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Comment by glad2badad:
Very effective use of elements to put together a captivating photo here. The sun flare is the finishing touch. Well done!

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Comment by citymars:
James, it's a shame the image was disqualified. It can feel personal, but don't believe it. It has happened "unfairly" to many others before you and will no doubt continue to happen. There are so many rules to pay attention to, one pretty much has to be around awhile to follow them.

There is btw an option to submit a request for validation along with your entry, or anyway sometime before the challenge ends. Unfortunately, again, you would have to be around awhile to realize that might be necessary!

Great photo, by the way. I've also enjoyed checking out your portfolio.

Cheers,
- Larry in NYC

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Comment by tenfrozentoes:

Originally posted by BeeCee: Don't let it break you. This is still an absolutely STUNNING image that should be on DPPrints. Those 9 faves should be worth as much as a virtual ribbon, no? :)

Yeah you're probably right but it still is a blast to the face either way. Might be kind of stupid but after moving to NY and then having to repack all your stuff 2 1/2 weeks later and moving again, watching your first ribbon develop actually helped some of the pain of what I was going through. There where only 2 days left of voting and I didn't feel that there was ever a chance of being asked for the original on such a simply straight forward picture. But all 5 of the top images are asked to validate- that should be better publicized then. And yes I am just a bit sulky about that. I don't cheat and this makes me feel like I was suspected of that. I could of easily pulled the original off the desktop and had it on my laptop ready to send off if I'd known that top 5 where asked to validate.

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Comment by BeeCee:
Don't let it break you. This is still an absolutely STUNNING image that should be on DPPrints. Those 9 faves should be worth as much as a virtual ribbon, no? :)

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Comment by dannylee:
Congratulations on your ribbon and beautiful image.

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Comment by tenfrozentoes:

Originally posted by Larus: Originally posted by tenfrozentoes: Well we'll have to see if I am able to get my original to them in time. Request for validation has been made. (???) Not sure why but no problem- as long as I get it to them in time. All top 5 images in all challenges are always validated so it´s just automatic. Congrats on the ribbon!

That's what I figured but wasn't too sure either- not a problem that they're asking to validate the original just that I moved to NY and then had to immediately repack all my stuff and move again. My desktop computer is still packed away and of course it's in the very front of the trailer-lol. Hopefully I'll be able to dig it out tonight- gonna break me if it gets DQ'd now. :(

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Comment by LalliSig:

Originally posted by tenfrozentoes: Well we'll have to see if I am able to get my original to them in time. Request for validation has been made. (???) Not sure why but no problem- as long as I get it to them in time.

All top 5 images in all challenges are always validated so it´s just automatic. Congrats on the ribbon!

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Comment by JawnyRico:
I absolutely love this shot because its so real, and just all nature. No special effects, no filters, just pure beauty, and you captured it. Congrats on the great shot and Ribb.

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Comment by slaakso:
Beautiful!

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Comment by tenfrozentoes:
Well we'll have to see if I am able to get my original to them in time. Request for validation has been made. (???) Not sure why but no problem- as long as I get it to them in time. I just moved to NY and my entire life is packed in my enclosed trailer. Gonna have to pull out almost all of my stuff to get at the desktop computer which has the original- blahhhhh. Well thanks all for the great comments. I'm so so happy about it- and man did I need the pick me up.