Olympus DSLR Only Challenge #9 in the The Soul Of Things series. Hosted by Capivara. Challenge has finished This is the first in a series of "xxx DSLR only" challenges. Dear Olympians, always bragging about those illusive Oly colors, your challenge is: "Beautiful Blue Skies". However, don't just point your camera upwards and press the shutter - make sure the rest of image is worth looking at, too. Show full rules Announced: Thursday, 16th July, 2009 (GMT) Submissions: Thursday, 23rd July, 2009 – Wednesday, 29th July, 2009 (GMT) Voting: Thursday, 30th July, 2009 – Wednesday, 5th August, 2009 (GMT) Processing rules: Basic post processing only. Capture date rules: No restrictions. Additional rules: No HDR No borders EXIF must be present in your image Images with no EXIF will be disqualified Maximum number of entries per user: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 200

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