Hotter Than Hell
by De Sousa

Comment by ekmai:
Shame about the DQ. Fantastic shot!

Hotter Than Hell
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Comment by njsabs:
Awww Jorge.......sorry about the DQ. Same thing has happened to me. My date was set 12 hours wrong and I was outside the correct submission window. Nonetheless....it is an incredible image and I am so happy to see you beautiful work again. I hope that you stay around for awhile. Jennifer

Hotter Than Hell
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Comment by dtremain:
Whatever the date, whenever the time, challenge or no, this is a great shot! Congratulations on a job well done.
Me thinks it should be obvious that the picture had to be taken within the challenge date range - the image date is not before the challenge, and the image had to exist in order to be included in the voting. What a bummer!

Hotter Than Hell
by De Sousa

Comment by smardaz:
dont be too hard on yourself, the important thing is the producing of a great image! not the ribbon (easy for me to say huh?)

Hotter Than Hell
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Comment by Hipychik:
So sorry about the dq but I still love the pic!

Hotter Than Hell
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Comment by karenk:
Sorry to here about your DQ, such a great photo is still a winner.

Hotter Than Hell
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Comment by Bugzeye:
Honestly I don't know for sure what I would be more bummed about, the DQ which obviously does suck. or the fact that 28 people scored this 4 or lower when it was a Blue Ribbon Winning Effort. 10 1's is absolutey pathetic. This is not a case of it being a bad photo. It is a case of people who shouldn't vote on an image at all if the content is not to their liking and they are only slapping it a 1 for that reason. Congrats on the Ribbon anyway, and sorry that you had it taken away.

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Comment by one2one:
Sorry about the DQ. It always breaks my heart to see a winner get DQed for reasons such as this. My worst reason is 'not submitting the original when asked to validate' that just burns me up.

No matter though, it's a great image. Now get your camera checked so this doesn't happen again. ;)

Hotter Than Hell
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Comment by sekarmalathy:
I am really sorry about this DQ. It still remains a wonderful piece of art though.

Hotter Than Hell
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Comment by Ja-9:
Jorge...oh, my I feel your pain...such a wonder picture too...