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Your post is beautiful but does not follow the rules of the contest. Please re-read the rules of the contest above, and look at the examples. Then submit an ORIGINAL photo and writeup to enter.

I did even better - I submitted my OWN PAINTING

Your painting is beautiful and I upvoted your post, but if I'm going to keep it fair for everyone I have to stick to the rules as written.

Rule 2 "Your content must have an original (taken by you) title photo, ..."

I would love to see you win ... but you will need to follow the rules exactly to do so. There are still 3 days remaining to enter.