[b&w] post-processing

Challenge #10 in the Photography like a life in black and white series. Hosted by RazvanRO.

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Open theme for this challenge (be sure your entry is complaint to dpreview general rules for nudity, etc-etc), but you should submit a b&w exposure that makes you proud of it (or at least pleased) after post processing. Something similar to this feeling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7u_y-__62w&feature=player_embedded ( Mind the rules below, thank you! )

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Announced:

Wednesday, 1st December, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 8th December, 2010 – Tuesday, 14th December, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 15th December, 2010 – Tuesday, 21st December, 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.

Additional rules:

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 3pp (percentage points) when the entry was submitted. New users (unrated users) are allowed to join the challenge.
We will appreciate it if you share the secrets used/applied during post-processing.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

Not restricted

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Abandoned House

by leemoh

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I took this in Kefalonia (a beautiful Greek island).

Camera:	Nikon D300S
Lens:	Nikkor 18-200 f/3.8
Submitted:	Sunday, 12th December, 2010 13:58 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 25th July, 2010
Focal length:	100 mm
Shutter speed:	1/100 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	200
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Galleries:	View this photo in leemoh's gallery

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