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Ultra Long

Challenge #13 in the Creative Constraints series. Hosted by Barry Twycross.

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Find a shot in your archive taken with an ultra long lens. I'm defining "ultra long" as more than 6 times the long side of your sensor. For full frame, that would be anything longer than 216mm.

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Announced:

Tuesday, 1st December, 2020 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 8th December, 2020 – Monday, 14th December, 2020 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 15th December, 2020 – Monday, 21st December, 2020 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Pay attention to the file size of the final image, should be less than 2MB. Make sure to check the quality setting of your software when you save or export the file. (Do not use Photoshop's quality "12".)
If your photo is a composite, all source images must be closely related, comply with the theme, and be made available.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

If you have a good reason why any of these don’t work for you, please message me privately before submitting
Must be anonymous
Should have full exif data.
Should be between 1500 and 3k pixels on the long side
Less than 2MB file size (use appropriate quality setting when saving).
Should have a meaningful title.
No added, non photographic, graphic elements such as borders.

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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