Teleconverters vs. Cropping (title TELE: or CROP:)

Challenge #16 in the Technology Enabling Art series. Hosted by ProfHankD.

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For as long as there have been teleconverters (aka, tele extenders) to multiply the focal length of a prime lens, people have debated if using one really produces a better photo than cropping a prime lens capture. Let's find out. Enter your best photos that either were taken with a 2X or greater teleconverter (TELE:) or were cropped at least 2X (CROP:).

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Announced:

Thursday, 9th June, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 16th June, 2011 – Wednesday, 22nd June, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 23rd June, 2011 – Wednesday, 29th June, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

CROP entries must crop at least 2X -- i.e., to a region that is no more than 25% of what the prime lens captured on that camera body. Cropping can be done either in PP or using the "digital zoom" built-into many cameras, but sensor-size crop factors do not count.
Simple image enhancements, such as unsharp masking and level adjustment, are permitted -- but each entry must come from a single capture.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Every entry must have a title starting with either "TELE:" or "CROP:" depending on how the image was produced. Unmarked entries will be DQ.
Entries should not have been entered in any other dpreview challenges.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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TELE: The boss

by Jaime David

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Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:
Submitted:	Saturday, 18th June, 2011 15:40 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 23rd May, 2011
Focal length:	400 mm
Shutter speed:	1/200 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	800
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Galleries:	View this photo in Jaime David's gallery

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what kind of gorilla is this?

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this is adult male orangutan

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