last rush
by jmritz

Comment:
Neither calm nor bright

Stille Nacht
by posthumous

Comment:
Interesting, but not my cup of tea. Anything but Calm.

Simply Christmas at Henry Clay's Estate - Lexington, KY
by Luciemac

Comment:
Pretty uninspiring. The parking lot, the glare of the street lamp....

calm and bright
by tanguera

Comment:
This doesn't work for me for this challenge. Too dark.

Titanic Quarter
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
Technically sound. For "All is Calm, All is Bright", I would've expected something either holiday-focused or at least beautiful. This is awfully sterile.

a quiet little Christmas
by tvsometime

Comment:
focus is a bit soft, but likely due to a wide-open lens. Would've liked this more with a darker background to force separation of the tree from the stocking.

A Charlie Brown Christmas
by chalice

Comment:
What an odd duck of a photo. I like it, but not sure exactly why.

Quiet House
by GeneralE

Comment:
Not one of of my favorites in this challenge. dark and uninspiring. Sorry.

Calm Around the Light
by Tumbleweed

Comment:
This is one of those difficult shots where to get good light levels on the candle, you end up under-exposing everything else. Or, as is your approach, blowing out the candle (pardon the pun) to adequately light everything else. Might have worked better if you used a low-level background fill to better illuminate the trees so you could bring down the exposure a bit on the candle.

star rising
by Tiberius

Comment:
I would be very tempted to try a crop that eliminated the artificial lights at the bottom. Lovely sky colors.