3 Month Subscription
2nd Place: 1 Month Subscription
3rd Place: 1 Month Subscription

Also, some of the jury's favorites will be given honourable mentions.

Jury:


Advertising this competition:
If you want, you can help spread the word about this competition. To do this, the only thing you have to do is include a link to this journal and tell what the link is about, or include the stamp as a link (for subscribers). All helpers will be rewared when the top three are announced (your avatar will be included in the journal). Just send me a note with the subject "Competition Help" and a link to your journal in the note.