My best picture this week (captured from Dec 31, 2011 - Jan 6, 2012)

Challenge #22 in the variable subjects II series. Hosted by Lext123.

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Announced:

Saturday, 24th December, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 31st December, 2011 – Friday, 6th January, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 7th January, 2012 – Friday, 13th January, 2012 (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 31st, 2011 - January 6th, 2012 (GMT)
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:

200

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A. a Portrait

by hughf

22^nd place

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Camera:	Leica M9
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Submitted:	Thursday, 5th January, 2012 20:18 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 1st January, 2012
Focal length:	50 mm
Shutter speed:	1/125 sec
Aperture:	F1.4
ISO:	400
Notes:
Views:	51
Galleries:	View this photo in hughf's gallery

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