santamonica812

Leszek. It seems that there is a bug in the DP software. Some (most??) people got a note along with the DQ, explaining the reason. Not sure why you and Photoman did not get that notice. (It...

Is there writing in the clouds, in the lower left? It's very visually distracting.

I really like the composition...sort of dreamy. I hate the lazy and meaningless title.

To all entrants: There seems to be a bug in the DP software, and other hosts have also experienced this. Apparently, when I send a DQ notice, it sometimes arrives, but sometimes does not....

To all entrants: There seems to be a bug in the DP software, and other hosts have also experienced this. Apparently, when I send a DQ notice, it sometimes arrives, but sometimes does not....

To all entrants: There seems to be a bug in the DP software, and other hosts have also experienced this. Apparently, when I send a DQ notice, it sometimes arrives, but sometimes does not....

To all entrants: There seems to be a bug in the DP software, and other hosts have also experienced this. Apparently, when I send a DQ notice, it sometimes arrives, but sometimes does not....

To all entrants: There seems to be a bug in the DP software, and other hosts have also experienced this. Apparently, when I send a DQ notice, it sometimes arrives, but sometimes does not....

Good question, Paul. Technically, Inner Mongolia is part of China. But what the heck . . . sure, anything from Mongolia, Inner & Outer Mongolia, etc, are fine. I suspect that there will be few...

To all entrants: There seems to be a bug in the DP software, and other hosts have also experienced this. Apparently, when I send a DQ notice, it sometimes arrives, but sometimes does not. ...

I love the photo. Hate the lazy and meaningless title.

Brian, there is no need to be hostile. My general rule is: If someone violates one of the challenge rules, I specify which one in my DQ notice. If someone violates 2 or 3 or 4 (yes, people have...

4 out of the 19 entrants DQ'd for not voting. That is a decent number (some challenges have a much higher percentage of entrants who don't bother to vote). But the two top finishers were DQ'd for...

Norsby. Sure. I just don't want portraits, architecture, etc. (Note that those elements could be included in a 'nature' shot.)

Norsby. Sure. I just don't want portraits, architecture, etc. (Note that those elements could be included in a 'nature' shot.). But if you're gonna submit images of animals in this challenge,...

Love the composition. Your post-processing left a significant halo around the camel, which I find visually distracting.

To my eye, wildly over-processed. (It might not be, of course...but it *looks* over-processed.)

I think this is a simple, but visually spectacular, composition. A well-deserved win.

Since no one has objected, this challenge is open to images that contain tasteful nudity.

A few people have asked me if tasteful nudity is permitted in this particular challenge. I personally have no problem with this (As the host, I obviously would be the one making the "tasteful vs...