I am such a twit!!!!. I got asked for validation and after sending my steps suddenly had a gut feeling that using photo filter in CS3 would be illegal. Obviously it is not illegal!
Forgetting to set my camera to English time was my downfall. I am feeling like a right plonker right now!!! Live and learn though
Disqualification Details
Your submission must be taken after the challenge is announced and before the deadline, based on the Current Server Time (US Eastern Standard Time) displayed at the bottom of every page on this site. You must ensure that your camera date and time are correctly set to your local time zone before shooting your entry. If the date recorded in your original image file is not within the specified challenge dates, your entry will be disqualified -- NO exceptions!
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Lesson - don't shoot in the first or last 12 hours of a challenge!! As long as it was somewhere in the middle regardless of time zone, it would have worked, right? Sorry to see this DQ'd - great shot just the same, though.
I was clicking through the entries after rollover, thinking - where is Juliet's photo?? Instead of searching I went right to the back because I had a weird feeling... sure enough. What a shame - love this photo, and it would have done well, no?