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-Best Windows 2018 Wallpaper- (Full Colours Only)

Challenge #138 in the -Make Photography Great Again- series. Hosted by By standing on the Shoulders of Giants.

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If Windows 2018 were to ship with a set of preloaded wallpapers, and if you to present 2 of your masterpieces to Bill Gates to pick, which photographs would you select? Dayshot, bluehour and astrophotography shots are allowed. Nightshots and other lowlight evening shots not allowed. Please don't use shots which had been entered into previously completed challenges. Tq.

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Announced:

Sunday, 29th April, 2018 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 6th May, 2018 – Saturday, 12th May, 2018 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 13th May, 2018 – Saturday, 19th May, 2018 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Keep the pp simple. It should look natural. No HDR-ish shots please. Stacking permitted. Any aspect ratios between 4:3 and 16:10-ish are allowed. Longer edges should be horizontal.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Only well composed, high quality, well exposed, well lit, full coloured images are allowed. No snapshots please.
Please don't submit pics which have been submitted to previously completed challenges
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27	Destroyed my Pro2 - probably getting an XT2


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