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Bird Silhouettes [ Read all the rules please ! ]

Challenge #22 in the The Company Of Animals series. Hosted by Patchandcrew.

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As the title states, silhouettes of birds [ any species ]. S-I-L-H-O-U-E-T-T-E. "From its original graphic meaning, the term "silhouette" has been extended to describe the sight or representation of a person, object or scene that is backlit, and appears dark against a lighter background. Anything that appears this way, for example, a figure standing backlit in a doorway, may be described as "in silhouette".

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Announced:

Sunday, 30th January, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Sunday, 6th February, 2011 – Saturday, 12th February, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Sunday, 13th February, 2011 – Saturday, 19th February, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Entries can be black and white, colour or sepia.
No special effects, no borders/frames.
HDR IS allowed in this challenge
Basic processing, and cloning out of distractions, is allowed.
No watermarks or any other identifying marks/text
No reference to the entrant`s ID in title or any other text option

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No images depicting animal abuse, suffering or death [ nor potential injury or death ], of any animal
If unsure on any of the rules please ask for clarification.
Entries which do not adhere to the rules as written will be DQ`d
VOTERS :
0.5s should only be given on images of poor quality or for being outside the rules [ if I miss DQing any ].
If giving any 0.5s, reasons should be given, if you give it stand by it.
Voting on thumbnail is lazy and disrespectful, entrants deserve to have their images viewed properly.
Sandbagging / vote manipulation / spite voting - don`t even think of doing it !

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Bird

by R Gautham

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Camera:	Canon PowerShot A590 IS
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Submitted:	Monday, 7th February, 2011 02:33 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 19th April, 2009
Focal length:	23.2 mm
Shutter speed:	1/250 sec
Aperture:	F5.5
ISO:	200
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Galleries:	View this photo in R Gautham's gallery

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