[b&w] sadness

Challenge #3 in the Photography like a life in black and white series. Hosted by RazvanRO.

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Ideal shot: a human face expressing sadness, but feel free and unlock your imagination if you like.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 13th October, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 20th October, 2010 – Tuesday, 26th October, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 27th October, 2010 – Tuesday, 2nd November, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Keep your exposure close to black and white area (preferably black and white only). Indistinguishable tones allowed (very slight tones). No full sepia and no full tones. Keep your shot very close to black an white.
Do not kill the heart of your shot by heavy post-processing.
Grain allowed, and (if you like) everything that makes your digital exposure look like a film exposure.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

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In order to keep up the quality of this series only users having an average placement above 45% are allowed to enter. Average placement will have a maximum tolerance of 3% pp (percentage points) when the entry was submitted. New users (unrated users) are allowed to join the challenge.

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by jsandjs

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She stood there as if walked out of the drawing behind.

Camera:	Leica Digilux 2
Lens:	Vario-Summicron
Submitted:	Friday, 22nd October, 2010 08:26 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 13th July, 2010
Focal length:	14.9 mm
Shutter speed:	1/25 sec
Aperture:	F2.1
ISO:	200
Notes:	The ISO was set one step up and thanks to the Summicron lens.
Views:	124
Galleries:	View this photo in jsandjs's gallery

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