Your Ancient History

Challenge #5 in the Eye of the Beholder series. Hosted by wrosenthal.

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Recently I submitted photos to several challenges that I took decades ago as a teenager. They did not do too badly, and one was actually in the top ten. Now it is your turn. Show an early photo, perhaps the first photo that you took that you believe was worth showing to others but that you never submitted to a contest or challenge. For some of you that will be a piece of ancient history. For others, it will be more recent history. You must indicate in the notes your age now and the age that you were when you took the photo. The ‘honor system’ prevails. Please read all of the rules below before participating. Let’s have some fun with this one.

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Announced:

Monday, 26th October, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 2nd November, 2009 – Sunday, 8th November, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 9th November, 2009 – Sunday, 15th November, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Enter as much camera, technical and processing information as possible, by hand if necessary.
Obviously, scanned photos, negatives and transparencies are allowed, but keep processing to a minimum. Limit it to what you could have done in the darkroom, but also in this challenge, denoising and other clean up procedures are allowed.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

See the age reporting rule above. You must include in the notes your current age (approximate will due) and the age you were when you took the photo. I will return entries that do not provide this information.
No gratuitous violence or nudity; only if it is integral to the presentation and not the primary subject. If in doubt, write me at the "Challenges and Galleries Forum" for the thread specific to this challenge.
No watermarks, borders, or frames.
Previous dpreview challenge entries are NOT ALLOWED.
If you see an entry that you feel does not qualify, use the complaint button and state your case, but do so well before the submission deadline ends. No complaints after that date will be considered.
Questions? Comments? Check the "Challenges and Galleries Forum" for a thread specific to this challenge.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

150

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