Plunge into the water (Splash or Acrobatic)

Challenge #3 in the Do your BEST!!! series. Hosted by athlondj, Lux16.

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The objective of this challenge is that to represent people that are plunged into the water. To capture the moment of the dive is easy, but only the most original dive will be the winner. You must strive to capture the action and the stunt. You can photograph both the moment before the impact with the water and the moment during the impact. Please see additional rules...

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Announced:

Monday, 9th August, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 16th August, 2010 – Sunday, 22nd August, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 23rd August, 2010 – Sunday, 29th August, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Basic post processing:
- Only: cropping, brightness, contrast, saturation.
- Black and white or sepia conversion.
The best photos are those natural.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

- ONLY "splash" or Acrobatics photos!;
- If your first entry has been a photo splash, the second must be an acrobatic photo (and vice versa, you can look at the sample photos);
- No HDR;
- No composite images;
- No signature, borders or logos;
- The principal subject must be the dive of human beings and not of objects in the water (see sample photos);
- No films scanned, Only digital photos;
- The photographs must not already be used in other challenges;
- For comments or discussions about the suspensions write a
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1005&message=35988659

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

200

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by Toby80

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Swan dive into Oregon's Crater Lake. Water temp around 45 degrees.

Camera:	Nikon D70s
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Submitted:	Friday, 20th August, 2010 18:39 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 31st July, 2010
Focal length:	31 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F8
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