My best picture this week (captured from Dec 3 - Dec 9, 2011)

Challenge #18 in the variable subjects II series. Hosted by Lext123.

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Announced:

Saturday, 26th November, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 3rd December, 2011 – Friday, 9th December, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 10th December, 2011 – Friday, 16th December, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Only basic post-processing.
Color and B&W are accepted.
Digital reproduction of existing material, is not allowed.

Capture date rules:

Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge.

Additional rules:

And (as an additional rule on top of the previous one):... Pictures must be captured strictly from December 3th - December 9th, 2011 (local time)
Please, first make sure your picture is not matching the subject of any other open-to-submit challenge, around the moment of uploading. If so, rather submit it there instead.
During the submission phase of this challenge, pictures present here may not be present in any other challenge.
Pictures must contain a full Exif, IPTC or XMP metadata record, that must match any manually provided information.

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Green Parrot

by Cenk

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Psittacula eupatria / Alexandrine parakeet rrom Anatolia

Camera:	Nikon D700
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Submitted:	Monday, 5th December, 2011 08:44 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 4th December, 2011
Focal length:	500 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F7.1
ISO:	200
Notes:	Nikon D700, Nikon 300 mm f/4 AFS, Nikon TC 1.7E II
Views:	228
Galleries:	View this photo in Cenk's gallery

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