A Jar
by vratt

Comment:
the background could of had less creases and probably better lit.. you have adhered to the challenge though so I'll go with a 5

Absolut Halo
by chakkobbo

Comment:
this is what I was going to do, or something similar, except I was going to use a low calorie salad cream bottle and call the picture Lite-Sauce.. get it??? have a 7

Early Morning Torchlight
by Simms

Comment:
"The shafts of light come across as good dreams breaking through the darkness don't they?"

Oh yeah, that was intentional :-)

Early Morning Torchlight
by Simms

Comment:
Doug.. No, I thinks it a chinese elm, but not certain... Whatever it is its not evergreen as shortly after that photo was taken it started to lose its leaves..

Early Morning Torchlight
by Simms

Comment:
I am understandably very happy with the placing, thanks to all who voted and those who took the time to comment.. The lightsource was just a small, 1inch diameter, flashlight (torch to us Brits) placed behind.. I took plenty of shots then went through a lengthy selection process until I picked and cropped this pic. Strangely enough this wasn't my first idea, I was initially going to use a bottle of low calorie salad cream and use the same effect, it would of probably been called LITE-SAUCE.. (get it??) Then I remember the bonsai and thought it would make cast better shadows in the smoke..
(some of you have asked me WHY Ihave a smoke machine in the house, basically I play in a function band and we use it as part of our lighting system)..

Kudos to the "Lady in Red" photo which I though would absolutely walk away with the blue ribbon this week.. I would of been more than happy to play second fiddle to that picture.. (in fact all of the top 20 photos are exceptional)..

BEST DELFT BLUE
by Ptman

Comment:
nice attempt at dramatic lighting.. 6 marksimms

Solar Eclipse
by Gorpie

Comment:
carpet grabs too much of my attention.. maybe suspending the tennis ball by a thin piece of thread may of helped here.. 6 marksimms

I'm Lust
by lmhr

Comment:
Deserved.. I figured this would be a top 3 photo.. First place does it justice.. Well done.

glut on this
by rocketman

Comment:
Better luck next time.. Take note of the comments mentioned below, they will help you when planning your next shot.

Urban Waste
by mjcecil

Comment:
little bit on the dark side, but the colour what is there seems exciting.. nice composition.. 7