Red, Yellow, Brown, Black: The Colours Of Autumn

Challenge #7 in the Colours & Shades: The World I Know series. Hosted by Stormcastle.

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This challenge is to show off those pics you have of all the fabulous autumn colours that come to the deciduous trees when summer changes to fall. This is another nature related challenge, so get outdoors and show us what colour the leaves are where you live.

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Announced:

Saturday, 6th November, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 13th November, 2010 – Friday, 19th November, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 20th November, 2010 – Friday, 26th November, 2010 (GMT)

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- Photos **MUST** be taken outdoors
- Colour photos only
- No children under 16 years of age
- HDR is not allowed in this challenge
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- No digital composites
- Do not frame photos or watermark them
- Only photos that you, yourself, have taken

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Forest Impressionist

by anthonyGR

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The camera was panned vertically during a somewhat long exposure to create an impressionist look. I tried to pan it parallel to the tree trunks so the barks get smoothed (as well as the rest of the forest), but the edges of the trees remain well defined.

Camera:	Canon EOS 550D (EOS Rebel T2i / EOS Kiss X4)
Lens:	Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD
Submitted:	Wednesday, 17th November, 2010 16:42 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 24th October, 2010
Focal length:	20 mm
Shutter speed:	1/8 sec
Aperture:	F11
ISO:	100
Notes:	No post-processing other than cropping and resizing.
Views:	158
Galleries:	View this photo in anthonyGR's gallery

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