Best Of The Worst: The Cheapo Camera Blues

Challenge #4 in the The Human Photographer series. Hosted by Stormcastle, TheAnonymousGhost.

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READ CAREFULLY: This challenge is for the pics from the cheapest camera you own - or at least, the one that takes the most reliably bad photos: low quality, bad exposure, high ISO noise, or poor colour reproduction. DSLR cameras sit this one out, but cell phone pics are definitely allowed! In the end, looking for pics from cameras that are verifiable 8 megapixels or lower.

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Announced:

Sunday, 17th October, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 24th October, 2010 – Saturday, 30th October, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 31st October, 2010 – Saturday, 6th November, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

- full EXIF data **MUST** be included
- No DSLR photos
- Minimal post processing.
- Most subjects allowed
- But please no children under 16 as it's kinda creepy.
- Colour photos only
- All 8 megapixel and lower cameras welcome (except DLSRs)
- No webcam snapshots
- Do not frame photos or watermark them
- Photo must not have been submitted previously to any gallery or challenge
- Only photos that you, yourself, have taken
- No scanned images

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

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
riticism.
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- 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.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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Dead Bird

by swedishnerd

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I found a lot of dead birds on this street.

Camera:	Sony Ericsson w810i
Lens:	Sony Ericsson w810i
Submitted:	Saturday, 30th October, 2010 15:01 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 8th September, 2007
Focal length:	4 mm
Shutter speed:	0 sec
Aperture:	F2.8
ISO:	80
Notes:	Put my phone on macro mode and put it really close to the bird and took the shot.
Views:	220
Galleries:	View this photo in swedishnerd's gallery

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