Lit by the Sun

Challenge #9 in the masterpieces series. Hosted by grubybartek.

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Sometimes there are very specific light conditions: some object is lightened by the sun but there are dark clouds behind it (creating very nice background). Show us this magic moment. Lit object(-s) and dark clouds are mandatory. No blue sky shots. Please read all additional and post-processing rules.

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Announced:

Thursday, 15th October, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 22nd October, 2009 – Wednesday, 28th October, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 29th October, 2009 – Wednesday, 4th November, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No photo montages/collages.
No HDR.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Lit object(-s) and dark clouds are mandatory.
No blue sky shots.
No snapshots.
No watermarks or frames please.
Photograph should not have been posted for other dpreview challenges.
No jokes.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Town Square

by rigi

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Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	Nikkor 16-85
Submitted:	Thursday, 22nd October, 2009 18:18 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 12th September, 2009
Focal length:	16 mm
Shutter speed:	1/320 sec
Aperture:	F7.1
ISO:	200
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