My best picture this week (captured from Dec 17 - Dec 23, 2011)

Challenge #20 in the variable subjects II series. Hosted by Lext123.

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Announced:

Saturday, 10th December, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 17th December, 2011 – Friday, 23rd December, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 24th December, 2011 – Friday, 30th 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 17th - December 23rd, 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.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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wood duck

by Andypics

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Camera:	Nikon D5000
Lens:	Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG Macro HSM II
Submitted:	Tuesday, 20th December, 2011 22:34 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 17th December, 2011
Focal length:	200 mm
Shutter speed:	1/640 sec
Aperture:	F4.5
ISO:	400
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Galleries:	View this photo in Andypics's gallery

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