#SkyAndNatureClub

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Welcome to #SkyAndNatureClub !

Hello and Welcome to #SkyAndNatureClub!

We Hope You Enjoy Your Stay!

#SkyAndNatureClub is a group for all sky and nature lovers ! It's for anyone who enjoys Nature

It's for APN photographers

Here you will find a beautiful collection of photographs of the sky and nature, which includes the landscapes, waterscapes, flowers, and more than that !

We have 2 monthly news articles. In one, we feature the best submissions of the month (Eg: [link] ), and in the other, we feature the DDs received by our members (Eg: [link] ).

We also have a biweekly news article where we feature the underappreciated submissions (Eg: [link] ).

Thanks to ~DaRk-f0x *Heather713 *dantastic202 *Deavent for the logo, banner and backgrounds!

Rules .. briefly

Here is the full blog with all rules, [link]

General Rules

No foul language.

If you are a member, please have :iconskyandnatureclub: somewhere on your user page (in your journal for example)

Note: Instead, you could install the "Groups" widget on your page,. go to "edit page" on your front page, and simply install the "groups" widget !

How to Join

Click on the "join group" icon that's on our front page.

_{Join requests are "subject to vote", so please wait till you are accepted.}

Submissions Rules

You must be a member of #SkyAndNatureClub to be able to submit.
_{Check if you are a member from this [link]}

Every member may submit ONLY 1 work per 2 weeks.
_{(ONE work during the first two weeks of a month, and another ONE work during the last two weeks)}

If you don't want to get the submissions in your message center, simply "unwatch deviations from Skyandnatureclub"
_{(its explained down in the "FAQs" section)}

The submissions will not directly be submitted to our gallery folder. One vote is required from the Administrators.
_{(The votes are only there to make sure your submissions qualify for the group.)}

Keep in mind that the submissions are closed at the end of every week. (The 7th, 15th, 22nd, 29th(or 30th) of every month ).
_{If the submissions are closed at other days, we will write a notice about it on the front page and the gallery.}

All deviations must be nature-related, with minimum non-nature elements in them.
_{(eg: sunsets, flowers, animals, birds, landscapes, etc..)}

All Visual media are acceptable as long as they're realistic. Stamps and avatars and such are not acceptable hwoever.
_{(Fantasy is not acceptable)}

We have Minimal Quality Standards. We judge photos based on the photography basics and rules. For example: exposure, focus, lighting, composition, noisiness, colors, contrast, white balance, etc..

Submissions that are declined will be moved to a folder in the "Favourites", and they will be featured on the group's front page so that it gets more views. The submissions will also get constructive comments and critiques.
_{(This will benefit the photographers and help them become better in photography.)}

We do NOT accept deviations with non-nature elements if they are clearly noticeable, or if the major focus was on them.
_{(Try not to include these elements in your photos.)}

We do NOT accept photographs taken from cars or windows for example, where they're noticeable. The same thing goes for drawings or paintings, in which the wall at the back can be seen when they're photographed.

We do NOT accept Abstract Photos.

We do NOT accept Highly manipulated works.

* For your information: We will feature all your submissions we get in a blog, which will be updated every 2 or 3 days.

* If you have problems submitting, please contact us!

Take a look to the Under-appreciated blog [link] ...

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32 deviants said
The Under-appreciated of April 2012 - part 2:groups: :iconskyandnatureclub: :groups:

Hello dear members and non-members :wave: how are you ?

As you know the :devskyandnatureclub: features the Under-appreciated: submissions which have less than 100 :+fav:s.
"Under-appreciated Submissions" News Articles are submitted twice a month! :woohoo:

:bulletred: We are hoping that the submissions below would get more comments and faves. They deserve more than that :nod: Please take the time to Comment OR/AND Fave these submissions, as it will mean a lot to them and to us :aww:

:bulletred: For your information, those submissions are chosen from the gallery folder April 16th - 30th 2012 :rose:
:

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25 deviants said ... and support the beautiful pieces submitted by our members between the 16th and the 30th of April.

No comments, Previous Polls

The Link System

The Link System
_{"Link another artists submission in your artist's comment box. It helps everyone's exposure and finds undiscovered art."}

#dALinkSystem

User's Guide

--> DD awarded

User's Manual

Video on How To Link

Affiliates and Members Contests

Are you looking for a new contest to enter ?? Then check out these cool contests

_{Note: Always read the contest's rules before submitting your entry!}

"The Sky is the Limit" Contest.
Contest Deadline: May 28th.

"Baby Nature" Contest.
Contest Deadline: June 10th.

Spring Contest.
Contest Deadline: June 30th.

Avatar Contest.
Contest Deadline:

Random from September 1st - 14th 2011

Deviations Submitted This Period
Fave-a-Few!

Every member may only submit 1 work every 2 weeks, have you submitted yet!? If not go submit now!

Submit Now!

Browse Folder

Random from Submissions

Submissions that were declined

Those submissions that were declined will be moved to this folder on the front page so that it gets more views. The submissions will also get constructive comments and critiques. This will benefit the photographers and help them become better in photography. So, no one is losing anything by having their submissions decline

Please feel free to offer your constructive comments and critiques too

Browse Collection

Random from Members' Suggestions

YOUR suggestions of OTHERS' works

Have you seen a nature deviation that you really like and you want it featured ?

Simply submit it to this collection!

Keep in mind that:
1- You can NOT suggest your own works.
2- The works you suggest must be nature-related

Browse Collection

Group Info

#SkyAndNatureClub is a group for all sky and nature lovers ! It's for anyone who enjoys Nature

It's for APN photographers

Here you will find a beautiful collection of photographs of the sky and nature, which includes the landscapes, waterscapes, flowers, macro, insects, and more than that !

Super Group
Until Apr 21, 2013

Founded 5 Years ago
Aug 25, 2006

Location
Global

Group Focus
Nature

22,131 Members
21,627 Watchers
680,137 Pageviews

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Before going any further..

Before going any further and submitting or joining, we ask that you please read our Rules.

For an overview look just to the left and you can read about the system there

If you have any questions, suggestions, doubts, opinions, etc., contact us! We don't bite

Don't forget to read the FAQs as it may contain answers to your questions!

How To Submit To The Gallery

Follow these steps to submit:

Go to our "Gallery".

click on "Submit to this folder".

Choose a nature-related deviation.

Click OK.

OR

Go to our profile page.

You will see "contribute art" at the top.

Click it, and choose a nature-related deviation.

Click OK.

Featured FAQ:

I cant stand the large number of submissions in my message center, what should I do ?

Here are some of the solutions:

1) Removing ALL submissions at once. example: [link]
2) Unwatching the submissions. example: [link]

In return, we will feature all submissions in blogs. example: [link]

Group Twitter

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Featuring Group Membership Points Donators

Sat May 19, 2012, 6:33 AM by `uae4u

Announcements from the Group

First of all, I would like to say that if you have any news, contests, features, groups, or anything you want us to share the members with, please do not hesitate to note us about it. We would gladly help you

Also, we are going to start a new big Contest this summer with LOTS of prizes. So, get ready for that!

If you would like suggest contest themes, please go ahead and write the contest themes below in the comments section

Second of all, we promised to feature those who would help us get points to renew our group membership for another year. So, thank you very much for your help, and here are the features !

If you are annoyed from the number of submissions you receive from the group, then please "remove" them, or simply "unwatch" our submissions.

Illustrations: [link] and [link]

We have alternatives which are the "Submissions blogs" !

Members Birthdays in May

Check out the Birthdays from here !! part 1 | part 2 | part 3

Don't Forget to visit their pages and wish them a Happy Birthday!

Pimp my Group #26

If you want us to advertise your group, or any group you like, then please send us a note titled "Pimp my Group" and tell us what your group is about. We will advertise 5 groups max every week.

The group can be advertised again 2 weeks after the previous advertisement.

"We are all about capturing high speed motion using high shutter speeds, flash, or a combo of both! We're aiming for high quality work from amazing artisits on dA. I'm pretty sure there are many out there looking for a group with a specific and interesting theme such as time freeze."

"A Place For All Flowers Lover To Gather. All Types Of Flowers Allowed. So Pick Up Your Camera Or Phone And Capture Beautiful Pictures Of Flowers Nearby Or Pick Up Your Pen Or Pencil And Use Your Skills And Abilities To Create Beautiful Flowers Like A Flowers Lover !"

"this group is for people who love photography, not only for people that take it is for people who loves see the work realized by them. I hope you like this group and enjoy it, Welcome and Greetings."

"Everyone is welcome to join as a member! Whether you are a photographer, or a photography appreciator, you're more than welcome here! Join requests are automatically accepted. "

"A type of Flash Fiction, six word stories are (very) short stories with an exact word count: six words. This is the place where alongside quality, quantity really does matter. Even though these stories are so brief in length, they are nevertheless profound, telling us so much and yet there is so little.

We, as a Group, encourage writers to explore their boundaries with prompts, collaborations and more things in between.

Quite a well known six word story is written by Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

What does that tell you?"

Stamps and Credits

by ~NanaPHOTOGRAPHY & ~Fyona

* Donating to this group is greatly appreciated (Donation pool)

* If you have any suggestions or ideas for this group to become better, please contact us

Enjoy and Have Fun In This Group !!

_{Journal skin by `ginkgografix
Club Avatar by ~JenniElfi}

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Comments

~wama2remix 3 days ago New member

It's really very beautiful

~masoli 3 days ago

Thank you for admitting 'Bashful Grace' into your gallery. I am appreciative and touched.

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*Loriele May 10, 2012 Student General Artist

Thanks for adding my pic

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How do you get pixie dust?
From ground up little pixies.

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~kimtan1999 May 7, 2012 New member Student Photographer

Are any of these deviations acceptable? [link] [link]

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I actually have 3 accounts, 1 previous, 1 plz account and this. I'll give you llamas from all 3 of them if you donated me just 1

or more.

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~DeliciouslyPsychotic May 6, 2012 New member

Wil my picture be accepted because I gave it to you a day ago and it says it's still waiting for approval and I've had around 100 deviations from here and mine hasn't been accepted yet? Is there something wrong?

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But yet I have never opened my mouth
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