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Photojournalism Steve McCurry style.

Challenge #9 in the Mentors series. Hosted by Martin Ocando, Carlos U, Aleo Veuliah, Rick Sammon.

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Hosted by Aleo Veuliah

Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist best known for his photograph, "Afghan Girl" that originally appeared in National Geographic magazine. Lets pay tribute to Mr. McCurry with our best shot, worth to be in the cover of the big magazines.

Info here:

Steve McCurrySite

Wikipedia Steve McCurry Info

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Announced:

Tuesday, 19th February, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 26th February, 2013 – Monday, 4th March, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 5th March, 2013 – Monday, 11th March, 2013 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Color or black and white are fine. (not over saturated colors)
Panoramas not allowed.
Good post processing, not heavy manipulated images.
Minimum size 1024x768.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Pictures need to show well Steve McCurry style.
All kinds of lenses.
No frames or watermarks on the images.
Good technical description appreciated.
A very good composition is appreciated.

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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Tibetan Woman

by bennewbry

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Drinking Tea inside her tent in the Tibetan countryside.

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	Canon EF 135mm F2L USM
Submitted:	Tuesday, 26th February, 2013 05:11 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 12th August, 2012
Focal length:	135 mm
Shutter speed:	1/100 sec
Aperture:	F2
ISO:	320
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