Taken at night (11:49 p.m.), backlit with remote slave flash (Quantaray QMS-D1) and front lit as well with external flash unit (FL-36).
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Thanks a lot to everyone for their votes and comments, special thanks to MAGUERO, as he helped me a lot both with the idea and execution.
I still have a hard time believing it, this is the perfect ending for 2007, a very special year for me as I had lots of great things going on with photography (Won a National Geographic competition and had my picture of Arenal Volcano appear on the July issue on the National Geographic for Latin America, had a Kodak POTD, participated in three different exhibits on one of the most important art galleries in my country, they kept two of my pictures for permanent display in their private collection! Getting lots of positive comments on my pictures in Panoramio and Google Earth. Got my first DSLR!!); and a very promising start for 2008.
This is an important milestone for me: another blue ribbon, new PB, first ribbon for my actual camera, and best score for it as well.
You can imagine how I'm feeling!!
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¡Qué alegría ver cómo una excelente foto se lleva el ribbon! Todos sabemos que eso no suele ocurrir siempre.
Vaya manera de empezar el año , espero que sea una señal de todo lo bueno que te deparará el 2008.
Con todo mi cariño , Mambe
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