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Post your best photo from November, 2016 and vote for the 3 best from Competition #53, here :https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1458690/

Here are the results from competition #52:
It was an incredibly tight competition this month, with 7 different images garnering first place votes and only 5 points separating first and third place. In a tight finish, the final vote broke a tie and pushed twoeye to 21 points for his fifth win for this great image:
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41926915/WEB%20versjoner%20EXIF/DSC8511-1400%204x5%20EXIF.jpg

In second place, with 19 points, Ulff for the following image:
http://www.paintingwithlight.de/FilesEx/fm201610.jpg

And in third place with 16 points, joakim!
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/ufiles/41/1364441.jpg

Now on to this month's competition:

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Competition Rules

1. Your entry must have been photographed using alt lens or gear.

Canon DSLR using Canon EF mount lens is NOT alt.
Nikon DSLR using Nikon F mount lens is NOT alt.
Anything else IS alt, including all mirrorless systems.

2. Your entry must have been photographed during November, 2016 for this run.
3. Your submission must be posted by 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, December 31, 2016 to be eligible.
4. One entry per user/month.
5. Your entry must contain your top 3 picks from the last competition. You may not vote for your own photo. The top vote gets 3 points, the runner-up gets 2 points, and the last vote gets 1 point. Please include a short explanation of the reasons for your top pick.

For the voting part, you'll find the competition #53 contributions here:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1458690/

Pick your top 3, and name them in your post.

Please leave the EXIF intact, and copy the following, adding info for your entry.

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Camera body:
Lens:
Aperture:
Filters:
Short note on PP:
Top vote (3p) + reason:
Runner-up vote (2p):
Last vote (1p):
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Previous winners:

Competition #1: Snowboarder
Competition #2: Bifurcator
Competition #3: HelenaN
Competition #4: Bobu
Competition #5: Sebboh
Competition #6: Phillip Reeve
Competition #7: briantho
Competition #8: twoeye
Competition #9: Bobu
Competition #10: Sebboh
Competition #11: twoeye
Competition #12: bobbytan
Competition #13: HelenaN
Competition #14: Ulff
Competition #15: Bobu
Competition #16: Phillip Reeve
Competition #17: Sebboh
Competition #18: Phillip Reeve
Competition #19: carstenw
Competition #20: Gary Clennan
Competition #21: Bobu
Competition #22: Ulff
Competition #23: CronoDL
Competition #24: freaklikeme/Phillip Reeve
Competition #25: retrofocus
Competition #26: Ulff
Competition #27: Bobu
Competition #28: Gary Clennan
Competition #29: juju1958
Competition #30: bobbytan
Competition #31: Bobu
Competition #32: Sebboh
Competition #33: rji2goleez
Competition #34: Bobu
Competition #35A: Bobu
Competition #36: johnahill / Bobu
Competition #37: juju1958
Competition #38: helimat
Competition #39: Phillip Reeve
Competition #40: Gary Clennan
Competition #41: akclimber
Competition #42: dbehrens
Competition #43: Bobu
Competition #44: Bobu
Competition #45: twoeye
Competition #46: dbehrens
Competition #47: twoeye
Competition #48: snowboarder
Competition #49: dbehrens
Competition #50: bobbytan
Competition #51: Bobu
Competition #52: twoeye



Dec 01, 2016 at 01:16 PM
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Congratulations to the winners from last month.

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Camera body: Sony A7rII
Lens: Leica M 28 f/1.4 ASPH
Aperture: f/2.8
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Exposure adjustments; local contrast adjustments
Top vote (3p) + reason: Bobby Tan - lovely colors and a cool abstract look - beautiful
Runner-up vote (2p): dbehrens - love the layers and how the colors are repeated in the sky
Last vote (1p): Frogfish - lovely capture of the water with a gorgeous sky
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Dec 01, 2016 at 02:28 PM
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Congratulations to all winners!

My entry this month is a sunrise image of Mt Bromo, an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia.
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Camera body: Olympus OM-D E-M1
Lens: Olympus M. Zuiko 12-40mm PRO
Aperture: f8.0
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Lightroom CC
Top vote (3p) + reason: Jman13 - powerful and ethereal image
Runner-up vote (2p): Frogfish - beautiful waterfalls/waterscape
Last vote (1p): dbehrens - nice rocky landscape and composition
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Mt Bromo Active Volcano




Dec 01, 2016 at 02:55 PM
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Congratulations twoeye, Ulff and Joakim! Well deserved.

It's been a while since I participated, but here's one from Jämtland, Sweden.


Sveom village by Helena, on Flickr

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Camera body: Sony A7II
Lens: Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.5 VM
Aperture: f/8
Filters: None
Short note on PP: None. The light was so good that I have only used Lightroom defaults with the Camera Neutral profile.
Top vote (3p) + reason: Jman. Very beautiful and harmonic capture.
Runner-up vote (2p): bobbytan
Last vote (1p): twoeye
Wish I could also vote for dbehrens, Frogfish and a few others...
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Dec 02, 2016 at 12:09 PM
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Congratulations to the winners! Nice images. This is my first ever entry. Looking forward to participating in the future.

Camera body: Canon 6D
Lens: Pentax 28mm f3.5 Super-Takumar (M42)
Aperture: f11
Filters: none
Short note on PP: processed in Lightroom 5
Top vote (3p) + reason: Jman13 - Love the color and the mood.
Runner-up vote (2p): prashant - lovely scene
Last vote (1p): bobbytan - beautiful painterly image.




Lower Salt River Arizona




Dec 02, 2016 at 09:56 PM
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http://martinbluhm.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v68/p95892918-5.jpg


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Camera body: Sony A7R
Lens: Canon 24/3.5 TSE II
Aperture: f/11
Filters: none
Short note on PP: Nik Color Efex
Top vote (3p) + reason: prashant: Beautiful landscape scene with the water flow in the foreground
Runner-up vote (2p): dbehrens: as always an eye-catcher with your landscape photos!
Last vote (1p): joakim: out-of-the box shot here in this competition, I like this composition!
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Dec 03, 2016 at 11:56 AM
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Wow, great images so far!

http://m7.i.pbase.com/o9/91/505291/1/164669677.mAt0S3m2._DSC7901Edit.jpg


Camera Body: Sony A7r2
Lens: Voigtlander E Mount 12mm/5.6 at F8
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Color temp, auto tone in LR, lowered highlights, medium contrast, a slight crop/rotation due to hand held crookedness on capture, corrected vignetting, and in PS a very slight levels/s curve adjustment. Not much to do overall.

1st place: Jman for a well seen and cropped high contrast color image. I rarely see such a high contrast image work so well in color, but here it is perfect with lovely light and mist. Well done.
2nd place: Two eye for a very moody black and white image complete with moon peaking through the mist.
3rd place: dberens for a well balanced landscape with great lines and colors



Dec 11, 2016 at 02:00 PM
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Camera body: Leica S-006
Lens: Leica S-70/2.5 Summarit
Aperture: 4
Filters: -
Short note on PP: Global contrast
Top vote (3p) + reason: jman13, composition, cropping & colour
Runner-up vote (2p): dbherens
Last vote (1p): philber
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Dec 11, 2016 at 03:50 PM
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Camera body: Sony Nex6
Lens: Kit Lens 16-50
Aperture: f/5.6
Filters: -
Short note on PP: Contrast enhancement, dodge and burn
Top vote (3p) + reason: Jman. Wish this was mine
Runner-up vote (2p): twoeye
Last vote (1p): debehrens
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5443fab1e4b0f6b252a0505d/t/58506308c534a50c48fa897e/1481663243201/Tryfan_TeamAwayDay_161118_030.jpg



Dec 13, 2016 at 04:01 PM
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Couldn't do much shooting this month between finals and having a minor surgery, but was able to go out one day and there was just incredible light. So despite the boring subject, I present this I am also going to note that I've noticed my chrome browser magnifies everyone's images for some reason and makes them look soft and mushy. If you are having the same issue, change your magnification to 80%.
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Camera body: Sony Nex 5
Lens: Canon FL 55mm f/1.2
Aperture: f/8
Filters: none
Short note on PP: minor contrast and color adjustments
Top vote (3p) + reason: Jman13 - possibly my favorite shot that you have posted, lots of atmosphere and feeling
Runner-up vote (2p): joakim - I love your street portraiture, evokes and emotion and interest
Last vote (1p): prashant - such amazing light, and perfect processing. I feel as if I am there.

So many others that I would have loved to vote for, it is always an agonizing decision.
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© austinschutz




Dec 13, 2016 at 11:14 PM
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Congratulations to twoeye, Ulff and joakim - great work.

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Camera body: Sony a7r2
Lens: Sony FE 16-35 F4
Aperture: f/14
Filters: No
Short note on PP: Minor color tweaks and sharpening/resizing
Top vote (3p) + reason: bobbytan - I kept coming back to this. My brain alternately
sees a colorful flowing river, and a beautiful abstract image. I love the ambiguity.
Runner-up vote (2p): Jman13
Last vote (1p): Jonahill
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Very, very difficult choice - so many great photographers here...







Dec 19, 2016 at 08:03 PM
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Camera body: Sony a6000
Lens: Nikon Nikkor-P 105mm f2.5
Aperture: f/5.6
Filters: No
Short note on PP: Not much, a little clarity is all
Top vote (3p) + reason: Jman13, composition and mood is beautiful
Runner-up vote (2p): dbehrens
Last vote (1p): Luvwine
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We haven't had much rain in So Cal this year, but had a storm pass thru in late Nov... clouds over Orange County looking toward Catalina.









Dec 20, 2016 at 06:12 PM
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Congrats to all for some exceptional photographs, especially the winners, from last month's competition !

Strangely when trying to find a shot for this month I realised I shot many photographs in October (most still unprocessed) and again this month, but hardly anything at all in November ... so will have to go with this one below so I can at least vote

More construction in Shanghai (nothing new there then), this time from close to my home :



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Camera body: Sony A7rii
Lens: Cosina 55/1.2 (TAP did not record the correct lens FL)
Aperture: f5.6
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Aurora 2017 & Lightroom CC
Top vote (3p) + reason: Bobbytan - Gorgeous colours and dynamic feel from the perfect shutter speed, and of such a simple subject. Mesmerising.
Runner-up vote (2p): Jman13 - as a birder this lovely WA shot is attractive anyway, even without the powerful etherealism (if that is even a word) it evokes.
Last vote (1p): dbehrens - I love White Pocket shots - beautiful lines and lovely light.
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Dec 30, 2016 at 02:48 AM
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I didn't shoot a ton in November, but liked this.
http://www.jordansteele.com/2016/railroad_sunset_leaves.jpg

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Camera body: Sony A7 II
Lens: Sony Zeiss FE 16-35mm f/4
Aperture: f/16
Filters: Polarizer
Short note on PP: Minor color and contrast tweaks.
Top vote (3p) + reason: twoeye - Just a wonderfully dark and evocative black and white, and a unique take on the subject.
Runner-up vote (2p): Luvwine
Last vote (1p): dbehrens
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Dec 31, 2016 at 02:43 PM





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