Best Of The Worst: Exposure Madness

Challenge #2 in the The Human Photographer series. Hosted by Stormcastle, TheAnonymousGhost.

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As a photographer, light is your best friend... except when it's your mortal enemy. This challenge celebrates all those lost battles with the sun and any other light source that's made an otherwise good photo go completely bad.

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Announced:

Sunday, 3rd October, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 10th October, 2010 – Saturday, 16th October, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 17th October, 2010 – Saturday, 23rd October, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

- Minimal post processing
- All subjects allowed
- Colour photos only
- All cameras welcome
- Do not frame photos or watermark them
- Photo must not have been submitted previously to any challenge
- Only photos that you, yourself, have taken
- No scanned images

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

- Please refrain from just randomly going out and taking bad photos for this challenge as we are looking for pics that are naturally bad in an honest fashion.
- However, ultimate judgment on what you submit is entirely up to you.
VOTING GUIDE:
Please adhere to the following guide for voting in this challenge.
0.5 star: Does not meet challenge topic/rules
1 star: Poor quality
2 star: Adequate
3 star: Good
4 star: Excellent
5 star: Spectacular/Epic/Awesome
The 0.5 star rule is the most important! If you do not like the
photo, please rate it with a single star as it is much better for
expressing constructive criticism.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

122

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Lost in Space

by BIP2007

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Tried to capture silky, smooth water with long exposure. With spot metering on the rocks, water was completely Gone (over exposed) leaving the rocks LOST IN SPACE

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Lens:	Canon 70-200mm F4 L
Submitted:	Monday, 11th October, 2010 18:29 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 18th January, 2009
Focal length:	138 mm
Shutter speed:	30 sec
Aperture:	F16
ISO:	100
Notes:	no PP apart from cropping
Views:	123
Galleries:	View this photo in BIP2007's gallery

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