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Strong Black&White People

Challenge #6 in the The Golden Ages series. Hosted by Sonylover1.

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I have always been compassionate about B/W photos that are simple, very strong, no fuzz and with a message.

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Announced:

Saturday, 25th September, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 2nd October, 2010 – Friday, 8th October, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 9th October, 2010 – Friday, 15th October, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Do what you want!

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

I want faces!
Only B/W digital photos.
You should have a strong White and a strong Black area int the picture.
No animal, landscape, arhitecture...just people.
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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

200

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by Lester Walas

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Taken at a rally in Manchester. Regardless of how ironic the message may seem as expressed by a boy too young to vote, the overall message was quite strong.

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	Canon 70-200 2.8 L non-IS
Submitted:	Tuesday, 5th October, 2010 13:56 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 15th May, 2010
Focal length:	200 mm
Shutter speed:	1/400 sec
Aperture:	F2.8
ISO:	160
Notes:	Not much to it really, just a portrait taken with a tele lens at 2.8...
Views:	263
Galleries:	View this photo in Lester Walas's gallery

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