My best picture this week (captured from Dec 10 - Dec 16, 2011)

Challenge #19 in the variable subjects II series. Hosted by Lext123.

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Announced:

Saturday, 3rd December, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

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

Voting:

Saturday, 17th December, 2011 – Friday, 23rd 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 10th - December 16th, 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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Buds 4869

by mjhpdx

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Taken on Sauvies Island near Portland Oregon on a foggy day.

Camera:	Nikon D300
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Submitted:	Monday, 12th December, 2011 23:04 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 10th December, 2011
Focal length:	420 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F9.5
ISO:	1100
Notes:	Tripod; RAW; CS5PS
Views:	302
Galleries:	View this photo in mjhpdx's gallery

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