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Spectacular Skies

Challenge #17 in the ROAD Traveler series. Hosted by Tejas Ariwala.

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Capture the amazing colours of the Sky above you .

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Announced:

Sunday, 27th December, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 3rd January, 2010 – Saturday, 9th January, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 10th January, 2010 – Saturday, 16th January, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Basic Post Processing only

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Objects / Birds Etc.... in Foreground are ALLOWED .
Image should represent SKY as the main Subject
Shots should be with Natural light only .
No frieworks shots .
NO HDR

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

499

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by gtexan

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This was a very strange light effect in the sky that I witnessed in cape cod this summer. I just took the picture and brought out the contrast using clarification filters. No other editing to speak of really. This was just what it looked like. It was a pretty amazing site.

Camera:	Sony Alpha DSLR-A200
Lens:	Kit Lens
Submitted:	Tuesday, 5th January, 2010 15:40 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 16th August, 2009
Focal length:	24 mm
Shutter speed:	1/400 sec
Aperture:	F10
ISO:	100
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