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Photo Challenge 39: Night Lights

The inspiration for the Night Lights challenge came about after we decided to publish the lovely night studies of Sydney photographer Peter Solness (Photo Review Australia issue 41). We hoped that our Photo Challengers would be similarly inspired when asked for their take on lights in the night. Happily, as the pictures shown here demonstrate, we were once again rewarded with a variety of creative responses to what is a somewhat technically demanding theme.

We decided to award the winner's ribbon to Lee Waters for a slightly eerie study entitled simply 'Desert Sky'. If this had been taken in daytime it would likely have been a fairly unprepossessing picture. But the blurred clouds and the pinpoint stars give it a kind of movement and mystery that we quite liked.

As a token of our appreciation, we'll be sending Lee a 15-inch AVLabs digital photo frame (valued at $429.95).


Desert Sky by Lee Waters

Caro Telfer's untitled picture of people playing with lights against a spooky bush backdrop ran a close second in our minds to 'Desert Sky'. Our honourable mentions include a number of loyal Challengers such as Zorica Purlija whose 'And the kangaroo jumped over the moon' is a particular standout. Frank Cassez's image of the moon over the shoulder of a Japanese statue of the Buddha caught our eye, as
did Tom Napier's picture of a bridge in a dust storm.


Untitled by Caro Telfer


'And the kangaroo jumped over the moon' by Zorica Purlija


Boudha, Tokyo, Japan by Franck Cassez


Untitled by Tom Napier


Headlights by Zorica Purlija


Manildra Starch Factory at night by David Plant.  Lots of steam produced a really interesting feature of this night time lightshow as well as the stunning blues in the steel work. 


Untitled by Mardi Harrison. This photo was taken at the Melbourne show a few weeks ago.I tried to get a few shots in before it go too dark as I didn't take my tripod.


Untitled by Elana Bailey.


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