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)

Processing rules:

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

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Photo entries must be the original work of the challenger (poster)
Only pictures not entered in previous dpr challenges please
Please abide by dpr rules

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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by sfischer

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Wind swept desert dune. Photographed out at the Eureka Dunes at the north end of Death Valley

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Submitted:	Sunday, 23rd December, 2012 18:24 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 4th May, 2012
Focal length:	105 mm
Shutter speed:	1/100 sec
Aperture:	F13
ISO:	200
Notes:	Shot handheld while keeping the camera partially protected by my windbreaker as the sand blew around me.
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Galleries:	View this photo in sfischer's gallery

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