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Fog in the City

Challenge #126 in the Nature from Around the World series. Hosted by vqueen.

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Very simple: just submit your best picture of an urban scene of a foggy day/night. Please make sure attributes to the city are present in the photo. Please refer to the sample photo and please read the rules carefuly

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Announced:

Thursday, 23rd January, 2014 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 30th January, 2014 – Wednesday, 5th February, 2014 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 6th February, 2014 – Wednesday, 12th February, 2014 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No major photo-shopping
Minor editing such as exposure, contrast and such for small fixes is acceptable
No HDR

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Photo entries must be the original work of the challenger (poster)
Only pictures not entered in previous dpr challenges please
Please abide by dpr rules
Entrants who cheat by sandbagging, vote manipulation, or with multiple DPR accounts will be disqualified

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Magical City

by stemcell

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"Sea fog" coming in from Lake Michigan blankets Chicago's "Gold Coast".

Camera:	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
Lens:	Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH OIS
Submitted:	Friday, 31st January, 2014 19:16 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 1st June, 2010
Focal length:	18 mm
Shutter speed:	20 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	100
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Views:	2164
Galleries:	View this photo in stemcell's gallery

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stemcell

Thank you all for your nice comments

Robert

Feb 14, 2014permalink

babalu

Looks like a scene from a science fiction film. Very impressive.

Feb 13, 2014permalink

blue skies

Fabulous image. Congrats on your win!

Feb 13, 2014permalink

Samuel Dilworth

Thank you.

Feb 13, 2014permalink

Cyclonepath

Fantastic shot!

Feb 13, 2014permalink

stemcell

Thank -you

Feb 3, 2014permalink

Gned

Very surreal. I like it.

Feb 3, 2014permalink

stemcell

Thank-you

Feb 3, 2014permalink

MarioSS

Very nice!

Jan 31, 2014permalink

stemcell

Thank-you

Feb 1, 2014permalink

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