Against the light

Challenge #139 in the B & W square series. Hosted by Bernard909.

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Black and white square picture to illustrate this topic

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Announced:

Thursday, 1st December, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 8th December, 2011 – Wednesday, 14th December, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 15th December, 2011 – Wednesday, 21st December, 2011 (GMT)

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No borders or watermarks
Pictures aspect ratio must be 1:1
Picture size must be 1600 x 1600 pixels
Tolerance on aspect ratio and size is 1%

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

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No humans or animals visible in the picture

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Light from Heaven

by petche

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Camera:	Nikon D7000
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Submitted:	Saturday, 10th December, 2011 06:44 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 23rd August, 2011
Focal length:	29 mm
Shutter speed:	1/125 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	400
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Galleries:	View this photo in petche's gallery

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Total comments: 5

In color, it would have been a much better picture. This black and white fancy, I do not have any attraction to it!

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Thank you everyone. I used nik silver efex pro to convert to bw and then increase the contrast and tone contrast of the ligth rays more. Thanks.

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Yeah, I like to know too!
Really nice.

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Wonderful shot!
Would you mind elaborating what you did post production?

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Lovely capture! Great dynamic range... Congrats!

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