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RULES
1. Entry must be made by YOU. Use of references and stock images is allowed, but give credit where it is due.
2. All applicable mediums are accepted. Sculpt it, paint it, photograph it, hell, you can even bake it - as long as the entries are images of trees.
3. Three (3) entries per participant allowed.
4. All entries MUST be uploaded onto Elftown. How to upload images
5. (And this is the most important rule.) HAVE FUN!


JUDGING
Judging will happen by public poll, which will determine the three winners. There will also be a host's favourite.


PRIZES
Badge for each winner, plus, if wished, a poem or short story for the first place and host's favourite.


DEADLINE
The deadline for this contest is October 15th, midnight ET time. Entries sent to me during October 16th will be included in the poll providing that they adhere to the rules.

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Winners!

3rd: [Daisy_Sandybanks] with entry #12
2nd: [GoneGone] with entry #31
1st: [Remos Page] with entry #21
Host's favourite: [Hirgalad III] with entry #36

Congratulations, everyone. You'll receive your badges in a private message.

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entries here inside the <img250:> tag, numbered and separated by a <hr> line.

1. [Yuriona] Ponderosa Pine - a reputedly 200 year old Ponderosa pine on my sister's farm that was given to her husband's family by Queen Victoria.

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2. [Yuriona] Icicle Morning - photo of the Maple tree outside of my parents' house one ice morning.

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3. [Melocrie] Witches Tree, Gallowpath, Breda. Netherlands

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4. [Melocrie] Nubbin Tree, outside Castle the Berckt, Netherlands

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5. [Melocrie] A spiked/horned kinda tree in the middle of nowhere (well.. in an overgrown clearing in our local forest xD)

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6. [blu.nation]

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7. [Mirime]


The wise old oak tree with a face. It watches me every time I walk through the park to work :)

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8. [Kito-Tai]

Autumn Maple

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9. [Yuriona] Tomb of the Ancient: the husk of what was once a great tree within a mainly cedar/evergreen dominated area of a mixed forest.

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10. [CillaCat] Pyramid Lake in Jasper, overhanging tree.

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11. [Daisy_Sandybanks]

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12. [Daisy_Sandybanks]

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13. [Daisy_Sandybanks]

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14. [BinaryPhoenix]

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15. [Simply_Jen] Banyan Trees at the zoo.

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16. [Simply_Jen] Hawaiian Palms

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17. [Zab] - Nightlight

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18. [Jitter] - Telperion and Laurelin
_{The trees of Valinor from JRR Tokien's Silmarillion made with wire}

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19. [Jitter] -Telperion and Laurelin 2
_{The trees of Valinor from JRR Tokien's Silmarillion}

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20. [Jitter]- The plane trees of Ioannina
_{Can you spot that huge spiderweb? :D}

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21. [Remos Page]- Snowy River Wattle

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22. [Remos Page] pencil drawing

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23.[Remos Page]

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24. [Cia_mar] Pencil Drawing

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25. [Cia_mar] Tree down by the water here in Florida with my niece and nephews climbling on it.

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26. [Cia_mar] Tree roots...a "real" hobbit hole

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27. [The Monochrome Rainbow] My Goddess Tree (sketch and final result, mixed mediums)

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28. [Apus] My Apple Tree

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29. [Raven_wolf] Someplace special to me.

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30. [~Lady Morgana~] Beautiful day

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Tree Contest, pg 2