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Bluelight weekly photography contest Round 99: Planet Earth

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RULES
1. Any photograph or variation of a photograph which has been previously submitted for one of the contest rounds cannot be used in subsequent rounds of the contest.

2. Photographs must be your original work and that has never been copyrighted or, if copyrighted, that you are the sole copyright owner of.
2a. No submitting pictures for other people, for friends, etc. Your OWN work, very simple.

3. Only one photograph may be entered per contest.

4. All photographs must be free of watermarks, signatures and borders

5. Photographs must be no wider than 700 and no higher than 700 pixels. Free resizing software - Irfanview.

6. Deadline for entries is 12am Eastern (5am GMT) on the posted deadline date.

7. Voting ends at 12am Eastern (5am GMT) on the posted end date.

8. Post your images in the appropriate thread in the form of an image, not a link to click on.

9. Don't be a dummy and vote for your own photo, try and make it fun.

Be reminded that this is a photo contest and so images which have been heavily manipulated through an image editing software will not be accepted. To put everyone on a level playing field, editing should be restricted to cropping and resizing.

Images which are not relevant to the week's theme will be automatically removed.

If you have a problem with another contestant's entry adhering to the contest guidelines, please PM the forum moderators. Do not try to begin a debate about the issue within the contest submission or poll thread! There will be zero tolerance towards any attempts to devolve a contest thread into a bash-fest or witch hunt.

We will pick the next theme and post it the night a contest ends for the next round so people have a full 7 days to take pictures and submit them. After all the entries have been posted, a poll will be added on the last night, so people can vote. Voting will take place from midnight to midnight over the following 2 days (12am Sunday - 12am Tuesday).

Those who wish to participate in sharing full versions of their entries may do so by providing a link only to the full sized version in the same post as their entry.

Thank you and have fun!
 
Please submit your photos in this thread and a mod will re-post them when voting starts in a separate voting thread.

Submissions: October 19 - October 25
Voting: October 26 - October 27

Next theme: Photographer's Choice - ver. Edit to your heart's content [October 26 - November 01] [100th round!]
followed by: Scary (Halloween, anyone?) [November 02 - November 08]
followed by: Size/Enormity/Vastness [November 09 - November 15]
followed by: Permanence [November 16 - November 22]
followed by: Regional Culture [November 23 - November 29]
followed by: Blurry/Out-of-Focus [November 30 - December 06]
 
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a mani wall in the high regions of nepal. those words aren't just painted on. they're engraved. it's the ohm mani padme hum prayer over and over. the white flags also have the prayer on them.
always go to the left of these things (clockwise).
 
Awesome pic eon! Where was that taken? How long was the exposure?

Pillthrill said:
^holy cow...I might as well not try to come up with anything
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That's not the right attitude!! :)
 
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*edit* I cropped it so the picture would show up bigger.
 
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^^ Those rocks are really cool! Where is that?

AmorRoark said:
^ Where's that taken? Beautiful. Reminds me of big sky country. :)
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Thanks! It's at the top of Crackenback Mountain, near Mount Kosciusko (highest mountain in Australia). It's a ski resort in winter, but it is just as beautiful in summer (as you can see!). Awesome bushwalking and BMX trails etc
 
n3ophy7e said:
Awesome pic eon! Where was that taken? How long was the exposure?
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Thanks!

I took it up in the mountains outside of Santa Barbara, CA. There's this old, abandoned, weathered castle-type structure way up in the hills overlooking the city. Great for night shots.

It's a 30 minute exposure shot at...f/8 I believe. I lit the structure with a flashlight for about 10 seconds to get it to pop out, otherwise it would've just been completely dark. "Painting" with light is the technique....fun to do when you're out in the middle of nowhere taking shots of unlit subjects at night. I'm actually headed out tonight to shoot some more stuff like it for my class...unfortunately I live outside of Los Angeles now so getting away from light pollution isn't going to be all that easy :\
 
n3ophy7e said:
^^ Those rocks are really cool! Where is that?
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Nisyros (Greek: Νίσυρος; also transliterated Nissiros) is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos. Its shape is approximately round, with a diameter of about 8 km (5 mi), and an area of 41.6 km2 (16.062 sq mi).[2] Several other islets are found in the direct vicinity of Nisyros, the largest of which is Gyali. The Municipality of Nisyros includes Gyalí (pop. 10) as well as uninhabited Pacheiá, Pergoússa, Kandelioússa, Ágios Antónios, and Stroggýli. It has a total land area of 50.055 km2 (19.326 sq mi) and a total population of 948 inhabitants. The island was also called Italian: Nisiro.
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On holiday with girlfriend about 2 years ago now.
There was steam coming up through the holes, but the wind was quite strong so couldn't get a good shot
 
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