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Best Of The Worst: Focus F#ck Ups

Challenge #3 in the The Human Photographer series. Hosted by Stormcastle, TheAnonymousGhost.

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READ CAREFULLY: This challenge is for those pics of yours that are nearly 100% great - except the focus isn't where you wanted it to be - and we've all had that happen when we're too lazy to use manual focusing. Depth of field errors are also welcomed in this challenge as most of us have had that go wrong, too.

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Announced:

Sunday, 10th October, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 17th October, 2010 – Saturday, 23rd October, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 24th October, 2010 – Saturday, 30th October, 2010 (GMT)

Processing rules:

- Photos must have an obvious problem
- Minimal post processing.
- All subjects allowed
- Colour photos only
- All cameras welcome
- Do not frame photos or watermark them
- Photo **MUST** have some description of the focus problem.
- Photo must not have been submitted previously to any challenge
- Only photos that you, yourself, have taken
- No scanned images

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

- Please refrain from just randomly going out and taking bad photos for this challenge as we are looking for pics that are naturally bad in an honest fashion.
- However, ultimate judgment on what you submit is entirely up to you.
VOTING GUIDE:
Please adhere to the following guide for voting in this challenge.
0.5 star: Does not meet challenge topic/rules
1 star: Poor quality
2 star: Adequate
3 star: Good
4 star: Excellent
5 star: Spectacular/Epic/Awesome
The 0.5 star rule is the most important! If you do not like the
photo, please rate it with a single star as it is much better for
expressing constructive criticism.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

122

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by Peter Horn

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This bike was just way too fast at nearly 300 km/h for an amateur zoom lens...

Camera:	Nikon D70
Lens:	Nikon 18-200 VR
Submitted:	Wednesday, 20th October, 2010 21:50 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 8th June, 2007
Focal length:	200 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	200
Notes:
Views:	304
Galleries:	View this photo in Peter Horn's gallery

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