People and Balls

Challenge #2 in the The series of Lars series. Hosted by Lars Rehm.

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Ok, this is all about sports, the type that involves some sort of ball to be precise. So get snapping or raid the archives and submit your best football, polo, basketball, cricket, tennis etc etc images. Just make sure there are at least one person and one ball visible in the image...

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Announced:

Thursday, 15th January, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 22nd January, 2009 – Wednesday, 28th January, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 29th January, 2009 – Wednesday, 4th February, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Minor retouching such as level/contrast/color/sharpness adjustments allowed but no cloning, artificial blurring or similar Photoshop wizardry.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

At least one person and one ball have to be visible in the image.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

Not restricted

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Fire Balls

by Christopher Cochran

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A street performer in Paris dazzling onlookers with fire balls in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Camera:	Canon EOS 400D (EOS Digital Rebel XTi / EOS Kiss Digital X)
Lens:	EF-S 17-85mm
Submitted:	Friday, 23rd January, 2009 05:06 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 17th May, 2008
Focal length:	55 mm
Shutter speed:	3/5 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	400
Notes:	Handheld, unprocessed
Views:	45

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