Equine Portraits Challenge #1 in the Equine Photographs series. Hosted by W Steffey. Challenge is now open for submissions Portraits of horses, minis, donkeys, ponies, mules, zebras etc. featuring the head and neck. Wild or domesticated, any age, breed, sex. Show full rules Announced: Thursday, 19th September, 2013 (GMT) Submissions: Thursday, 26th September, 2013 – Wednesday, 2nd October, 2013 (GMT) Voting: Thursday, 3rd October, 2013 – Wednesday, 9th October, 2013 (GMT) Processing rules: Minimal changes to the animal to clone out flies etc. OK, but no digital "plastic surgery". Background may be cleaned up (poop removed, for example) and/or blurred or darkened, or replaced, but result must be secondary to portrait, and must appear to reasonably natural No added background themes such as artificial fog, smoke, mist. Capture date rules: No restrictions. Additional rules: Domesticated horses may be bathed, clipped and groomed, or not. No man made objects such as halters, bridles, leads, ribbons, bows. No makeup, glitter, oil, or other artificial substances . No visible people. Maximum number of entries per user: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 100

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