The Photo Challenge: Summer - Deadline July the 10th

[Iliada]

Sorry I'm late; but I had kind of forgotten about this challenge.

I've chosen a very open topic; hoping for more participants this time.

SUMMER

Have fun =)

1. Only one picture per contestant.

2. No voting for your own picture.

3. No previously used material. All photos must be fresh, shot for this challenge, and never displayed on any gallery / thread.

4. The winner of the last poll will set the next topic; if the same person stands as the winner two times in a row, he or she must choose another user to present the next topic.

5. In the event of a tie in the polls, the person who created the challenge casts the tie breaking vote.

6. Enhancements of the picture are allowed in terms of color management, curves, levels, crop, sharpening, etc. Adding or removing elements in the photo, brushed enhancements, or anything that diverts into photo manipulation territory will not be accepted.

7. The challenge starts when the challenge thread is opened. It is open for new entries for 14 days, after which the vote poll is opened by the challenge starter. If (s)he fails to do so, anyone is free to open the voting thread. The voting thread should have all the entries in it and have public voting to prevent cheating.

8. The voting will go on for 3 days, then the winner (or other person assigned to start a new challenge, see rule 4 and 5) starts a new thread named "The Photo Challenge - [name]", where [name] indicates the topic of the new challenge. If he fails to do so within the day the poll ends, the next person in the poll may do so.

10. Pictures should have a title to make them easy to identify, however this is optional.

11. Do not attach your entry to the thread, instead use an external host such as photobucket.com or imageshack.us, to allow hotlinking from the voting thread

[stine]

aw, cool topic. i really like those very open themes. about time i started participating again...

i always loved the smell of freshly mowed lawn. it's summer "packed in air" for me. maybe that's why this photo represents summer best to me... plus, i really liked the translucency of the basket we collect the grass in. so, here we go, hope you like it:

"green is the new black"

[Valadilene]

Stine- here in Texas you don't get to smell freshly mowed lawns in the summer.. but you can certainly smell all the freshly mowed hay that your dead and crispy grass has now become from constant 95+ degree temps.. I really need to move..

anyway! i haven't participated in awhile... i shot this today. I did desaturate the skin tones quite a bit.. so let me know if that wanders too far into the photo manip catagory.. personally i like to think its just 'color management' =D


"Wet and Wild"

[alucard]

''summer in the city''

[ShadeOfDawn]

And The Serpents Shall Inherit the Summer

[Iliada]

I'm busy, going on vacation tomorrow, not sure if I have time to set up the poll; I'd be really happy if one of you could do it?
Thanks in advance!