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Religion #5 : Buddhism

Challenge #11 in the Religion series. Hosted by DemiLion.

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This series is intended to study the various religions of the World. In this third one the subject is Buddhism. Please read the PP and additional rules. Voters please see below for guidelines in Additional Rules.

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Announced:

Thursday, 16th September, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 23rd September, 2010 – Wednesday, 29th September, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 30th September, 2010 – Wednesday, 6th October, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Post-processing to be similar to News or Editorial images:
1.0 True-to-Life And Utility-Enhancing Procedures
The following digital image editing procedures are permitted to compensate for limitations and defects inherent in the digital photographic process, provided that the impact is to make the photograph more true-to-life (i.e. accurate):
1.0.1 Colour balancing/correction [additional: B/W accepted]
1.0.2 Burning
1.0.3 Correction of lens distortion
1.0.4 Despeckling
1.0.5 Dodging
1.0.6 File optimization [additional: to inc Sharpening]
1.0.7 Focus adjustments
1.0.8 Glare elimination
1.0.9 Overall lightening or darkening
1.0.10 Red eye elimination
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also:
2.0.1 Cropping, darkening or focus-softening to reduce/eliminate superfluous material in a manner that preserves the context of the event.
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Reference:
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Submissions must be at least 900x600
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Exif to be intact

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No restrictions.

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Consider the skills shown in image manipulation and post processing in comparison with the original (shown in examples below) when voting!
Please vote on the image at full size or in slideshow view- the entrants have put some effort into their submissions, so look at them as they were intended and not as thumbnails.
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Charity at dawn

by santamonica812

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Luang Prabang, Laos. Each morning, before the sun rises, monks line up to receive donations of rice from the locals who live in and around town.

Camera:	Canon EOS 20D
Lens:	Canon 28-135 IS
Submitted:	Thursday, 23rd September, 2010 04:53 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 19th November, 2007
Focal length:	75 mm
Shutter speed:	1/80 sec
Aperture:	F6.3
ISO:	1600
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