Your Best Photo Ever....

Challenge #13 in the A bit of everything series. Hosted by udaman.

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Open Theme..... Enter you best effort, Be it...after hours preparation, or a "lucky" capture.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 8th July, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 15th July, 2009 – Tuesday, 21st July, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 22nd July, 2009 – Tuesday, 28th July, 2009 (GMT)

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No restrictions

Capture date rules:

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Voting should be based on each photos personal merits. Considering the standard stuff...Lighting, Composition, Impact of image, and so on.
If you had a special set up, you may (at your option), share it with us.

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Grooming

by Rutgerbus

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Camera:	Nikon D80
Lens:	300mm AF-s f/4 Nikkor + 1.4TCEII
Submitted:	Friday, 17th July, 2009 12:44 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 20th March, 2009
Focal length:	420 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	320
Notes:	Manual focused on the swan, which was sitting behind some reeds. That, in combination with the relative slow shutterspeed is what gave the blurry and mystical effect.
Views:	121

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