Mini Challenge #175 - Nightscapes RESULTS

kentwaller

Well, too many excellent entries to discuss all of them, but here are the top 5 in my opinion. My apologies for not mentioning everyone here, but have to focus. Thanks to all for participating! I will count them down from #5 to the winner.

#5: travelways - Moonlight on the French Riviera
Makes we want to sit down with a bottle of wine and look at the moon! Wonderful mood - well done.





#4: Freddie_D - Hawthorne Bridge, Portland, Oregon
Nice use of HDR, not overdone, excellent depth and clarity. Great job!





#3: Alans Grin - Evening Light
Another excellent use of HDR to bring out color and depth to set a mood. Really nice work!





#2: davev - Downtown Minneapolis
All three of your shots here are excellent, but I like this one best. Most people probably don't think of Minneapolis as a great city for nightscapes, but you have shown here what an excellent photographer can do - even with a fairly modest skyline - terrific presentation and clarity makes for a dramatic scene. The choice of B&W here is perfect.





Winner: Earache - Bare Trees
Like davev, all your shots were excellent, but this stunning shot is my choice for best in the group. I know that scenes like this are not easy to come by. The clouds are just thin enough to allow the moonlight to come through, while also showing off the flow that comes with the long exposure. Simple trees make for an interesting contrast and add a spooky silhouette. So, congratulations on this outstanding work and you are now up for the next challenge!

Earache

Thanks very much for the pick Kent... I really, really like your other choices and consider mine just one among many other fine entries and winners.
I will get the next challenge up ASAP - but, I want to give it some thought - I'd like to pick a theme (hopefully better than my last one ) that will encourage folks to participate.
I am definitely open to suggestions - if you've got a cool idea, PM me or post - thanks!

JAG

Congrats Eric! Awesome round everyone! I loved looking at all the images posted. Really great work there!

travelways

Thank you very much Kent :ivar and Congratulations Eric

- Really beautiful entries here

sapphire73

Fantastic set of photos for this theme! Great round!

ShootingStar

Congrats!

freddie_d

Thank you Kent for the inclusion in the top 5. This is the first time I've submitted a picture to any sort of challenge and I enjoyed the different kinds of submissions. Lots of good and interesting work. Congrats to Earache! Super shot.


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kobistar

Amazing!
I like it a lot

GretaPics

Congratulations - beautiful photo! Loved the critiques from Kentwaller too as I don't know too much about night photography and appreciated learning. GP

lifeinfocus

Beautiful images - all of them!

If a challenge covering images that show motion has not been done, perhaps that may be an option. I mention it because our local camera club had that as recent competition. Results have not been shown, but it was fun one to compete in. The object is to include something that shows motion which could be something simple as blur but could other things.

Phil