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Colour On Black

Challenge #8 in the U live, U learn U love, U learn U cry, U learn U lose, U learn U bleed, U learn U scream, U learn series. Hosted by ConanFujiX, ConanFuji.

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Basically shoot a colourful main subject on a black background. No Babies, Kids, Live Animals, Minors. Dead animal / animal parts allowed.

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Announced:

Thursday, 29th July, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 5th August, 2010 – Wednesday, 11th August, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 12th August, 2010 – Wednesday, 18th August, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No HDR
No Composites
Don't cut out the background.
Minor cloning allowed.

Capture date rules:

Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge.

Additional rules:

Shots entered in other DP challenges not allowed
No offensive shots
No political statement

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

125

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Spilled Light

by aftpic

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Ooops. That's going to be hard to clean up.

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D
Lens:	24 - 105 4.0
Submitted:	Wednesday, 11th August, 2010 01:37 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 10th August, 2010
Focal length:	50 mm
Shutter speed:	25 sec
Aperture:	F18
ISO:	100
Notes:	Tripod, dark room, black background, long exposure, and a couple of colored LED lights. A very minor amount of clean up on Photoshop.
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