My Best Non-bird Photo of the Fortnight 15 Challenge #18 in the Best Photos of the Fortnight Redux series. Hosted by DrLex. Challenge has finished This is my substitute for wam7's classic Best-of-the-Fortnight challenge. Since we have the Big Year challenge for bird shots, this one is for everything else: any favorite picture you have shot since the announcement date of this challenge, not prominently featuring birds. Please read and follow the full rules below. Show full rules Announced: Monday, 18th December, 2023 (GMT) Submissions: Monday, 25th December, 2023 – Sunday, 31st December, 2023 (GMT) Voting: Monday, 1st January, 2024 – Sunday, 7th January, 2024 (GMT) Processing rules: No composite images (i.e., no sky replacement etc.). No added borders, personal watermarks, forms of identification, or personal website references. SIZE: This is not a pixel peeping contest. Try to keep the image between 2 megapixel (full HD) and 8 megapixel (4K). Not strictly enforced, but voters are encouraged to downvote unnecessarily large, slow loading images. TITLE: not strictly enforced either, but a meaningful title tends to yield higher votes than a raw camera file name. Location is useful if pertinent. Capture date rules: Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge. Additional rules: No bird shots! Those belong in the Big Year challenge. Of course birds may be present, but must not be main subject, otherwise the entry will be disqualified. No A.I. generated images (A.I. enhancing/denoising is OK of course). Pictures must contain full EXIF data to prove compliance with the fortnight restriction. Do not tamper with the date. The goal of this challenge is to grab your camera and go shoot something nice, not to dig in your portfolio and hack an old file to make it appear recent. Where's the fun in that? However, if you only missed the deadline by a few days for a valid reason, I'm willing to make an exception if you contact me directly. (Max 1 exception per person every 90 days.) Put noteworthy processing details in notes/technical description. For instance SooC, stacking, HDR, … Pictures should be rated as suitable for child/family viewing so no nudity, depictions of cruelty etc. Submission must be your work or from your direct family i.e. partner, child etc. Maximum number of entries per user: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 50

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