The desert

Challenge #69 in the Nature from Around the World series. Hosted by vqueen.

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Very simple: just submit your best picture of desert. Please read the rules carefuly

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Announced:

Thursday, 13th December, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 20th December, 2012 – Wednesday, 26th December, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 27th December, 2012 – Wednesday, 2nd January, 2013 (GMT)

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No major photo-shopping
Minor editing such as exposure, contrast and such for small fixes is acceptable
No HDR

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Photo entries must be the original work of the challenger (poster)
Only pictures not entered in previous dpr challenges please
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Drought. Moment before the winter floods.

by amir kogan

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Og Stream, the most northern of the Judean Desert streams, surrounded by a magnificently beautiful desert landscape, near the Dead Sea, Israel.

Camera:	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P200
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Submitted:	Thursday, 20th December, 2012 15:49 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 17th October, 2011
Focal length:	7.9 mm
Shutter speed:	1/1000 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	100
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Galleries:	View this photo in amir kogan's gallery

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