christmas miniatures village

Challenge #10 in the Nature and Culture series. Hosted by AndrePooh.

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In this time of the year it's costumary in many places to build a christmas miniature village (diorama). This is your opportunity to show your best picture of such a christmas miniature village. Do not post miniatures with the Nativity scene

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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:

No special effects; Create the art with your camera not with pp
Colors and contrast should appear natural and realistic.
Basic processing, and cloning out of distractions, is allowed.
Subtle HDR is okay as long as it isn't blatantly visible

Capture date rules:

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

Additional rules:

Again, do not post photos of the nativity scene, that will be next week's subject
Comply with the standard DPR decency rules.
No recycling; photos must not have been entered in previous challenges
Expect entries, which do not adhere to the rules, to be disqualified.
Don’t forget the caption; description
VOTERS :
0.5s should only be given on images of being outside the rules and reasons should be given in the comments.
Please view the photo before voting; don't vote on thumbnails.
Please leave a comment whenever you particularly like or dislike a photo
Sandbagging, vote manipulation, spite voting - is strongly discouraged and may lead to DQ.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

Not restricted

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In Our Bay-Window

by fiddlethis

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Camera:	Canon EOS 600D (EOS Rebel T3i / EOS Kiss X5)
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Submitted:	Friday, 16th December, 2011 23:57 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 16th December, 2011
Focal length:	15 mm
Shutter speed:	8 sec
Aperture:	F11
ISO:	100
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Galleries:	View this photo in fiddlethis's gallery

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